China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips
Luz Ding / bloomberg - Chinese AI startup Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. released a new multimodal model that it says is the country’s first to be fully trained using domestic chips, in a sign of progress toward meeting Beijing’s goal of reducing reliance on American techn…
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Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack
Daniel Kuhn / theblock - Sequence offers smart wallet routing for "1-click" cross-network transfers, while Coinme has secured U.S. money-transmitter licenses.
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Quantum software startup Haiqu raises $11M to launch hardware-aware operating system
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Quantum software startup Haiqu Inc. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding to accelerate the launch of its operating system for quantum applications, which will include a hardware-aware quantum software stack for running near-term a…
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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…
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Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Biotech firm Nuclera has raised an additional $12 million increasing its total Series C funding to $87 million. The extension round was led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Jonathan Milner with participation from existing investors including British Bu…
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Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Anthropic expanded its agentic AI lineup with the debut of Cowork, a tool designed to bring the sophisticated capabilities of Claude Code to a much broader, less technical audience. Integrated directly into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork serves as a more …
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Touchwaves Raises €1.5M For Next-Generation Wearable Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups and scale-ups addressing innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collabora…
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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…
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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - NetBird,an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, hasclosed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participationfrom Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and ...
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