A brand-new AI chip startup, Unconventional AI, just landed $475 million in seed funding, valuing the company at $4.5 billion after only two months of existence. The round was led by Andreesen Horowitz and Lightspeed and includes Jeff Bezos. The company is betting on brain-inspired, analog neuromorp
Snowflake is doubling down on data quality. Its venture arm has made a strategic equity investment in Ataccama, a data governance and quality management provider, signaling a deeper integration to meet soaring demand for reliable data to fuel AI applications and agents.
Former President Trump announced a deal allowing Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China, with the U.S. taking 25% of sales. The proposal is facing immediate skepticism from Republican senators worried it will accelerate China’s military and AI capabilities.
A new startup called Casera is spinning out of Pioneer Square Labs to tackle hospital bottlenecks. Its AI software aims to automate the work of case managers, chasing down tasks like insurance approvals to get patients home faster.
Generative AI has thrown the stock photography industry into chaos. But according to Shutterstock’s head of AI, it might be more of a powerful new tool than a death sentence for human creatives.
H3C has launched the LinSeer MegaCube, a compact mini PC powered by NVIDIA’s GB10 Superchip. It features 128GB of memory and can run AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. The price in China converts to over $5,000 USD.
According to Inc, five of the Magnificent Seven stocks are lagging the S&P 500 in 2025. Only Alphabet and Nvidia are beating the index. Market strategists see this as a sign of healthy rotation, not a bearish signal.
Google is forcefully denying a report that claims it’s planning to introduce ads into its Gemini AI chatbot by 2026. The company says it has “no current plans” for Gemini ads, even as it tests them in other AI products. This comes as rival ChatGPT is also reportedly exploring ad integrations.
A new robot model shifts from simple detection to evaluating the ‘ease of harvesting’ for each tomato. The system achieved an 81% success rate in tests by choosing the best approach angle. This research aims to tackle farm labor shortages through human-robot collaboration.
In a stark warning, Gartner is advising its corporate clients to block all AI web browsers for the foreseeable future. The research firm cites critical, poorly understood security risks that could take years to fully address.
