Maria Deutscher – SiliconANGLE

Veeam introduces new backup management, cybersecurity features

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 13 May 2026 00:57:10 +0000

Veeam Software Group GmbH today debuted new features that will make it easier for enterprises to back up their records and protect them from hackers. Some of the capabilities are rolling to the company’s flagship Veeam Data Platform backup and recovery product. Others are included in a new offering called the DataAI Command Platform. It’s […]

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Google debuts Gemini Intelligence automation features, Googlebook laptop series

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:31:46 +0000

Google LLC is upgrading its consumer device portfolio with a set of Android features called Gemini Intelligence and a new laptop series. The company debuted the products today during a virtual event called The Android Show. It also introduced new mobile security capabilities designed to protect users from malicious apps, device theft and attempts to […]

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Elliptic reels in $120M for its cryptocurrency analytics platform

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:22:22 +0000

Elliptic Enterprises Ltd., a startup that helps crypto industry players detect illicit blockchain transactions, has raised $120 million in late-stage funding. The startup stated in its announcement of the Series D round today that growth equity firm One Peak was the lead investor. Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank contributed as well. […]

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Cowboy Space raises $275M to build orbital AI data centers

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:11:52 +0000

Space technology startup Cowboy Space Corp. today disclosed that it has raised $275 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by NEA, IVP and several other institutional investors along with Cowboy Space founding Chief Executive Baiju Bhatt, who previously co-founded Robinhood Markets Inc. The […]

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Circle shares close 16% higher after $222M token sale, mixed earnings

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:19:40 +0000

Shares of Circle Internet Group Inc. closed 16% higher today after it reported earnings, announced a token sale and debuted a new set of developer tools. NYSE-listed Circle issues the popular USDC stablecoin. Users can purchase the U.S. dollar-denominated token by depositing fiat currency in accounts operated by the company. The interest that those deposits […]

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OpenAI launches professional services business with $4B investment

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:47:49 +0000

OpenAI Group PBC today unveiled a new business unit, The OpenAI Deployment Company, that will help companies adopt its artificial intelligence models. The subsidiary is launching with $4 billion in funding from the ChatGPT developer and more than a dozen other backers. The biggest external investor is asset manager TPG. SoftBank Group Corp., Bain Capital, […]

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Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs reportedly raising $2B+ for its medical research AI

Maria Deutscher — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:15:49 +0000

Isomorphic Labs Inc., an Alphabet Inc. unit using artificial intelligence to speed up drug development, is reportedly in talks to raise a new funding round. Sources told Bloomberg today that the investment could be worth more than $2 billion. OpenAI Group PBC backer Thrive Capital, an existing Isomorphic Labs investor, is expected to lead the […]

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Intel shares jump on reported chip production deal with Apple

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:38:55 +0000

Intel Corp. has reportedly inked a preliminary deal with Apple Inc. to produce chips for some of its devices. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that the contract was signed in recent months. The companies reportedly spent more than a year working out the terms. Shares of Intel closed 13.9% higher on […]

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OpenAI introduces GPT‑5.5‑Cyber for high-impact cybersecurity research

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 08 May 2026 21:31:09 +0000

OpenAI Group PBC has developed a version of GPT-5.5 that is specifically optimized for cybersecurity research. GPT‑5.5‑Cyber, as the model is called, made its debut on Thursday. It’s available in limited preview through a program called Trusted Access for Cyber, or TAC, that OpenAI launched in February. The initiative gives cybersecurity researchers expanded access to […]

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AWS adds agentic payment features to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:58:23 +0000

Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted a set of features that artificial intelligence agents can use to make purchases. The capabilities are available in preview through the cloud giant’s Amazon Bedrock AgentCore service. It’s a suite of tools that companies can use to build and maintain AI agents. Bedrock AgentCore also eases certain related tasks, such […]

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Open-source AI developer Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B+ valuation

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:33:14 +0000

Chinese artificial intelligence lab Moonshot AI has raised $2 billion in funding at a valuation exceeding $20 billion. TechCrunch reported the deal today, citing a social media post from an investment advisory firm that was involved in the deal. The funding round was led by the venture capital arm of Meituan, China’s largest food delivery […]

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Quantum Motion raises $160M to build faster quantum chips

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:25:35 +0000

Quantum computer maker Quantum Motion Ltd. today announced that it has raised $160 million in funding to enhance its silicon-based qubit technology. The Series C round was led by DCVC and Kembara. It comes about three years after the startup’s last raise. London-based Quantum Motion used part of that investment to build a quantum computer […]

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Kyndryl shares drop 10% after fourth-quarter earnings miss

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 07 May 2026 00:42:52 +0000

Shares of information technology services provider Kyndryl Holdings Inc. closed almost 11% lower today after it posted weaker-than-expected quarterly results. The company generated an adjusted net income of $40 million in the three months ended March 31. That translated into adjusted earnings of 18 cents per share, well below the 45 cents that analysts had […]

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Anthropic to use SpaceX’s Colossus 1 supercomputer for inference

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:05:04 +0000

Anthropic PBC today announced that it will use SpaceX Corp.’s Colossus 1 supercomputer to power its Claude chatbot. The system was originally built in 2024 by xAI Holdings Corp., an artificial intelligence venture that Elon Musk launched the year prior. SpaceX obtained Colossus 1 when it acquired xAI earlier this year. The supercomputer, which is […]

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Nvidia partners with Corning to boost the supply of optical network components

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 06 May 2026 20:49:57 +0000

Nvidia Corp. will help publicly traded glass maker Corning Inc. boost the rate at which it produces parts for optical data center networks. The partnership, which the companies announced today, will see Corning build three new factories in North Carolina and Texas. The facilities will boost the manufacturer’s optical hardware production capacity in the U.S. […]

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ElevenLabs adds high-profile investors after annualized revenue tops $500M

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 06 May 2026 01:05:27 +0000

ElevenLabs Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence models optimized for audio processing, today announced that several dozen investors have joined its latest funding round. The startup first closed the Series D investment in February with a $500 million haul. The raise valued it at $11 billion. ElevenLabs didn’t specify the dollar value of its Series […]

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AI data center operator IREN to acquire Mirantis for $625M

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:23:47 +0000

Artificial intelligence data center operator IREN Ltd. today announced plans to acquire Mirantis Inc., a provider of infrastructure management software. The all-stock transaction is worth $625 million. Mirantis previously raised about $220 million in funding from Intel Corp., Goldman Sachs and other investors. New York-based IREN launched in 2018 as an Australian bitcoin mining startup […]

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Nvidia, AMD back $100M round for AI tooling startup RadixArk

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 05 May 2026 20:28:03 +0000

RadixArk Inc., a startup that provides tools for artificial intelligence developers, has raised $100 million from a group of high-profile backers. Accel led the seed round with Spark Capital. They were joined by Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures fund, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Databricks Inc., Broadcom Inc. Chief Executive Hock Tan and others. The Wall Street Journal reported […]

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AI agent startup Sierra valued at $15B in new $950M funding round

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 05 May 2026 00:47:52 +0000

Eight months after closing a $350 million funding round, Sierra Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised an additional $950 million at a $15 billion valuation. Alphabet Inc.’s GV venture capital arm and Tiger Global led the investment. They were joined by Benchmark, Sequoia, Greenoaks and several others. Sierra was founded in early 2024 […]

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SAP acquires Dremio, Prior Labs to enhance its tabular AI capabilities

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:44:22 +0000

SAP SE today announced plans to acquire two startups that help organizations analyze tabular data, or information stored in rows and columns. Santa Clara, California-based Dremio Inc. raised more than $300 million prior to the deal. Prior Labs GmbH, the other startup that SAP is buying, is backed by about $9.3 million. The software giant […]

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AI chip provider Cerebras seeks to raise $3.5B in IPO at $26.6B valuation

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:13:20 +0000

Cerebras Systems Inc., a maker of supersized artificial intelligence chips, today disclosed the financial terms of its upcoming public offering. The company hopes to raise as much as $3.5 billion by selling 28 million shares for $115 to $125 apiece. Cerebras’ underwriters, the banks entrusted with coordinating its listing, have the option to buy an […]

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Meta acquires robot software startup Assured Robot Intelligence

Maria Deutscher — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:01:40 +0000

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence software for robots. The social media giant announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. It did specify that the acquisition is designed to advance its efforts to develop humanoid robots. Assured Robot Intelligence’s single-page website doesn’t provide information about […]

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Nebius acquires AI model optimization startup Eigen AI for $643M

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 01 May 2026 23:34:20 +0000

Nebius Group NV, a Dutch operator of artificial intelligence data centers, today announced plans to buy software maker Eigen AI Inc. for $643 million. The company will finance the acquisition with cash and stock. It expects to close the deal in a few weeks. Nebius provides access to graphics card unit clusters that developers can […]

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Pentagon inks AI procurement deals with seven companies, leaves out Anthropic

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:11:06 +0000

The U.S. Defense Department today announced that it has inked artificial intelligence procurement contracts with seven tech firms. The group includes Amazon Web Service Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia Corp., OpenAI Group PBC and SpaceX Corp. They are joined by a startup called Reflection AI Inc. that raised $2 billion in funding last year. […]

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Standard Intelligence raises $75M to develop efficient computer use models

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 01 May 2026 00:56:01 +0000

Standard Intelligence Inc., a six-person artificial intelligence startup, today announced that it has raised $75 million in funding. Sequoia and Spark Capital led the round. They were joined by multiple angel visitors, including prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy. Standard Intelligence has developed a foundation model called FDM-1 that is specifically optimized for computer use tasks. […]

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Check Point shares plunge 19% on mixed first-quarter results

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:22:23 +0000

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. closed almost 20% lower today after it posted quarterly sales and guidance that missed expectations. The cybersecurity company’s profit, in contrast, exceeded the consensus estimate by a comfortable margin. Check Point’s sales rose 5% year-over-year in the first quarter, to $668.4 million, missing analyst expectations by a hair. […]

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SoftBank reportedly plans to spin off $100B data center construction venture

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:30:39 +0000

SoftBank Group Corp. reportedly plans to launch a publicly traded data center construction venture called Roze. The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times broke the news late Thursday. They cited sources as saying that SoftBank hopes to take Roze public by year’s end at a valuation of about $100 billion. The stock listing is […]

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Nvidia’s NVentures backs $150M round for medical AI startup Aidoc

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:14:48 +0000

Aidoc Medical Ltd., a startup with an artificial intelligence platform that helps doctors diagnose patients faster, has secured $150 million in funding. Goldman Sachs led the Series C round. Aidoc stated in its funding announcement today that Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures startup investment arm, General Catalyst and SoftBank Investment Advisors chipped in as well. The software […]

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Rogo raises $160M to speed up financial analysis with AI agents

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:17:54 +0000

Rogo Technologies Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to make financial professionals more productive, today announced that it has raised $160 million in funding. Kleiner Perkins led the Series D round. It was joined by Sequoia, Khosla Ventures, Morgan Growth Equity Partners and several others. Rogo provides an AI platform that can repetitive common day-to-day […]

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Shares of Extreme Networks jump 28% on strong third-quarter results

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:14:59 +0000

Shares of Extreme Networks Inc. jumped more than 28% today after it posted better-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its guidance. The network equipment maker closed the three months ended March 31 with sales of $316.9 million. That represents a 11% year-over-year increase, slightly more than what analysts had expected. Extreme Networks’ quarterly profit also topped […]

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