ByteDance has announced the rollout of its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video generation model within its CapCut editing platform, marking an expansion of its AI-powered creative tools. The model enables creators to generate, edit, and synchronize video and audio using prompts, images, or reference content, with support for clips up to 15 seconds across […]
Legal AI startup Harvey has secured $200 million in new funding, bringing its valuation to $11 billion and total capital raised to $1 billion. The round was co-led by GIC and Sequoia, with participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Conviction Partners, Elad Gil, Evantic, and Kleiner Perkins. The company plans to use the […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Thesis Care (formerly Trovo Health), the AI-powered care team platform for scalable clinical capacity, announced $45 million in Series A funding led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from CRV, and additional support from Black Opal Ventures and experienced C-level healthcare technology angel investors. This brings the total funding for Thesis to $60 […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Tripo AI announced $50 million in new funding alongside a new generation of 3D model architectures designed to generate production-ready assets directly within native three-dimensional space. The funding round, backed by Alibaba and Baidu Ventures, will support continued research into large-scale 3D foundation models and the expansion of the company’s global developer […]
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure…
In a letter, senators press for mandated annual electricity disclosure for data centers.
Insider Brief Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a wearable ultrasound wristband that can track hand movements in real time with high precision. It’s a system they say could improve control in robotics and virtual environments while generating large-scale training data for dexterous AI systems, according to MIT. The work, published in Nature Electronics […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Lucid Bots, the leading platform for autonomous exterior cleaning in the United States, announced it has raised an oversubscribed $20 million Series B round co-led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners, with participation from Taylor Rhodes, WaterStone Impact Fund, and Front Porch Ventures, in addition to existing investors. The […]
Posted by Vish · Open Source · AI SecurityBlackwall-LLM-ShieldLet’s be honest. Most of us building AI products spend a lot of time thinking about prompts, models, latency, and costs. Security? That usually shows up as a last-minute checkbox — maybe a b…
Sacks will be much further from the power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.