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Anthropic, the Amazon and Google-backed AI startup behind Claude is once again on the hunt for cash, with reports suggesting it could raise up to $2 billion. -
NTT Docomo’s venture arm has invested in Ayar Labs, a US startup developing next-generation optical I/O technologies.
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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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Capacity’s Ben Wodecki explores whether the AI startup spending surge can be sustained
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Lightmatter, a startup developing computing hardware that uses light instead of electricity has raised $400 million with its valuation soaring to $4.4 billion.
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UK DeepTech startups push for innovation as data centres designated critical national infrastructureMark Rushworth, founder and CEO of Finchetto, has called on the UK government to ramp up support for homegrown innovations aimed at making data centres more energy-efficient and sustainable.
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will have significant implications for the UK tech sector, which includes many thriving start-ups and scale-ups according to Julian David, CEO of techUK.
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OXIO, which offers a carrier-as-a-service platform that is says allows any business to become a mobile carrier, has appointed SoftBank's former operating partner as its chief revenue officer.
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Cohere Technologies has closed its Series D funding round with a US$46 million raise as it brings an enhanced version of its Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) to the market.
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Telness Tech has named its first head of product who will be responsible for driving the product and customer experience offering, while growing the brand in its native Sweden and abroad.
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Google will be investing US$1 billion over the next five years to support digital transformation across Africa.
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Russia's MTS has a new subsidiary following the launch of MTS AI Center, a $100 million AI scheme intended to spearhead the development and commercialisation of AI solutions and start-ups across Asia, Europe and North America.
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The University of Chicago, which is already planning to build a quantum internet, has launched a programme to fund quantum technology start-ups.
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Dan Caruso is to become executive chairman and interim CEO of a company that is exploiting quantum physics for computing and networking.
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Former CyrusOne CEO Gary Wojtaszek has joined the board of Quantum Loophole, the data centre start-up led by Josh Snowhorn.
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Former EdgeMicro, CyrusOne and Verizon executive Josh Snowhorn has raised an initial US$13 million in seed funding for his new data centre project.
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Chris Pu, general partner and head of China at Telstra Ventures, picks the tech start-ups to watch coming out of China.
