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Dream, an AI company focused on national cybersecurity, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, valuing the company at $1.1 billion.
Spyne, an AI-powered visual merchandising platform for the automotive industry, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Vertex Ventures. The funding will support Spyne's expansion in the U.S. and development of next-gen AI solutions.
Luminance has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Point72 Private Investments, bringing its total funding to $165 million. The investment will support the expansion of its AI-driven contract management solutions.
Geek+ has launched its first project in South Africa, deploying a fleet of sorting robots at Takealot's Johannesburg facility, in collaboration with ECC.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, is raising over $1 billion for his startup Safe Superintelligence, which is now valued at more than $30 billion.
Elon Musk has announced the launch of Grok 3, xAI's latest chatbot model, which is said to be significantly more powerful than its predecessor.
Abridge has raised $250 million in Series D funding and introduced a new Contextual Reasoning Engine to enhance clinical workflows, announced in a press release.
Saudi Aramco's venture capital arm, Wa'ed Ventures, has invested in UK-based AI cloud startup Ori to establish a regional subsidiary in Riyadh.
Telmai, a leader in data quality and observability, has announced its platform's availability on the AWS Marketplace, allowing enterprises to easily deploy its AI-driven data quality solutions.
The New York Times has approved the use of AI tools for its editorial and product teams, including tools like GitHub Copilot and Google's Vertex AI, according to Semafor.
Microsoft plans to invest $704 million to expand its data center infrastructure in Poland, enhancing AI capabilities and cybersecurity.
RC Mowers has announced the hiring of Richard Lukas as its new autonomous engineering director, bringing extensive experience in robotics and machine learning to the company.
Mistral has introduced Mistral Saba, a new AI model focused on Arabic-speaking countries, designed to excel in Arabic interactions and support Indian-origin languages.
Fosun Pharma has introduced its self-developed PharmAID decision intelligence platform, integrating advanced AI technologies to boost drug R&D efficiency, announced in a press release.
Tencent's Weixin app has started beta testing with Deepseek, leading to a 6.6% rise in Tencent's shares, according to Reuters.
Researchers are developing AI systems to interpret animal emotions, such as the Intellipig system for pigs and facial recognition for dogs, according to TechCrunch.
Freedom International Group (FIG) has announced a strategic investment in Elitepharm Laboratoires, aiming to enhance dietary supplement production with AI technology.
South Korea has temporarily halted downloads of DeepSeek's app due to privacy concerns, as reported by TechCrunch.
TigerDC has appointed Mehmet Akcin, Founder & CEO of EdgeUno, to its Board of Directors to enhance AI-ready data center innovation, announced in a press release.
Saudi Arabia's Neom project has partnered with Paradromics to advance brain-computer interface technology, aiming to establish a Center of Excellence in the region.
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