Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M |

Generative AI is making it easier to produce more content and harder to keep track of it. As videos, recordings, and documents accumulate, Adobe, Apple,…

Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining |

Nearly every company that’s trying to deploy artificial intelligence runs into the same problem: it’s hard to integrate the tech into everyday operations. Industrial heavyweight…

The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them |

In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, both moves citing…

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M |

Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector…

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open |

As projects like Pacing the Frontier look to major labs as a way to keep AI research safe, open source models have become a sore…

Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate |

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months. The San…

Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’ |

While the rest of the AI industry races to label its work as “AGI” or “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, the CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model…

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round |

AI chip company SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation led by General Atlantic, in a first close of its Series…

Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent |

Meta and Snap rolled out new smart glasses last month, the latest sign that the industry is racing to put a camera and an AI…

Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on |

On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head with Anthropic’s Mythos. That’s the cybersecurity-focused AI model…