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Arrcus just closed a significant new investment of $30 million from Prosperity7 Ventures, NVIDIA, Lightspeed, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Clear Ventures, and General Catalyst.…
Cornelis Networks has announced the appointment of Lisa Spelman as its new chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Philip Murphy, who will now serve as…
Armada, an edge computing start-up based in San Francisco, has announced a $40 million funding round led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund. This latest…
Qumulo, a start-up focused on the management of exabyte-scale data. appointed Douglas Gourlay as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing retiring CEO Bill Richter.…
Lightbits Labs, a start-up specializing in NVMe over TCP and software-defined cloud data platforms, announced that Nebul has selected its storage solutions to build…
MX Technologies has selected Augtera Networks to power AI operations for its next-generation data center networks by leveraging Dell Enterprise SONiC switches. MX Technologies…
Lightmatter, a start-up developing photonic interconnect and compute products, has appointed Simona Jankowski as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jankowski previously was vice president of…
Etched.ai, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, has introduced its Sohu ASIC, a specialized chip designed specifically for transformer architecture-based artificial intelligence models. According…
Telstra Ventures has changed its name to Titanium Ventures, reflecting the continued evolution of Telstra Ventures’ relationship with Telstra since its successful spin-out in…
Tenstorrent has licensed Baya Systems’ customizable WeaveIP fabric to scale its AI and RISC-V chiplet solutions. Baya’s IP and software flow enables Tenstorrent and…
Fortinet agreed to acquire Lacework, a start-up based in Mountain View, California specializing in security solutions that offer visibility, threat detection, and compliance across…
Cisco's $1 billion AI investment fund includes partnerships with Cohere, Mistral AI, and Scale AI, driving innovation in generative artificial intelligence.
Expedera, a Santa Clara-based start-up, has raised $20 million in funding for its Origin NPU IP, leading the market in edge inference AI semiconductor…
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