Nscale says additional financing is needed for 2027 Anthropic commitments
Nscale told investors it needs additional financing to fulfil its 2027 Anthropic commitments, the Financial Times reported, citing a filing. The Nvidia-backed cloud provider ordered Nvidia chips for a $45B Anthropic deal.
MIT researchers demonstrate stronger structural designs with human feedback
MIT researchers demonstrated a system that lets engineers modify structures during algorithmic design, improving manufacturability and increasing linear buckling load by 39 percent.
ByteDance plans share buyback of up to $6 billion
ByteDance plans to buy back up to $6 billion of shares from investors at a valuation of about $400 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people who reviewed the proposal. That valuation represents a 20% increase from a similar program a year ago.
MIT technique improves climate models with fewer training scenarios
MIT researchers demonstrated a training technique that helped AI climate models predict unfamiliar emissions scenarios using less training data.
Natera reports faster lab support responses with AWS-based AI system
Natera's SWARM AI system reduced average first response time for laboratory equipment support tickets from 17.4 hours to roughly 8 minutes, AWS reported in a production case study.
Mirendil raises $1B Series A for self-improving AI
Mirendil raised a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake Capital, The Wall Street Journal reported. Founded by former Anthropic researchers to build self-improving AI, the company announced a $200 million seed round six months before this fundraise.