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Black Forest Labs Raises $300M in Funding : What This Means for the Tech Industry
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation, marking one of the most significant AI startup funding rounds of 2025. This $300 million funding round positions the company as a formidable player in the generative AI space, particularly in visual intelligence technologies.
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ElevenLabs Launches AI Marketplace for Celebrity Voices in Ads
The world of audio advertising has just undergone a significant change. ElevenLabs, a leading AI audio company, has launched the Iconic Voice Marketplace a groundbreaking platform that allows brands to legally license AI-replicated voices of famous personalities for commercial use.
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6sense Founder Amanda Kahlow Raises $30 Million for AI Sales Startup 1mind
Amanda Kahlow, founder of predictive platform 6sense, raised $30M in Series A for her new AI sales startup, 1mind. Led by Battery Ventures, the round brings total funding to $40M, showing strong investor confidence in AI-driven sales automation's future.
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$600 Billion and Counting : Meta's Bold Bet on US Projects by 2028
Meta has announced its plan to invest $600 billion in various projects across the United States by 2028. This amount is larger than the GDP of 136 countries and is considered one of the biggest private investments in infrastructure in American history.
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Kimi K2 Thinking : The AI That Outperforms GPT-5 and Claude 4.5 Sonnet
Kimi K2 Thinking is a new and powerful AI tool that is challenging the dominance of established players in the field. Developed by Moonshot AI with support from Alibaba, this open-source large language model (LLM) represents a significant advancement in making AI technology more accessible.
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E-commerce : Shopify Sees a Sharp Acceleration in Sales via AI Searches
Shopify has become a major player in the world of e-commerce, helping millions of merchants around the globe create and grow their online businesses. In its recent earnings call, the company shared some exciting news : E-commerce. Shopify sees a sharp acceleration in sales via AI searches.
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Perplexity and Getty Join Forces to Address AI Source Attribution
The Perplexity Getty partnership is an important step in solving one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence : AI source attribution. This multi-year AI image license agreement allows Perplexity to use Getty Images' extensive collection of high-quality creative and editorial content.
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LinkedIn's New AI Training : What You Need to Know
Starting Monday, November 3, 2025, LinkedIn will implement a significant shift in how it handles your personal data. The Microsoft-owned platform announced it will use user information to train its generative AI models.
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Aardvark : OpenAI's GPT-5 Agent Transforming Cybersecurity Search
OpenAI has unveiled Aardvark, an autonomous security agent powered by GPT-5 technology that's reshaping how organizations approach vulnerability detection and patching. This isn't just another scanning tool, it's an "agentic security researcher" designed to think, analyze and act.
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Project Rainier Pushes the Boundaries of AI Supercomputing at AWS
AWS has officially activated Project Rainier, one of the world's largest AI computing clusters, marking a transformative moment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. This massive deployment represents the culmination of less than a year's work since its initial announcement.
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Nvidia and Nokia Team Up for 6G : A $1 Billion Investment in AI
The partnership between Nvidia and Nokia combines a $1 billion AI investment, merging Nvidia’s U.S. expertise and Nokia’s European telecom knowledge to build 6G connectivity, marking a crucial milestone in telecommunications history.
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Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia : The AI-Powered Wikipedia Rival
Elon Musk launches Grokipedia, his AI-generated copy of Wikipedia, marking another ambitious venture into the artificial intelligence landscape. This AI-powered encyclopedia positions itself as a direct Wikipedia rival, promising to deliver knowledge through pure machine intelligence.
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Alibaba's New Smart Glasses : The Ultimate Meta Ray-Ban Rival ?
The smart glasses market is experiencing explosive growth. Industry analysts project a remarkable 29.4% compound annual growth rate from 2024 to 2030, with valuations expected to reach $4.1 billion by the decade's end. This surge reflects consumer appetite for wearable technology.
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Delivery Drivers Rejoice : Amazon's AI-Powered AR Glasses Are Here
Amazon has launched augmented reality glasses equipped with artificial intelligence specifically designed for delivery drivers. This innovative initiative aims to transform the way packages are delivered to your home. These smart glasses, called “Amelia”.
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OpenAI Unveils Atlas : The ChatGPT-Powered Browser Ready to Compete with Google
The browser wars just entered a new era. OpenAI has launched Atlas, an innovative web browser powered by ChatGPT that directly challenges Google Chrome's long-standing dominance in the market. This isn't just another browser with a few AI features tacked.
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Claude Code : Your New AI Assistant Under This 1 Condition
Anthropic has transformed its AI coding assistant from a command-line exclusive tool into a fully accessible platform. You can now access Claude Code through your web browser and iOS devices, marking a significant shift in how developers interact with AI-powered coding assistance.
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AI Agents : A Decade Away from Being Operational, Says Andrej Karpathy
Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI and one of the most respected voices in artificial intelligence, has thrown cold water on the industry's enthusiasm about AI agents. His prediction ? Fully operational AI agents are at least a decade away from reality.
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Alibaba Achieves Financial Break-Even : The Role of AI in Retail
Alibaba has established itself as a leader in e-commerce and retail innovation, constantly pushing boundaries in how consumers shop and businesses operate.
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How Google Veo 3.1 Uses AI to Transform Images into Stunning Videos
Google Veo 3.1 is a major advancement in AI video generation technology. This cutting-edge model from Google DeepMind goes beyond simply creating videos from text prompts it has the ability to combine individual images into seamless.
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Oracle's AI Supercluster : 50,000 AMD MI450 GPUs to Transform the Industry
Oracle plans to deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs for its artificial intelligence supercluster by 2026, making it one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the cloud computing industry.
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How Google's $15 Billion AI Data Center Will Transform India's Tech Landscape
Google has announced a record-breaking investment of $15 billion in an AI data center in India. This investment is the largest commitment made by a US tech giant to the country's digital infrastructure.
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Build and Deploy AI Agents with Salesforce's New Agentforce 360
Salesforce has introduced its new platform, Agentforce 360, which allows businesses to create and implement AI agents. This announcement was made during the Dreamforce 2024 conference, where Salesforce showcased its latest innovations.
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Klarna CEO Warns : The World Isn't Prepared for the AI Job Shock
Klarna CEO Warns the World Is Unprepared for the Coming AI Job Shock and he's raising concerns more urgently than many of his peers in the tech industry.
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AI Orchestration Gets a Boost as n8n Raises $180M
n8n just secured $180 million in Series C funding, pushing its total capital raised to $240 million and valuing the company at $2.5 billion.
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Gemini Enterprise : Transforming Businesses with Innovative Technology
Introducing Gemini Enterprise, Google's answer to the growing demand for intelligent workplace transformation. This comprehensive Google Cloud AI platform brings together advanced AI models, enterprise-grade security, and seamless integration capabilities into a single, unified solution.
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AI Mode's Global Expansion : New Languages and Locations
AI Mode is now available in more languages and locations around the world, marking a significant milestone in how you interact with search engines.
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ChatGPT Stuns the World with New Applications and SDK from OpenAI
OpenAI has just made a significant announcement in the AI world. The company has introduced a new set of applications that work directly within ChatGPT, along with a powerful Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers worldwide to create their own integrated apps.
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How Oracle AI Agents are Transforming Marketing, Sales, and Service
Oracle AI Agents Help Marketing, Sales, and Service Leaders Unlock New Revenue Opportunities by fundamentally changing how businesses interact with customers and manage internal operations.
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How to Boost Your Business with a Customer Experience Management Platform
Modern businesses face an unprecedented challenge : meeting rising customer expectations while standing out in increasingly competitive markets.
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ViralGPT : The Game-Changing Shopping Agent by OpenAI
OpenAI aims to create ViralGPT, the one-stop shopping agent for all your online needs.
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