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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
On Monday, IBM announced its acquisition of Seek AI, a New York City-based artificial intelligence startup that enables users to query enterprise data using natural language. Though the financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed, the move underscores IBM’s continued push into enterprise AI, a strategy that’s been
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the business landscape faster than ever, and nowhere is that more evident than in the realm of speech and voice AI. ElevenLabs, the well-funded voice tech startup founded by ex-Palantir engineers, has just unveiled Conversational AI 2.0—a major leap forward in its platform designed
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Grammarly, the AI-powered writing assistant known for helping millions of users improve their written communication, has secured a $1 billion capital commitment from General Catalyst. This substantial funding, announced recently, is part of an alternative financing strategy that offers a crucial lifeline to late-stage startups navigating today’s tighter capital
Robotics
Hugging Face, best known for its AI developer platform, has taken another major step into the world of robotics with the release of two new open-source humanoid robots: HopeJR and Reachy Mini. Announced Thursday, the robots are part of Hugging Face’s mission to democratize robotics and ensure that advanced
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Perplexity, the AI-driven search engine making waves as a potential rival to Google, has unveiled a powerful new tool for its Pro subscribers: Perplexity Labs. The tool, available now on the web, iOS, and Android (with Mac and Windows apps to follow), aims to move the platform beyond search and
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly launched an updated version of its flagship R1 reasoning model, making it available to developers through the popular open-source platform Hugging Face. The update was announced in a WeChat post Wednesday morning. Minor Upgrade, Major Model According to DeepSeek, the new release is a
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Telegram is diving deeper into the AI race, announcing a landmark partnership with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI. As part of the agreement, xAI’s Grok chatbot will be integrated directly into the Telegram messaging platform and its app ecosystem for at least one year. The deal is
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Anthropic has begun rolling out a new voice mode for its Claude chatbot app, allowing users to engage in fully spoken conversations with Claude. Currently in beta and available only in English, the feature is gradually being made available to mobile users over the coming weeks, the company announced via
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Opera is entering the AI browser race with the announcement of Opera Neon, a new browser designed to take on tasks on your behalf—from online shopping and form-filling to coding and content creation. Unveiled on Tuesday, Neon aims to redefine how users interact with the web by focusing on
Biotechnology
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Neuralink, has raised $600 million in a new funding round, pushing its pre-money valuation to $9 billion. The round marks a significant leap in valuation for the company, which was reportedly worth $5 billion less than a year ago. The identities of the investors
Biotechnology
Samsung’s venture capital arm is preparing to invest in California-based medical device startup Exo, as part of a funding round that could reach $100 million. The round is reportedly being led by Sands Capital, Bold Capital, and Qubit Health Capital. Notably, Qubit Health’s chairman, former Medtronic CEO Omar
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
OpenAI is rolling out a significant upgrade to Operator, its autonomous AI agent capable of browsing the web and interacting with cloud-hosted software environments. The company has announced that Operator will soon run on a new version of its o3 model—part of the latest o-series, known for superior reasoning