- AI Customer Experience:
Lorikeet
, an AI customer experience pioneer, has raised an additional $9 million in funding from
Blackbird
,
Square Peg
and
Skip Capital
. The company has seen 3.5 times growth in bookings since launching in October 2024, adding
Eucalyptus
,
Step
and
Magic Eden
as customers.
Steve Hind
, co-founder and CEO, aims to enhance Lorikeet's intelligent graph technology and expand enterprise capabilities. READ
- AI Platform As a Service:
TrueFoundry
, a startup founded by former Meta engineers, has raised $19 million in a Series A round led by
Intel Capital
. The company provides a platform-as-a-service to help enterprises deploy AI systems at scale. With 30 paid customers, including
英伟达
and
西门子医疗
, TrueFoundry aims to expand its team and invest in partnerships. Co-founders
Nikunj Bajaj
,
Abhishek Choudhary
and
Anuraag Gutgutia
plan to use the funding to accelerate growth. READ
- AI Infrastructure:
Future AGI
, an AI infrastructure company, has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by
Powerhouse Ventures
and Snow Leopard Ventures. The company will use the funds to scale its AI lifecycle management platform and grow its teams.
Nikhil Pareek
, CEO, and
Charu Gupta
, Co-founder, aim to make AI systems trustworthy and reliable in production, with a platform that reduces AI product development time by up to 95%. READ
- France's AI Investment Surge: French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive €109 billion investment in AI infrastructure, aiming to position France as a global leader in AI. This initiative includes contributions from international partners like the UAE and Canada, and focuses on building advanced data centers and fostering AI innovation. READ
- EU's AI Commitment: The European Union has pledged €200 billion towards AI development, with a focus on creating AI gigafactories and leveraging Europe's industrial and scientific heritage to lead in AI applications. READ
- Saudi Arabia's AI Investments: At the LEAP 2025 event, Saudi Arabia announced $14.9 billion in new AI investments, including a $1.5 billion commitment to US semiconductor startup
Groq
to expand AI chip delivery. READ
- DeepSeek's Impact: The Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1 has stirred the global AI landscape by offering competitive performance at a fraction of the cost of its US counterparts. This has led to significant market reactions and raised questions about AI development costs. READ
- Education and Personalized Learning: Changyong Qi et. al. integrates LLMs with knowledge graphs to enhance Socratic teaching methods, improving the accuracy and reliability of educational applications. This integration is particularly beneficial in mathematics education, showcasing the potential of AI-driven educational solutions. READ
- Optimization and Efficiency:
Tom Wallace
,
Dr. Beatrice Ombuki-Berman
and
Naser Ezzati-Jivan
are exploring optimisation strategies like quantization, knowledge distillation, and pruning to enhance the energy and computational efficiency of transformers and LLMs, addressing the substantial resource costs associated with their improvements. READ
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