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Ciena unveils new $200M venture capital firm (CIEN:NYSE)
Ciena () unveiled a new $200M venture capital firm on Monday, Ciena Ventures, with the investments aimed at the networking industry. The venture firm will invest in early-stage companies and tech-focused venture funds to help with Ciena's push to…
China's DeepSeek hires dealmaker as CFO ahead of possible IPO
DeepSeek plans to hire Yan Wentao, a partner at venture-capital firm GL Ventures, as its first chief financial officer, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the Chinese AI startup prepares for a potential initial public offering. SCROLL…
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI wars
The furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps — and a cautious middle. Here is a look at the battle lines in the war over a technology that is now the backbone of the economy and could decide the future of…
China's DeepSeek hires dealmaker as CFO ahead of possible IPO
Sept 14 (Reuters) - DeepSeek plans to hire Yan Wentao, a partner at venture-capital firm GL Ventures, as its first chief financial officer, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the Chinese AI startup prepares for a…
Airtree 'leaning in harder, earlier' after missed Eucalyptus payday
In venture capital, landing the best investments early is just as important as avoiding the blow-ups. That's because the industry is built on the idea that most investments will go to zero, but a handful will deliver outsized returns. One of the…
Deep tech rises in Korea's venture market, while global ties remain weak
Korea's venture market is shifting toward deep-tech industries including artificial intelligence (AI) chips and robotics, but weak ties with global investors remain a drag on the country's startup ecosystem, a senior industry official said Monday.
Greg Brockman says OpenAI has already slowed cutting-edge AI developments over safety concerns
As the tech world continues debating whether to slow down AI development, OpenAI's cofounder said the company is already doing so. In multiple interview sessions aired on Monday, OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman said that the company…
EUCLYD Raises Over €200 Million to Break the AI Efficiency Wall
As foundation models grow more capable, deploying them requires more power, memory bandwidth, and capital while adding infrastructure complexity. EUCLYD is developing a platform spanning crafted compute, innovative memory architecture, and…
Growing Pains for Startups in the ChatGPT Generation
Good day: ChatGPT's arrival kicked off a surge in artificial intelligence startups scoring their first venture funding. The number of venture-capital first financings for AI startups in the U.S. went from about 2,150 in 2022 to almost 3,400 last…
West Bengal Aims To Be Quantum And Semiconductor Technology Hub
West Bengal is making a significant stride towards becoming a major hub for next-generation technology by launching an Emerging Quantum and Semiconductor Technologies section, aiming to attract crucial investments and foster innovation in these…
Lady Gaga's tech CEO fiancée is training an AI model on data collected from human skin
In the last decade, he's cofounded a philanthropic nonprofit, launched an early-stage venture capital firm, helmed an asset management firm, got engaged to Lady Gaga, and somehow, had time to become a Grammy-nominated artist for co-writing seven…
The AI apocalypse warning that finally went mainstream
What's old is always new again. That phrase has been turning over in my head, after AI researcher Jacob Coxon's bombshell resignation from Anthropic. Coxon, who's also worked at OpenAI, posted on X in striking language and in no uncertain terms: He…
Temporal worth $12.55b, OpenAI's camera acquisition, and DoD's tungsten buy
• Temporal, a Bellevue, Wash.-based microservices orchestration startup, raised $550m in Series E funding at a $12.55b valuation. Lightspeed led, joined by Wellington, Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global, T. Rowe Price, SV Angel, a16z, Sequoia…
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI wars
Here is a look at the battle lines in the war over a technology that is now the backbone of the economy and could decide the future of the planet. Fear of technology's dangerous consequences for society goes back far in history. OpenAI was founded…
Forget An AI Slowdown, I'm Worried About A Double Hawk Instead
This week's dual central bank interest rate decisions could trigger severe volatility, with the BoJ's stance posing the greatest risk to global bond and equity markets. I am not concerned about an AI capex slowdown from recent developments this…
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