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Multimodal data processing startup Eventual Inc. is looking to transform the way companies deal with unstructured data after closing on $30 million in venture capital funding. The startup said today it has closed on the $20 million Series A funding round led …
Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches $100M research institute focused on beneficial AI
Databricks Inc. co-founder and Apache Spark creator Andy Konwinski this week announced the creation of a new artificial intelligence research institute called Laude that’s backed with $100 million of his own cash. The computer scientist said in a June 23 blog post …
Judge sides with Anthropic in landmark AI copyright case, but orders it to go on trial over piracy claims
Anthropic PBC scored a major victory for itself and the broader artificial intelligence industry today when a federal judge ruled that it hasn’t broken the law by training its chatbot Claude on hundreds of legally-purchased books that were later digitized without the …
AI startup Context partners with Qualcomm to launch agent-powered autopilot for information-based tasks
A startup called Context Inc. is looking to transform enterprise productivity, unleashing swarms of artificial intelligence agents that it says can automate almost any kind of work-related information task. The startup is the creator of an AI-powered Autopilot launching today that can …
Pythagora tries to transform vibe coding with specialized AI agent teams
“Vibe coding” startup Pythagora is looking to take artificial intelligence-powered software development to the next level with the launch of its platform today, saying it will help anyone – including noncoders – to develop full-stack applications with nothing more than a series …
Ranch automation startup Halter raises $100M to expand into the US
Cow technology startup Halter Inc. has become one of only a handful of New Zealand-based unicorns after closing on a $100 million funding round that values it at $1 billion, it said today. Today’s Series D round, which was led by the …
Chatbot startup Decagon gets $131M to build personalized AI agents for every consumer
Decagon AI Inc., a startup that builds artificial intelligence-powered customer service agents for businesses, has closed on its third major funding round in the space of just 12 months, raising $131 million today. The Series C round, which values the company at …
Supermicro’s stock falls hard on $2B convertible notes offering
Shares of Super Micro Computer Inc. fell almost 10% on Monday after the company announced a convertible note offering worth $2 billion that’s set to mature in 2030. The company has become one of the biggest beneficiaries of growth in the artificial …
Qualytics gets $10M to use AI to monitor the data for AI
Investors are betting on a startup called Qualytics Inc., which believes it can employ artificial intelligence to make sure that other AI models can access the high-quality data they need to improve their accuracy. The company has just closed on a $10 …
Kubiya’s deterministic composer aims to bring trust, transparency and control to AI agents
Agentic artificial intelligence startup Kubiya Inc. today announced the imminent launch of the industry’s first “deterministic” composer as a way to ensure organizations can fully trust their AI agent deployments. The startup said Kubiya Composer is different to existing probabilistic platforms for managing …