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Qualcomm Launches Comprehensive Robotics Investment Initiative in Japan, Anchored by New Qualcomm Japan Robotics Center
Insider Brief Qualcomm Technologies plans to launch a long-term investment initiative in Japan focused on robotics, physical AI and industrial automation, anchored by a planned Qualcomm Japan Robotics Center. The initiative will focus on collaborative R&D, ecosystem support, global commercialization and selected physical AI deployments, though Qualcomm did not disclose an investment amount or opening…
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UK Startup Callosum Announces $100M in Funding to Build Interoperable AI Compute Platform
Callosum, a UK-based startup, has raised a $100 million seed round to build an integration platform aimed at making AI and other compute-heavy workloads faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient by allowing multiple hardware and infrastructure vendors to work together. The round, one of the largest seed raises in European history, was led by Atomico, with…
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Rillet Secures $100M as AI-Native ERP Platform Hits $1B Valuation
Rillet, a San Francisco-based developer of AI-native enterprise resource planning infrastructure, has secured a $100 million Series C round led by ICONIQ, valuing the company at $1 billion. The round, which included Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Battery Ventures, FirstMark, Scale Venture Partners, and Creandum, marks Rillet’s third raise in a single…
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Bill Gates Proposes “Robot Tax” and Protected Jobs to Address AI’s Labor Impact
Bill Gates has published a lengthy essay on his Gates Notes site outlining proposals to manage the social and economic disruption posed by AI. The Microsoft co-founder expressed broad support for the Responsible AI movement, backing the goals of Pacing the Frontier, an open letter from AI employees calling for a slowdown in development, though he voiced…
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Twin1 AI Raises $20M Seed Round Co-Led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners and Aramco Ventures, to Build Digital AI Twins for Professional Knowledge Workers
Insider Brief Twin1 AI launched from stealth with a $20 million seed round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Aramco Ventures, funding expansion in San Mateo, CA and London, UK. Founded in 2025 by Dr. Lewis Z. Liu, Tom Cahn, Huiting Liu, and Dr. Jonathan Budd, the platform gives professionals privacy-controlled AI…
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OpenAI’s first AI chip brings the heat
Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to our 3,221 new readers. OpenAI named its first in-house AI chip Jalapeño, and the first benchmarks just came out appropriately spicy. The company’s internal tests have the chip beating Nvidia’s flagship GPUs on both speed and power…
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Gatik raises $200M to scale AI-powered autonomous freight
Autonomous trucking company Gatik has raised $200 million in Series D funding to expand its driverless freight operations across North America. The round was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Millennium Management, ARK Invest, Intact Private Capital, and other investors. Gatik said it has more than $600 million in…
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NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 brings physical AI to drones and robots
NVIDIA has unveiled the Jetson Orin Nano 2, an edge robotics computer aimed at bringing physical AI to drones, robots, and vision systems. The company is positioning the new board as an entry-level option for developers who want generative AI models running directly on a machine instead of inside a data centre. NVIDIA’s argument for…
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Kaszek Makes First Aviation AI Investment, Backing TravelX’s Trillion-Dollar Dynamic Inventory Vision
Insider Brief TravelX, an AI-native pioneer in post-booking revenue management, secured a substantial investment from Kaszek, marking the Latin American VC firm’s first foray into aviation technology and bringing TravelX’s total funding to $45 million. The investment, part of a Series A round that also included Thayer Ventures, will accelerate product innovation, expand TravelX’s AI…
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Relativity Networks Secures $22M in Funding To Speed Up AI Data Center Fiber Connectivity
Relativity Networks announced $22 million in SAFE note funding from Rhapsody Venture Partners, Bell Ventures, and Faster Than Glass, alongside a separate $40 million follow-on order from an unnamed hyperscaler, as the company works to address geographic constraints facing the data center industry, which is projected to spend up to $4 trillion by decade’s end.…
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