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IBM has introduced new cybersecurity offerings, including a frontier model risk assessment and an AI agent-powered security service, to help enterprises counter emerging autonomous cyberattacks.
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, announced it will lay off about 1,000 employees—roughly 16% of its workforce—while expanding the use of AI to automate coding and operations. CEO Evan Spiegel said AI now generates over 65% of the company’s new code, allowing smaller, more focused teams to handle development work.
E&R Engineering will present its latest semiconductor process technologies, including Advanced Packaging, Co-Packaged Optics, and Through-Glass Via innovations, at the ISIG Symposium in Sunnyvale, California, on April 20–21, 2026.
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.7, offering enhanced performance in coding, visual understanding, and long-context reasoning. The model is available across major cloud platforms with the same pricing as its predecessor.
Coupang announced $84 million in investments in AI-focused startups and a collaboration with Texas-based Contoro Robotics to bring autonomous robots to its logistics operations in Korea and beyond.
Ryght AI has introduced RyghtSites.com, a free AI-powered search engine that enables pharmaceutical companies and CROs to find and rank clinical research sites across 192 countries.
Mintlify has secured $45 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total funding to $67 million and valuing the company at $500 million.
StorageChain has expanded its Bring Your Own Cloud Intelligence platform to include Dropbox, enabling AI search across multiple cloud environments without data migration.
Sygaldry has secured $139 million in Series A and seed funding to build quantum-accelerated AI servers designed to reduce the cost and energy consumption of large-scale AI workloads.
Auctor has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital to develop an AI-native system for enterprise software implementation.
Artemis, a cybersecurity startup focused on autonomous threat detection and response, has launched publicly after raising $70 million across seed and Series A rounds led by Felicis, with participation from First Round Capital, Brightmind, and others.
Wafer has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Fifty Years, with participation from Liquid2, Y Combinator, and several notable angel investors, to develop AI systems that improve the efficiency of AI infrastructure.
Gravity has raised $10 million in funding, including a $7 million round led by Next Frontier Capital, to accelerate development of its AI-powered analytics platform Orion, which delivers proactive insights to business users.
Norm Ai has launched the Legal AGI Lab, a research initiative focused on building legal infrastructure to align AI agents with democratically determined law. The lab will explore topics such as AI legal reasoning, accountability, and liability in regulated industries.
Footwear company Allbirds has sold its brand and footwear assets to American Exchange Group and will rebrand as NewBird AI, using a $50 million convertible financing facility to enter the AI infrastructure market.
Maine lawmakers have approved a bill imposing a moratorium on data centers requiring more than 20 megawatts of power until November 2027, pending a study on grid and community impacts. The measure now awaits Governor Janet Mills' decision.
Toulouse-based Donecle has raised €10 million to accelerate the international expansion of its AI-powered drone inspection technology for aircraft maintenance, according to ePlane AI. The funding round was co-led by IRDI Capital Investissement and SWEN Capital Partners.
Tel Aviv-based Capsule Security has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding led by Lama Partners and Forgepoint Capital International to secure AI agents operating inside business systems.
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.
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