Acquisition
Check Point Targets Israeli Startups Cyclops and Cyata in $150 Mn Cyber Acquisition Push
The acquisitions are part of a wider push by Check Point to strengthen its capabilities through local innovation and talent.
AI Models
The company said GPT-4o’s retirement comes after months of transition and user feedback.
Quantum
Alliance University and QpiAI will jointly deploy the QVidya 8-qubit superconducting quantum system.
AI News
During an all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Musk described a lunar facility that could produce satellites to provide computing power for advanced AI systems.
AI Models
Users say the decision to phase out older systems has sparked widespread backlash from users who rely on them for professional, creative and accessibility-related needs.
AI Startups
Zoë Hitzig announced her departure this week and outlined her reasons in a guest essay, saying she feared the move toward ads could create incentives that undermine user trust and safety.
Funding
Runway said the new funding will be used to advance model development, address technical limitations and expand hiring across engineering and go-to-market teams.
AI Agents
The platform targets high-volume back-office functions across the financial services industry, aiming to automate workflows while meeting strict regulatory and governance requirements.
Funding
JumpCloud Ventures has already made its first investment in Tofu, a startup focused on preventing identity fraud in hiring.
Acquisition
Once integrated into Agentforce Commerce, the technology is expected to improve how customers find and evaluate products while enabling brands to focus on growth and customer engagement strategies.
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The collaboration aims to unlock real-time intelligence, improve operational efficiencies, and help deliver measurable business outcomes for customers.
The company said the solution combines conversational AI, generative video, and predictive analytics into a single system tailored for India’s multilingual and multicultural market.
Entire’s platform connects to common workplace systems such as messaging apps, documents, CRMs and project tools, allowing users to search information, automate tasks and coordinate workflows from one place.
The company has said the ads will be kept separate from ChatGPT’s responses and will not influence the answers generated by the AI.
The transition is effective immediately, with current CEO Carl Eschenbach stepping down from the role.
Databricks said the fresh capital will help accelerate development of Lakebase, its serverless Postgres database,
The messaging system is expected to play a key role in Musk’s broader vision of X as an “everything app”.
The migration covered BHASHINI’s complete AI stack, including multilingual datasets, models, APIs, containerised services, orchestration pipelines, databases, and storage.
The call initiates an AI-enabled WhatsApp journey where onboarding and background verification unfold in minutes.
Waymo Chief Safety Officer Mauricio Peña told senators that human operators can provide guidance when vehicles encounter complex driving scenarios.
The company said the collaborations aim to develop large-scale compute capacity, India-focused AI models and institutional frameworks to support AI deployment across government services, positioning AI as foundational digital infrastructure.
TCS will future proof FCTG’s cloud and network services, strengthen resilience and modernise services platforms across its operations.