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VC-Funded Startups Linked to Persistent Fraud
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech It turns out the venture capital industry doesn't just merely fund junky AI startups — it also systematically breeds the conditions for fraud. A new joint study from…
Venture Capital firm unveils programme for early-stage spacetech startups with T-Hub
Early-stage venture capital firm Abyro Capital recently announced the launch of dedicated spacetech cohort Beacon, to identify, invest in and accelerate promising early-stage spacetech startups, in partnership with T-Hub. Through a combination of…
Sarvam AI | All about the Bengaluru startup's plans for a trillion-parameter model
Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI has announced plans to build a one-trillion parameter foundational model. To that end, the company has opened a San Francisco office and a Bay Area research lab, raising $234 million in the first close of its…
Netflix uses AI in 300 productions; here's why it spent $587 mn on Ben Affleck's startup
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has revealed that the streaming giant is already using artificial intelligence across nearly 300 productions, describing the technology as a creative tool that…
DPIIT signs 5 MoUs to expand digital, cloud and investment support for startups
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has signed five strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with industry leaders and ecosystem enablers to expand access to digital infrastructure, technology, mentorship…
Legal AI startup Harvey reportedly raising $500M at $15.5B valuation
Harvey AI Corp., a provider of artificial intelligence software for attorneys, is reportedly seeking at least $500 million in new funding. The Information today cited sources as saying that the round could value the startup at $15.5 billion. That's…
Omen AI Liquid Cooling Startup Raises $31m Series A to Guard Data Centre Coolant - News Anyway
Omen AI, the liquid cooling startup founded by a 20-year-old high school dropout, has closed a $31 million Series A to bring continuous, real-time fluid monitoring to AI data centres, where contaminated or degraded coolant can force costly chip…
Western Digital: Watch For Technological Threats Following Post-Earnings Sell-Off (NASDAQ:WDC)
Western Digital delivered strong Q4 2026 results, beating earnings and revenue expectations but faced a sharp post-earnings sell-off due to valuation concerns. WDC's pure-play HDD focus exposes it to technological disruption risks, such as emerging…
Inside the Trump administration's $2 billion push to build the world's first useful quantum computer
The White House Quantum Summit brought together dozens of quantum policy officials and industry leaders last month, representing a rare glimmer of bipartisanship as the U.S. hustles to become the first nation to build a fault-tolerant quantum…
AMD (AMD) Buys Taalas: Is AI Inference the Next Battleground With Nvidia?
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) just announced an acquisition that could give major competition to NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) in AI-inference. On August 6, AMD said it has agreed to buy chip startup Taalas as specialized inference…
Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it
Cybersecurity leaders gathering in Las Vegas for Black Hat this week voiced frustration with the endless Hugging Face discussion. Recent AI agent hacks offer a 'hard lesson,' but cyber executives were keen to showcase ways to combat this evolving…
AI can analyze your poop. Should it?
In over a decade as a health journalist, I've interviewed people about some deeply personal health experiences, but this was a first. On a video call, Scott Hickle, CEO and cofounder of the startup Throne Science, held his phone up to the camera to…
SpaceX's Nvidia deal could be bad news for neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius, analysts say
SpaceX's aggressive push to provide computing resources for artificial-intelligence companies could spell bad news for neocloud companies, according to analysts. The market for AI compute is hot right now and companies can't seem to get enough.
Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech They're agile, they're creepy, and they may be coming for human jobs. Robot dogs affixed with AI-integrated cameras are becoming the latest dystopian fixation of the security…
Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
When Sir Demis Hassabis said AI had brought the world to a “pivotal moment in human history” last month, he knew another big change was imminent. This shift was closer to home. The Nobel prize-winning head of Google DeepMind, Google's…
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