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zypl.ai Raises $5.5M to Expand Synthetic Data AI Platform for Financial Services
AI company zypl.ai has secured $5.5 million in new funding at an $80 million valuation, with investment led by Carbide Ventures and participation from business leader Shukhrat Ibragimov. The funding will support the company’s global expansion and accelerate deployment of its synthetic data solutions for financial institutions. The company’s proprietary zGAN model focuses on generating […]
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TAI #198: Real-Time Speech AI Gets Serious: Google and OpenAI Race to Own the Voice Layer
Also, Cohere Transcribe, Sora cancelled, TRIBE v2, and more!What happened this week in AI by LouieReal-time speech AI has been progressing quietly for the past year, but the past few weeks have delivered enough to warrant a dedicated look. Google relea…
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Art schools are being torn apart by AI
When my baby brother, a 3D modelling and animation student, talks to me about his projects and studies, the pride I usually feel is becoming increasingly tainted by a growing sense of dread. As a creative professional and former design student myself, I understand all too well how fierce the competition for postgraduate jobs will […]
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Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
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How did Anthropic measure AI’s “theoretical capabilities” in the job market?
2023 study made a lot of assumptions about future “anticipated LLM-powered software.”
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Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups
Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications.
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Report: Chinese Humanoid Robotics Company Cedarobo Raises $14M USD in New Funding Round
Insider Brief Chinese humanoid robotics company Cedarobo has raised about $14 million USD in a new funding round backed by Shenzhen Capital Group, Vertex Ventures, Qianhai Ark, Origin Yuan, Lightspeed China Partners, Kunlun Capital and Rongyi Investment, according to Chinese automotive news site Gasgoo. The raise follows a separate $14 million USD round closed in […]
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With its new app store, Ring bets on AI to go beyond home security
Ring’s app store will allow the company to target broader use cases beyond security, like elder care or business needs.
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You can order Grubhub and Uber Eats ‘conversationally’ with Alexa Plus
Amazon is giving you a new way to order food through Grubhub and Uber Eats with Alexa without having to endure an awkward exchange just to add fries. Amazon said the entire process is meant to be conversational, building your order in a similar manner to ordering in a restaurant. That means changing your order, […]