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Goodfire Secures $50M Series A to Illuminate the Inner Workings of AI with Interpretability Platform Ember

Goodfire, the leading AI interpretability research company, announced a $50 million Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Anthropic, B Capital, Work-Bench, Wing, South Park Commons, and other notable investors. This funding, which comes less than one year after its founding, will support the expansion of Goodfire's research initiatives

ServiceAgent Launches AI-Powered 24/7 Receptionist to Boost Growth for U.S. Home Service Businesses

ServiceAgent, built by the creators of the widely used cloud communication platform JustCall.io, today announced its launch. It aims to empower America's home services entrepreneurs with 24/7 AI-driven call answering technology. As small-business optimism in the U.S. hits record highs, ServiceAgent aligns with the national push for economic revitalization championed by the Trump administration.

South Korea Develops AI Defense to Secure Medical Digital Twins from Cyberattacks

Medical digital twins are virtual models of the human body that can help predict diseases with high accuracy. However, they are vulnerable to cyberattacks that can manipulate data and lead to incorrect diagnoses. To address this, researchers from Dongguk University developed the Wavelet-Based Adversarial Training (WBAD) defense system. Tested on a breast cancer diagnostic model, WBAD restor

Honeycomb Acquires Grit, Expands Leadership to Accelerate AI-Driven Observability

Honeycomb, the creators of observability, announced the acquisition of Grit, a powerful open-source query system and AI agent, to help customers instrument complex software systems for end-to-end observability. The company also announced the appointment of two executives to its leadership team, with Julie Neumann joining as Chief Marketing Officer and Matt Nelson as Chief Revenue Officer.

Globant and Google Cloud Expand Strategic Partnership to Deliver Scalable AI Solutions Across Key Industries

Globant's strategic cooperation with Google Cloud delivers industry-specific solutions tailored to the needs of the Media & Entertainment, Retail, Healthcare, and Finance & Banking sectors. Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, has announced a Strategic Partner Agreement w

Fujitsu and Partners Launch AI-Powered Device for Non-Destructive Fat Analysis in Frozen Tuna

– Fujitsu Limited, Sonofai Inc., Ishida Tec Co., Ltd., and Tokai University have announced the launch of an automated inspection device that determines the fat content of frozen albacore tuna using a non-destructive method. This new device, powered by Fujitsu’s advanced AI technology, is being released by Sonofai Inc., a Japanese startup focused on preserving traditional techniques t

Intermedia Opens AI-Powered Experience Center in the Netherlands to Accelerate European Growth

Intermedia Cloud Communications, a global leader in AI-driven cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, is proud to announce the opening of a brand new Experience Center in Woerden, the Netherlands. With this step, Intermedia responds to the increasing demand for its solutions in Europe and creates a central location where visitors can experience Intermedia's Intell

Sectra Adds Paige Pathology AI to Amplifier Service in New Distribution Agreement

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) signs distribution agreement with pathology AI vendor Paige.AI (Paige). The applications from Paige will be the first AI applications for pathology available via Sectra through a single contract, a single hosting solution, and a single vendor for implementation, integration and support. Following this new distributio

Ogury Launches 'Ogury One' to Supercharge Privacy-Safe Persona-Based Advertising

Ogury, the leader in advertising solutions fueled by exclusive data and grounded in privacy, today announced the launch of its new client-facing platform. Designed for brands and agencies, Ogury One empowers users to fully leverage its Personified Advertising technology. As digital advertising faces increasing challenges with diminishing addressabilit

MindsDB Integrates Model Context Protocol to Become Unified AI Data Hub Across Open Source and Enterprise Platforms

MindsDB, the leader in AI data integration, announced comprehensive support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across both its open source and enterprise platforms. This integration positions MindsDB as a unified AI data hub that standardizes and optimizes how AI models access enterprise data, dramatically simplifying artificial intelligence deployment in complex data environments. &nbs

Dataminr Secures $85M in New Funding to Expand Global AI Capabilities

Dataminr, one of the world's leading AI companies, announced it has secured $85 million in new funding from NightDragon and HSBC through a combination of convertible financing and credit. The new capital will allow Dataminr to accelerate its growth trajectory and continue to pioneer trailblazing Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities that shape the future of real-time information.

Hitachi Vantara Expands AI-Ready Infrastructure with Hitachi iQ M Series

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), announced Hitachi iQ M Series, the latest addition to the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure solutions. This new solution provides a lower entry cost with built-in adaptability and scalability as customer needs evolve. Integrating accelerated computing plat

Supermicro Unveils AI-Optimized Systems Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra

Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing new systems and rack solutions powered by the NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra platform, featuring the NVIDIA HGX B300 NVL16 and NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platforms. Supermicro and NVIDIA's new AI solutions strengthen leadership in AI by delivering breakthrough performance for the most compute-inten

Cisco’s Jeetu Patel on Agentic AI: Transforming How People and Technology Collaborate with Webex AI

Furthering Cisco's agentic AI journey, Cisco expands its Collaboration portfolio to include the general availability of Webex AI Agent to improve customer experiences. With new Cisco AI Assistant for Webex Contact Center updates and Webex AI Agent availability, Cisco is transforming contact centers into customer experience centers. New solutions for end users and IT teams include&n

South Korea’s Seadronix Secures $11.3M in Series B to Advance AI-Powered Autonomous Ship Navigation

Enhancing Ship AI and Robotics Technologies to Accelerate Global Deployment of Autonomous Navigation Solutions Aiming to Lead as the Global Standard in Autonomous Navigation in Compliance with International Maritime Regulations Seadronix, a leading company in AI-powered autonomous ship navigation solutions, announced on the 5th that it has successfully secured KRW 15 billion (approx.

Alloy Launches AI-Powered Fraud Attack Radar to Help Financial Institutions Proactively Combat Fraud

The newest solution from Alloy includes actionable AI to show financial institutions and fintechs where attacks are coming from and how to stop them Alloy, a leading identity and fraud prevention platform provider, today announced the launch of Fraud Attack Radar, a machine learning-powered solution that provides financial institutions (FIs) and fintechs with actionable intelligence

AI21 Unveils Maestro: The World’s First AI Planning and Orchestration System for Enterprise-Scale AI

AI21 is leading the shift from LLMs and Reasoning models to planning AI systems. Maestro increases the accuracy of GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5 by up to 50% on complex, multi-requirement tasks, transforming AI from an unpredictable tool to a trustworthy system. AI21, a pioneer in frontier models and AI systems, today unveiled Maestro, the world's first AI Planning and Orchestration System desig

CoreWeave Secures Up to $11.9B Deal to Expand AI Infrastructure for OpenAI

CoreWeave announced a deal to deliver AI infrastructure to OpenAI, expanding OpenAI's compute capacity for training and delivering its latest models at scale to its hundreds of millions of users around the world. The contract value for this strategic deal is up to $11.9 billion. As part of this deal, OpenAI will become an investor in CoreWeave through the issuance of $350.0 million o

Shield AI and L3Harris Partner to Advance AI-Driven Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Shield AI and L3Harris Technologies [NYSE: LHX] will collaborate on a demonstration to enable an electronic warfare (EW) operation with AI-enabled unmanned systems that will sense, adapt and act while simultaneously executing physical and electromagnetic movements. At the core of this effort is L3Harris' Distributed Spectrum Collaboration and Operations, or DiSCO™, a software-defined Elec

Applaud Unveils AI-Native HR Case Management Solution to Revolutionize Employee Support

Applaud, the HR-focused, employee-led disruptor for the world of work, announced its AI-native HR Case Management solution. Purpose-built for HR's unique challenges, this new module is the first to be conceived and engineered entirely in the era of generative AI, delivering "just-in-case management" whenever employees need extra support. This addition completes Applaud's end-to-end HR Servi

Tuya Smart Integrates AIoT Platform with DeepSeek to Revolutionize AI-Driven Pet Care and Smart Devices

Tuya Smart, a global cloud platform service provider, announced the integration of its AIoT platform with cutting-edge AI models including DeepSeek. By leveraging advanced technologies like natural language processing (NLP) and multimodal scene perception, Tuya is driving the transformation of smart devices into "active intelligence," paving the way for AI applications to reach their full potentia

Copado Unveils AI-Powered DevOps Apps for Slack, Streamlining Salesforce Development

Copado, the leader in DevOps for business applications, introduced three AI-powered DevOps apps for Slack. Available now in the Slack Marketplace, Copado's apps securely streamline Salesforce application development so that teams can accelerate their deployments and improve productivity. This launch brings three pillars of the Copado AI Platform – Plan, Release, and&nbsp