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Celestial AI, a start-up developing an optical interconnect for disaggregated, exascale compute and memory clusters, raised $100 million in Series B funding. Celestial AI…
Prosimo, a start-up based in San Jose, California offering distributed enterprise connectivity services, introduced a free Multi-Cloud Networking solution powered by its Cloud-Native Full…
Alkira introduced an Extranet as-a-Service (EaaS) offering that leverages its global hyperscale cloud networking infrastructure to allow customers to instantly connect a variety of…
Pliops, a start-up offering a high-performance data processor for cloud and enterprise data centers, appointed semiconductor industry veteran Ido Bukspan as its new CEO,…
Aviatrix appointed Doug Merritt as CEO and President, replacing Steve Mullaney. Merritt was previously CEO and President of Splunk. Under Merritt’s leadership, Splunk grew…
The European Commission will provide up to €8.1 billion to advance research in the field of Microelectronics, including communication technologies (IPCEI ME/CT). The initiative…
Toshiba Digital Solutions and Classiq Technologies, a start-up based in Israel, signed a technology collaboration agreement focused on gate-based quantum computing. Quantum computers can…
NTT Group announced the establishment of the “NTT Investment Partners Fund Ⅳ) with the objective is to accelerate innovation and collaboration in services and…
CoreWeave, a specialized cloud provider built for large-scale GPU-accelerated workloads, announced an additional $200 million in funding to expand its cloud GPU services. The…
Lightmatter, a start-up based in Boston, raised a $154 million Series C investment round for its photonic interconnects and processors. Lightmatter’s photonics-enabled products encompass…
Axelera AI, a start-up based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, raised over $50 million in Series A funding for its development of a hardware + software…
Stathera, a start-up based in Montreal, announced US$15 million in a Series A funding round for its MEMS timing solutions. Stathera also announced a…
ServiceNow will deploy $1 billion in investment capital by 2026 to ServiceNow Ventures, its global strategic investment arm. The company aims to grow and scale…
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