Apple Stores See iPhone 16e, iPad Air Shortages as New Models Near

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple's retail inventory of iPhone 16e and iPad Air models has reportedly dwindled to almost nothing as the company inches towards the release of new versions of both devices. They are expected to launch in the coming weeks.In a post on X (Twitter), Bloom…

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iPhone 16e Inventory Has ‘Dried Out,’ According To Apple Employees, Signaling The Imminent Arrival Of The iPhone 17e

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Memory price surge of ‘more than 600%’ squeezes China’s device makers

scmp - A global memory supply shock is sweeping through the electronics industry, as surging component costs threaten to squeeze China’s smartphone and broadband equipment manufacturers.New data from TrendForce and Counterpoint Research point to mounting risks a…

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Lenovo hikes PC prices and warns of a prolonged memory crisis

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HANMI's New Wide TC Bonder Equipment Paves Way for HBM5 & HBM6

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Corsair fights back against RAM scammers and thieves with packaging shift — ditches iconic yellow boxes for transparent plastic and anti-tampering labels

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Cisco's memory-price warning is having ripple effects across the tech sector

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The memory boom is back: Global revenue to reach $551 billion in 2026 as prices skyrocket

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Memory chip stocks: Why Micron and Sandisk are soaring today as shortage fuels global RAM demand

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Memory price surge of ‘more than 600%’ squeezes China’s device makers

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Cisco slumps as memory price spike weighed on margins

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Memory price explosion triggers PC buying spree

22 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders — China's top chipmaker points to supply chain pressures squeezing out consumers

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Human brain-based AI startup raises £6m

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Stanhope AI, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology that aims to mimic the processes of the human brain, has raised $8m (£5.8m). The company, which previously secured a £2.3m investment back in 2024, is working on its Real World Model pro…

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World models startup Stanhope AI raises $8m round led by Frontline Ventures

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Can Stanhope AI’s brain-like models finally make drones smart?

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Human brain-based AI startup raises £6m

22 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Stanhope AI, co-founded by Irish woman Rosalyn Moran, raises $8m

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Stanhope AI Raises $8M in Seed Funding

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(LEAD) Samsung Electronics starts world's first commercial shipment of HBM4

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has begun th...

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Samsung’s HBM4 Officially Makes Its Way into NVIDIA’s Next-Gen Vera Rubin, Establishing It as the “Industry’s Fastest” AI Memory Solution

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(PR) Samsung Ships Industry-First Commercial HBM4 With Ultimate Performance for AI Computing

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Samsung enters AI infrastructure market with first HBM4 deliveries

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Samsung starts mass production of next-gen AI memory chip

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Samsung Begins HBM4 Memory Mass Production With Up To 13 Gbps Speeds & 48 GB Capacities

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(LEAD) Samsung Electronics starts world's first commercial shipment of HBM4

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Samsung Electronics starts world's first commercial shipment of HBM4

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Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Electric Twin, an AIplatform developing synthetic audience models designed to simulate real-worldhuman thinking and behaviour, has raised $14 million in funding. The totalincludes a $10 million round ...

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Electric Twin Raises $14M Funding To Grow Its AI Audience Platform

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UK government adviser and military commander land €12 million to scale Electric Twin’s synthetic audience platform

22 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

AI startup building ‘synthetic audiences’ to model human thought raises £10m

22 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Electric Twin Raises $14M in Pre-Seed and Seed Funding

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Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Marc Andreessen backs $10m raise for ‘synthetic audience’ startup Electric Twin

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Anthropic promises its datacenters totally won't drive up your utility bill

Tobias Mann / theregister - Compute it leases from Amazon, MIcrosoft, and Google... that's another story Model-maker and SaaS-y AI outfit Anthropic has committed to covering any increases in energy prices paid by consumers caused by its power-hungry datacenters.…

#ai #cloud #anthropic #genai #energy #business #datacenter #economy #technology

Anthropic To Cover Costs of Electricity Price Increases From Its Data Centers

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Anthropic promises to pay for electricity price increases due to it's AI data centers — firm to pay 100% of its grid infrastructure costs, produce new power sources as sector predicted to hit 50 GW in coming years

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New Anthropic policy ensures ratepayers do not fund AI infrastructure

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Anthropic vows to protect consumers from rising electricity costs

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What a nice thing to say! It also means absolutely nothing. Anthropic doesn’t own or even lease data centers and thus does not pay power bills on anything other than its office space [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Anthropic promises its datacenters totally won't drive up your utility bill

23 days / theregister / Tobias Mann

Anthropic says it’ll try to keep its data centers from raising electricity costs

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"Windows 11 26H1" is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs

Andrew Cunningham / arstechnica - Arm PCs have enjoyed special treatment from Microsoft for the past two years.

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"Windows 11 26H1" is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs

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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H1 will be for Arm devices only at launch — Snapdragon X2-powered devices officially shipping with 26H1

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Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 26H1, but you can't have it

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China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals

scmp - Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Zhipu AI has launched its latest flagship model, the GLM-5, with a leap in coding capabilities amid a heated race among Chinese tech firms to roll out major new models ahead of the Spring Festival holiday.Zhipu…

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GLM-5 Costs 86% Less Than Claude Opus. The Safety Gap Might Cost More.

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Zhipu AI Releases GLM-5: 744B Model Rivals Claude Opus

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Shares jump in Chinese AI start-up Zhipu after GLM-5 launch

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[AINews] Z.ai GLM-5: New SOTA Open Weights LLM

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Zhipu leads rally in Chinese AI stocks, surging 30%, as a wave of new releases hits market

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Moore Threads Achieves Day-0 Compatibility for Zhipu GLM-5 Large Model, Advancing China’s Domestic GPU Ecosystem

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China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals

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GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

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GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

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Apple’s hyped AI overhual for Siri could be beset by delayed features

digitaltrends - Apple was eyeing a major feature overhaul for Siri with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, but it seems performance issues have pushed those plans further into the future. The post Apple’s hyped AI overhual for Siri could be beset by delayed features …

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The long-awaited Siri upgrade is being delayed yet again

22 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Long Delayed Siri Functions Are Reportedly Being Delayed Once Again Because They’re Slow and Inaccurate

23 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Apple Taps Brakes on Siri AI Overhaul

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Stay Patient, Apple Fans: Siri AI Delayed Again to Late 2026 at the Earliest

23 days / cnet / Tyler Lacoma

Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again

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Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again

23 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Apple Delays Major Siri AI Upgrade as Testing Reveals Performance Snags [Report]

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Apple keeps hitting bumps with its overhauled Siri

23 days / theverge / Jay Peters

Apple’s hyped AI overhual for Siri could be beset by delayed features

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Siri testing isn't going well, new features probably wont ship in iOS 26.4

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New Siri Runs Into Problems, Features Could Be Pushed to iOS 26.5 and iOS 27

23 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple’s AI Siri Overhaul Hits More Roadblocks: New Details on the Delay

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Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024.

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Threads now lets you personalize your feed with simple text prompts

digitaltrends - Threads is rolling out a new feature called Dear Algo that lets you temporarily adjust what appears in your feed using a simple text prompt.The post Threads now lets you personalize your feed with simple text prompts appeared first on Digital Trends.

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How the “dear algo” meme forced Meta to change its feed forever

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Threads ‘Dear Algo’ Feature Launches to Let You Control the Algorithm

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Meta will let users tweak Threads algorithms as long as they ask nicely

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Threads now lets you rewrite your feed without ever opening a menu

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Threads now lets you personalize your feed with simple text prompts

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Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

23 days / cnbc

Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature

23 days / engadget / Karissa Bell

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

23 days / theverge / Jay Peters

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed

23 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Foxconn’s Scrapped LCD Factory Deal Could Hit Apple

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Apple’s supply chain may be facing a new wrinkle in Japan. According to Nikkei Asia, Foxconn has withdrawn from its planned acquisition of Sharp’s second LCD factory in Kameyama, citing weak LCD prices. As a result, Sharp will halt production at the facil…

#hardware #apple #business #supplychain #asia #ipad #manufacturing #macbook #technology #japan

Foxconn’s Scrapped LCD Factory Deal Could Hit Apple

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Foxconn Pulls Out of Sharp LCD Plant Deal, Potentially Disrupting Apple Panel Supply [Report]

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Apple Supplier's Plans Fall Through, Macs and iPads May Be Impacted

23 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - At least nine engineers, including two cofounders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

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Corporate restructuring and merger drive critical organizational changes. (2)
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Corporate restructuring and merger drive critical organizational changes.

Musk Announces xAI Reorganization, Staff Departures

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Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures, SpaceX merger

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Experts warn of broader instability amid exit uproar.

What happened at xAI

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AI’s Builders Are Sending Warning Signals—Some Are Walking Away

23 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Key leaders exit amid instability at xAI.

Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger

23 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy

23 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

xAI sees key staff exits, Musk promises moon factories

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Elon Musk xAI Loses Two Co-Founders After SpaceX Acquisition Announcement

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Musk Pitches Moon Factory for AI Satellites as Half of xAI's Co-Founders Exit

23 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon

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Musk's audacious lunar projects spotlight space-age aspirations.

‘We’ll Find the Remnants of Ancient Alien Civilizations’: Read Musk’s Gibberish Rant from His xAI All-Hands Meeting

23 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Musk overhauls xAI’s leadership as he sets lofty space data centre ambitions

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xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

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Lots of chatter this week about what’s behind all the departures at xAI Turns out the reason mostly boils down to what all-too-often actually drives the AI industry’s drama: money sources.news/p/what-happe...

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‘We’ll Find the Remnants of Ancient Alien Civilizations’: Read Musk’s Gibberish Rant from His xAI All-Hands Meeting https://gizmodo.com/well-find-the-remnants-of-ancient-alien-civilizations-read-musks-gibberish-rant-from-his-xai-all-hands-meeting-20007208

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At least nine engineers, including two cofounders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

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With Europe seeking greater defense and space autonomy, Deep Space Energy secures €930k to advance lunar energy tech

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Riga-based SpaceTech startup Deep Space Energy has raised a total €930k to further develop a radioisotopic generator toward commercialisation, in a bid to strengthen the European sovereign space and defense industry and power Moon surface exploration. The…

#startups #defensetech #space #energy #business #aerospace #deeptech #europe #engineering #technology

With Europe seeking greater defense and space autonomy, Deep Space Energy secures €930k to advance lunar energy tech

23 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Deep Space Energy raises €930K for 5x more efficient RTGs

23 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Deep Space Energy Raises €930K in Pre-Seed Funding

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T-Mobile Will Live Translate Regular Phone Calls Without an App

msmash / slashdot - T-Mobile is opening registration today for a beta test of Live Translation, an AI-powered feature that will translate live phone calls into more than 50 languages when it launches this spring. The feature operates at the network level, so it doesn't requi…

#ai #mobiletech #voice #mobile #business #internet #technology #telecommunications

T-Mobile Launches Beta for Free Real-Time Call Translation on Any Phone

23 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation

23 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

T-Mobile can now translate your phone calls in real time with AI

23 days / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

T-Mobile Will Start Testing Live Translation on Calls, No App Required

23 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

T-Mobile Will Live Translate Regular Phone Calls Without an App

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T-Mobile will live translate regular phone calls without an app

23 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

T-Mobile's Live Translation AI Agent Will Be Baked Into Your Phone Calls

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Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Apptronik Inc., the maker of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, today announced it has raised $520 million more in early-stage funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to nearly $1 billion. The Series A-X extension round fol…

#ai #startups #robotics #automation #hardware #business #deeptech #engineering #manufacturing #technology

Apptronik Raises $520 Million to Roll Out Humanoid Robot

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Humanoid robot maker Apptronik raises $520 million

23 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments

23 days / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Apptronik raises $520 million to beat Chinese humanoids, Tesla Optimus to market

23 days / cnbc

Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation

23 days / techcrunch / Julie Bort

iPhone 18 Pro to Support 5G Satellite Internet With Apple's C2 Modem [Report]

iclarified - Apple's next custom modem may unlock something far more ambitious than improved 5G speeds. A new supply chain report claims the upcoming C2 baseband will support low Earth orbit satellite connectivity, with the feature expected to arrive alongside the iPh…

#mobiletech #5g #apple #iphone #wireless #technology #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone #satellite

Leaker Suggests Satellite 5G Is Coming To New iPhones

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Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro C2 Modem Could Add 5G Satellite Connectivity - HotHardware

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iPhone 18 Pro May Get Direct 5G Satellite Internet With New C2 Chip - The Mac Observer

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Full satellite internet on iPhone may not be that far away

23 days / appleinsider

Apple's C2 modem leak reveals the iPhone 18 Pro's plan to end dead zones forever - PhoneArena

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iPhone 18 Pro to Support 5G Satellite Internet With Apple's C2 Modem [Report]

23 days / iclarified

iPhone 18 Pro’s C2 5G Modem Will Support A New Connectivity Protocol That Will Treat Satellites As Distant Cell Towers, Boosting Reliability

23 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

iPhone 18 Pro: Apple's C2 Modem to Support 5G Satellite Connectivity

23 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a $40M Series B raise

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based Andercore, an AI-enabled industrial supplytrade platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B round comprising equityand debt to support its expansion in Europe. The round includes parti...

#ai #automation #innovation #enterprise #privateequity #business #deeptech #supplychain #europe #technology

Andercore raises $40M to AI-power Europe’s industrial supply chains

23 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Andercore Raises $40M Series B Round To Expand AI-Powered Industrial Trade Platform

23 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Berlin’s Andercore secures €33.5 million to scale industrial trade platform across Europe

23 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a $40M Series B raise

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Andercore Raises $40M in Series B Funding

23 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Atomico and Project A back industrial supply startup Andercore in $40m Series B

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London-Based Mozart AI Raises $6M To Expand Music Creation Tools

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Mozart AI has secured $6 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Balderton Capital. The round also included participation from Mercuri, EWOR, Kevin Hartz, Charles Ferguson, and Emery Wells, alongside existing investors and stra…