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FundingAI boom needs $6 trillion annual revenue by 2031 to justify infrastructure investments: Report
AI boom needs $6 trillion annual revenue by 2031 to justify infrastructure investments: Report – New Delhi, Sep 29 The rapid…
FundingAI boom will need $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify massive compute investment: Report
The global artificial intelligence boom will need to generate around USD 6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to support the…
FundingCollege Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy
Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for…
OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafeAs AI models go rogue,…
FundingAI agent identity security demands layered defenses, Omdia says
AI agent identity security is testing whether consolidated platforms can protect a growing class of machine identities. Palo Alto…
Anthropic IPO could value AI lab at over USD 2 trillion despite surging costs
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is targeting a public-market valuation of more than USD 2 trillion as it bets that AI…
FundingAnthropic Says Advanced AI Could Pose Serious Humanity Risk In New IPO Filing
Anthropic is advising potential investors in its IPO about the significant risks that advanced artificial intelligence may pose…
FundingOpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in…
FundingAMD acquires world model developer World Labs for $8.2B
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced plans to buy World Labs Inc. for $8.2 billion in stock. The move comes seven months…
AMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billion
AMD previously invested in World Labs before the acquisition, which is the chipmaker’s second biggest on record.
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup’s valuation from just four months ago.
FundingContradicting Trump, Pope Leo says AI safety concerns not ‘fake news’
Pope Leo XIV said Monday that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken…
AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion
The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.
OpenAI sparked Hugging Face bids with early investment offer ahead of Nvidia’s $13 billion deal
Hugging Face saw a flurry of deal interest before Nvidia agreed to buy the open-source platform for roughly $13 billion, CNBC has…
FundingBlitzy’s autonomous coding bet: Every codebase is already a graph
Knowledge graphs are moving to the center of autonomous software development as enterprises push coding agents beyond quick fixes…
FundingEveryday personal AI assistant startup Instinct raises $1B at $10B valuation
Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence assistant for everyday users, today announced it has raised a colossal $1…
FundingVoice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers
Voice artificial intelligence startup Modulate Inc. today announced it has raised $25 million in new funding to get its…
Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite
Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam
Insuretech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers.
Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation
Instinct has raised a $1 billion Series C, saying ‘we’re just getting started.’ The company is now valued at $10 billion.
FundingAutoheal raises $7.9M to evaluate and fix AI agents with… AI agents
Autoheal AI Inc., an artificial intelligence-native platform engineering startup that’s trying to pioneer the concept of…
FundingStudents wrote essays without AI, but detectors flagged them as ChatGPT: What Stanford research found
A student writes an essay without using artificial intelligence, submits it for evaluation and receives an accusation of using…
The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support
OpenAI is expanding the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program with $5 million in funding and up to $5 million in…
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