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London-based Qalzy has secured pre-seed funding from Jenson Ventures following €204,000 in Kickstarter pre-orders for its AI-powered nutrition scale. The company plans to expand its AI food recognition technology and prepare for global launch.
DeepL has launched a voice-to-voice translation suite that enables real-time multilingual communication across meetings, mobile apps, and web conversations. The company also introduced an API for developers to build custom translation tools.
Danish startup Sapient Perception has secured €2 million in pre-seed funding to advance its 10K AI sensor technology for drones, with deployments planned in Ukraine and other contested environments.
Anthropic has received multiple investor offers for a potential new funding round valuing the AI company at around $800 billion, more than double its previous $380 billion valuation from February. The company has not yet accepted any offers and may consider raising funds later this year.
SK Telecom has detailed how its partnership with Ericsson will advance AI-powered radio access networks and AI-native 6G systems, focusing on performance, efficiency, and interoperability through 2031.
Adobe has introduced the Firefly AI Assistant, a new tool that can perform tasks across Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator. The assistant, entering public beta soon, can execute multi-step workflows and adapt to user preferences over time.
Gitar, a startup founded by former Intel, Google, and Uber engineer Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, has emerged from stealth with $9 million in funding led by Venrock and Sierra Ventures to enhance code security using AI agents.
Parasail has raised $32 million in Series A funding to scale its cloud computing platform for AI inference, focusing on cost-efficient token processing across a global network of data centers.
Indian startup Emergent has launched Wingman, an autonomous AI agent that operates through messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, allowing users to assign and monitor tasks via chat.
Google has launched a native Gemini app for macOS, allowing users to access its AI assistant directly from their desktop. The app supports screen sharing, image and video generation, and is available globally for macOS 15 and later.
A new startup called Objection, backed by Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, has launched an AI platform that allows users to challenge the accuracy of published news for a $2,000 fee. The system assigns an 'Honor Index' score to journalists based on submitted evidence, prompting concerns about its impact on whistleblowers and press freedom.
AI-powered learning app Gizmo has surpassed 13 million users across 120 countries and secured a $22 million Series A funding round led by Shine Capital. The company plans to expand its engineering and AI teams and grow its U.S. college market presence.
Hightouch has achieved $100 million in annual recurring revenue, largely from its AI-powered marketing content platform introduced in late 2024. The service enables marketers to create brand-consistent ads using connected design tools and existing brand assets.
ATLANT 3D and the National University of Singapore have signed an MoU to create a joint AI-driven materials discovery foundry at the CREATE campus, focusing on 2D materials, nanoelectronics, and advanced semiconductor packaging.
Caruso has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding, bringing its valuation to $55 million. The AI-native fund administration platform now manages $55 billion in assets and plans to expand its AI agent capabilities and team across the US, Australia, and New Zealand.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman endorsed tracking employee AI token usage, known as 'tokenmaxxing', as a way for companies to gauge engagement with AI tools, according to TechCrunch.
LinkedIn reports a 20% decline in global hiring since 2022, but says artificial intelligence is not yet responsible for the slowdown, citing economic factors like rising interest rates instead.
Lovable has introduced an official connector for Databricks, enabling users to build live applications that interact directly with Databricks data using natural language, without requiring backend development.
Sidus Space has expanded its agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to build and deliver another StarVault orbital data storage payload, extending its role in the first commercially operational space-based data storage service.
Hyperscale Data, Inc. announced it will hold a conference call on April 21, 2026, to provide updates on its Michigan AI data center campus. The session will include details on recent developments and future initiatives for expanding the facility’s AI and high-performance computing capabilities.
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