Tag: Startup

Apple Aims To Secretly Get Ahead In The AI Race With Acquired Canadian AI Startup As It Teases ‘World’s Best Consumer Laptop For AI’

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:APPL) recently acquired DarwinAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) visual quality assurance startup that provides an end-to-end solution for improving product quality while increasing production efficiency. Founded in 2017 by Alexander Wong, Canada’s research chair in AI, DarwinAI has garnered significant attention, raising over $17 million from investors including Honeywell Ventures and BDC Venture […]

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Jeff Bezos Invested in a $2.6 Billion Robotics Start-Up. Here’s Why That’s Good News for Tesla.

Artificial intelligence (AI) investors may have just found their new favorite use case. A start-up called Figure AI raised $675 million of fresh venture capital (VC) funds at a sizzling valuation of $2.6 billion. Even more impressive? The company’s investor roster includes Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Cathie Wood‘s Ark Invest, Intel Capital, and […]

EV startup Fisker slides as cash dwindles with ‘difficult year’ ahead

(Reuters) – Fisker shares skid nearly 40% on Friday after the electric-vehicle startup flagged going-concern risks, saying it would cut its workforce by 15% and pause investments in future projects until it secures a partnership with a manufacturer. The company warned of a “difficult year” ahead, the latest sign of growing pain in the EV […]

OpenAI and robotics start-up Figure working on humanoid robot project

The creators of the chatbot ChatGPT want to bring their artificial intelligence software to humanoid robots. The start-up Figure wants to use OpenAI to develop new AI models for its machines, which can walk upright and already perform complex movements with their mechanical hands. In January, Figure agreed with BMW to supply robots for use […]

EV startup Fisker raises going concern doubts, shares drop

(Reuters) -Electric-vehicle startup Fisker on Thursday raised substantial doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern, sending its shares down around 23% in extended trading. The company, which missed analysts’ expectations for quarterly revenue, also announced plans to reduce its workforce by about 15%. The EV maker reported preliminary revenue of $200.1 million […]

Israeli deepfake detection start-up fighting disinformation during Gaza war

deep An Israeli AI cybersecurity start-up, Clarity, has developed software to detect and protect against deepfakes and recently raised its first $16 million in seed money. Co-founder Michael Matias, who was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer and leader in the 8200 Intelligence Unit, told Fox News Digital he was focused on democracy and how […]

Former Disney TV star Bridgit Mendler co-founds satellite ‘data highway’ startup

On Tuesday (Feb. 20), after a relatively long hiatus from the public eye, Bridgit Mendler announced the launch of her new satellite data startup, Northwood. Beyond introducing quite an interesting company — one that aims to make satellite technology more accessible by mass-producing data-retrieving ground stations on Earth — there’s another major reason the launch […]