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Validio raises $30 million to solve a problem the entire AI industry stays silent about
The Swedish startup spent six years building infrastructure that checks whether enterprise data is ready for AI. It now has $30 million for global expansion — and a strong argument for why most AI projects fail.
Cardiff-based Antiverse raises $9.3M for AI antibody discovery
Welsh biotech startup Antiverse has closed a $9.3 million Series A round to scale a platform that uses AI to develop therapeutic antibodies. The funds will go toward computing infrastructure and preclinical research.
Outpost Bio raised $3.5 million to build AI models of the human microbiome
New startup Outpost Bio secured $3.5 million to develop AI models capable of decoding the highly complex ecosystem of bacteria, fungi, and microbes living in the human body. This could change approaches to treatment and
Advertising in ChatGPT: What It Means for Advertisers
OpenAI has begun testing advertising in ChatGPT but remains silent on the key issue — how brands will actually be able to place ads. We break down what is known so far and what businesses should expect from the new adver
Why the “AI is easy to fool” narrative misses the point
BBC showed how a blog post can influence ChatGPT and Google AI responses. But is this really a “hack” — or are we misunderstanding how large language models work?
ElevenLabs and Google Cloud Bet on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
London startup ElevenLabs is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud, gaining access to the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The multiyear agreement is aimed at scaling voice AI for large enterprises.
Why AI Agents Lie About the Present: The Problem of Outdated Data
You ask an AI assistant who runs a company and get a confident answer — one that is several weeks out of date. How live search grounding is changing the rules for language models.
Callosum raises $10.25 million to challenge the monopoly in AI computing
London-based startup Callosum has secured $10.25 million to develop multichip infrastructure for AI. The company is challenging established computing models dominated by single-vendor platforms like NVIDIA.
AI training efficiency: why speed isn't everything
The AI industry is rethinking model training metrics. Instead of the familiar throughput, the concept of goodput is moving to the forefront — and changing the approach to training the largest language models.
Nvidia's quarterly report will determine the fate of the AI hardware market
Nvidia's fourth-quarter results will be a litmus test for the entire AI hardware industry. The stock is up 1500% over three years — but can the company live up to investors' sky-high expectations?
Berlin-based Plato raises $14.5 million for AI automation in wholesale distribution
Startup Plato has secured a major seed round from Atomico to bring generative AI to wholesale distribution — a trillion-dollar industry that still runs on Excel and phone calls.
Mistral AI acquires cloud startup Koyeb to expand its infrastructure
The French AI company is expanding its presence in the cloud computing market. The deal with Koyeb will allow Mistral to control not only the code, but also the deployment of neural networks.
AI agent developer Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
The creator of the popular open-source project OpenClaw is joining OpenAI. The move highlights the company's push to build a new generation of autonomous AI assistants.
Brand reputation management in the age of AI: new challenges for PR
Traditional PR is facing a serious threat: modern AI algorithms do not distinguish organic content from advertising. Learn how to protect a company's image in the world of neural networks.
Anthropic's Rise: $30 Billion Round and $380 Billion Valuation Reshape the AI Market
Anthropic closed a record $30 billion Series G round. The company's valuation surged to $380 billion, cementing its status as one of the world's most valuable private startups.
Naboo raises $70M for an AI platform to manage corporate events
Paris-based startup Naboo is turning event planning into a full-fledged procurement system. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which previously invested in Mistral AI.
Claude at Super Bowl: millions of dollars to troll OpenAI and promise of silence
Let's be honest: Super Bowl advertising is usually a parade of beer, chips, and expensive cars. It's a vanity fair where a second of airtime costs as much as a decent early-stage startup.
UiPath Acquired WorkFusion: Now AI Catches Financial Criminals
While skeptics were predicting the demise of the classical RPA automation era, Daniel Dneesh and his UiPath team decided that the best way to predict the future is to buy it.
Moltbook: when neural networks finally got tired of people
Cinema has fed us horror stories for decades about what happens when machines start whispering behind our backs. Remember HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey or the uprising of hosts in Westworld.
Snowflake and OpenAI: $200 Million for the Right Not to Leave Home
Corporate security is something that trips up even the loudest AI revolutions. While ordinary users feed their essays and code to ChatGPT, serious businesses from Wall Street or Silicon Valley watch…
OpenAI Codex: Your IDE Finally Got Brains (and Patience)
OpenAI Codex: Your IDE Finally Got a Brain (and Patience) Let's be honest: we've all gotten used to the idea that AI in programming is just an advanced version of T9.
European Digital Networks Law: Stimulus or Brake for AI?
Europe is actively preparing for the artificial intelligence era, and European policymakers are developing new rules for the continent's digital future.