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FundingApplied Materials Unveils EPIC Center for Collaborative Chip R&D
Applied Materials unveiled its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Center at its Sunnyvale, California,…
FundingFormFactor, Teradyne Enter Broad Semiconductor Test Collaboration
FormFactor and Teradyne have entered into a broad technology collaboration aimed at next-generation semiconductor testing, the…
FundingMicrosoft Research Introduces StudentSim for AI Tutor Training
In an October 12, 2026 announcement, Microsoft Research introduced StudentSim, a research system that builds a personalized…
FundingFM Nirmala Sitharaman concludes Singapore visit with focus on boosting India’s infrastructure, AI, semiconductor sectors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to Singapore has strengthened investment outreach to global institutional investors,…
South Yorkshire eyes Indian investment in advanced manufacturing, AI, sustainable aviation after UK
South Yorkshire is looking to attract Indian investment across advanced manufacturing, sustainable aviation, energy, artificial…
FundingSouth Yorkshire eyes Indian investment in advanced manufacturing, AI, sustainable aviation after UK-India FTA
South Yorkshire is looking to attract Indian investment across advanced manufacturing, sustainable aviation, energy, artificial…
FundingFlexcompute Secures Strategic Investment for Physics World Model
Boston-based Flexcompute announced on October 12, 2026, that it has received a strategic investment from Samsung Ventures and…
FundingMistlabs takes its Ambi AI system out of beta on Apple devices with $26M in funding
Ambient intelligence startup Mistlabs Ltd. today brought its Ambi artificial intelligence system out of beta test on Apple Inc.…
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture
FundingLoops Raises $3.5M Seed to Connect AI Search, Shopping Assistance, and Retail Data
Finding a product online is easy. Deciding whether it is the right one can still mean switching between search results, sizing…
FundingE-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences
Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI wants to help online retailers create more seamless buying journeys and streamline the…
FundingWhat Is Continuous Batching? How AI Servers Handle Many Users at Once
Continuous batching dynamically inserts and removes inference requests as individual sequences finish, keeping accelerator slots…
FundingAI infrastructure provider Infinigence AI raises RMB 2.3 billion in Series C funding
Chinese AI infrastructure provider Infinigence AI has completed a RMB 2.3 billion Series C funding round, bringing its cumulative…
FundingSports-training robot maker PONGBOT raises hundreds of millions of RMB in Series B
Chinese AI sports-hardware company PONGBOT has completed a Series B funding round worth hundreds of millions of RMB, according to…
FundingTactile-sensor maker Matrix Innovation raises tens of millions of RMB
Dongguan-based tactile-sensor maker Matrix Innovation has raised tens of millions of RMB from investors including X Square Robot,…
FundingSWI Group Secures €800M From Institutions at €6.1B Valuation for Transatlantic AI Buildout
SWI Group announced on October 12, 2026 an €800 million capital increase with institutional investors at a €6.1 billion final…
FM Sitharaman meets global financial leaders in Singapore, discusses India investment opportunities
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held meetings with senior executives of five global financial institutions and…
Large Language Models for Machine Translation Quality Annotation: Humans and Models Are Both Challenged
Large Language Models (LLMs) are considered to be a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to human judgment for Machine…
Not Anthropic. Not AMD. Here’s My Top AI Stock for 2027.
2027 could be a huge year for artificial intelligence (AI) investing. Sometime in November, investors are likely to see an…
FundingWhat Are Vision-Language Models (VLMs)? How AI Connects Images and Words
Vision-language models connect visual features with language so a system can describe, compare, retrieve, or reason about images…
FundingKhushbu Sundar slams AI misuse against women: ‘Try using AI to wrongly alter pictures of the women in your own homes’
Artificial intelligence is changing the way people create and share content, but its misuse has also raised serious concerns…
FundingAI issuers upend debt market safety valve as borrowing costs rise
Big tech companies known as hyperscalers are willing to pay higher yields, because they’re borrowing to fund artificial…
Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5 – podcast
Five stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup,…
FundingAI founders cheer Trump’s self-policing safety calls
ech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders…
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