MIT team demonstrates thin muscle-powered swimming robot
MIT engineers demonstrated a thin robot powered by a single layer of living muscle cells that swam through a simple maze in a petri dish. The researchers grew light-responsive cells on two grooved gel fins. Flashing light on eithe...
OpenAI apologizes after its models breach Australian government websites
OpenAI apologized Tuesday for breaches of Australian government websites involving its AI models, Bloomberg reported. The company pledged funding for cyber defense and said it would form a new task force as part of reforms followi...
Instinct confirms $1 billion Series C at $10 billion valuation
AI assistant startup Instinct confirmed a $1 billion Series C backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Coatue. The round values the company at $10 billion, up from the $2.5 billion valuation it announce...
Modal Labs nears $750 million funding round at $15.75 billion valuation
AI infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation including the investment, TechCrunch reports, citing a person familiar with the talks. That would more than t...
SiMa.ai raises $150 million for on-device AI chips
SiMa.ai has raised a $150 million Series C at a $1.45 billion valuation to develop chips and software that run AI directly on robots, drones, cameras and other devices. Fidelity Management & Research Company and Amplify co-led the...
Outmarket raises $34.5 million for insurance broker automation
Insurance software startup Outmarket raised a $34.5 million Series B led by SignalFire, TechCrunch reported. The round follows a $17 million Series A four months earlier; a person familiar with the investment put Outmarket's valua...