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FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains

FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics /

FieldAI, an Irvine, California-based robotics startup, has raised $405 million across multiple previously undisclosed rounds to develop what it calls “foundational embodied AI models” — essentially robot brains designed to help everything from humanoids to quadrupeds to self-driving cars adapt to new environments. The company announced the funding Wednesday; the most recent round raised $314

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Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down

Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down

Artificial Intelligence, Startups /

Cohere on Thursday announced that it had raised an oversubscribed $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. This is up from the $5.5 billion valuation it landed a little over a year ago when it raised its previous round, also $500 million. Toronto-headquartered Cohere was one of the first breakout LLM model makers

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Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever

Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever

Artificial Intelligence /

One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them after a chicken’s brain and a fly’s brain. Multiverse Computing claims these are the world’s smallest models that are still high-performing and can handle chat, speech, and even reasoning in one case.  These new tiny

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