MIT model links crystal structures to text to improve materials search
MIT researchers developed an AI model that combines three-dimensional atomic structures with language descriptions to identify crystalline materials matching requested properties. In a Nature Communications paper, they reported th...
Scanntech raises $180M Series F for retail intelligence business
Scanntech raised $180M in Series F financing led by L Catterton and Partners Group, FinSMEs reported. The Montevideo, Uruguay-based company develops market intelligence tools using point-of-sale data and provides a platform for re...
Duvo raises $32M Series A led by Balderton
Duvo has raised a $32M Series A led by Balderton, Pathfounders reported. The company develops technology to automate business processes across enterprise systems. Its scope includes enterprise resource planning systems, which bus...
Apple tightens App Store rules on nonconsensual intimate images
Apple updated its App Store rules Friday to explicitly require developers to prevent and remove nonconsensual sexual images. Developers that fail to implement adequate safeguards or remedy violations after notice may lose App Stor...
Anthropic reportedly offers Blackstone 10%+ yield for TPU financing
Anthropic is offering Blackstone a 10%+ yield to help finance a $60B debt package to buy Google TPUs, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. Blackstone would invest $9B in the debt. The high borrowing costs complicate Anthr...
SoftBank considers Allied Universal acquisition as Son explores AI robots
SoftBank Group is considering buying Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the US, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The consideration comes as founder Masayoshi Son explores deploying...