nandan nilekani steps back from vc role as fundamentum launches $200m fund
nandan nilekani shifts from general partner to anchor investor at fundamentum partnership as the firm launches its third fund targeting $200 million for indian startups.
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ollama raises $65m, reaches 8.9m monthly developers
open source ai tool ollama secures series b funding and reports rapid user growth among fortune 500 companies.
google photos adds ai video remix tool
google photos introduces video remix, a gemini omni-powered feature that lets users edit videos with cinematic relighting, background swaps, and artistic styles in seconds.
robotics startup sees foundation model shift like chatgpt
general intuition raises $320m to build a physical ai foundation model trained on video game data, aiming to make robot development faster and cheaper.
lovable in talks to raise $300m at $13.2b valuation
swedish vibe-coding startup lovable is reportedly negotiating a $300 million funding round that would double its valuation to $13.2 billion, led by menlo ventures.
google synthid debunks mcconnell hoax image
google's synthid watermark helped snopes confirm an ai-generated image of senator mitch mcconnell was fake.
prime intellect raises $130m to help firms build own ai agents
prime intellect secures $130 million series a to provide enterprises with compute and tools for training custom ai agents, bypassing frontier labs.
video game data may train better physical ai than text
general intuition ceo pim de witte argues that gaming data helps ai understand movement in space and time, a gap large language models cannot fill.
openai launches gpt-live voice models for natural talk
openai released gpt-live-1 and gpt-live-1 mini, full-duplex voice models that allow interruptions and live translation, replacing advanced voice mode in chatgpt.
meta ai glasses get camera safeguard amid wider privacy push
meta disables camera if led is tampered, but its ai strategy still demands more personal data.
former openai exec kevin weil joins stoke space board
kevin weil, former openai product chief, joins stoke space board as the reusable rocket startup scales toward first flight.
meta muse image generator sparks privacy backlash
meta's new ai image tool lets users manipulate public instagram photos without consent, raising privacy concerns.
gemini api adds background tasks and remote mcp support
google deepmind expands managed agents in gemini api with background execution, remote mcp server integration, custom functions, and credential refresh for production-ready agents.
zml releases free multi-chip ai inference server
french startup zml launches llmd, a free inference server that runs open-source llms on various chips, aiming to break vendor lock-in and cut costs.
sambanova raises $1b at $11b valuation
ai chip maker sambanova systems secures $1 billion in series f funding led by general atlantic, five months after its last mega round.
open source ai isn't hurting anthropic yet
frontier models keep high spending even as open source usage grows, suggesting a two-tier ai economy.
claude cowork expands to mobile and web
anthropic's claude cowork agent for general knowledge work is now available on web and mobile, letting users start tasks on desktop and continue on their phone.
savi app uses ai to block real-time phone scams
savi security launches a consumer app that detects ai-powered scams in texts, emails, and live calls, backed by $7 million in seed funding.