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U.S. Orders Federal Agencies to Remove DeepSeek AI Products Over National Security Concerns
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying products and services from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and to remove them from government IT systems, citing national security risks linked to the company’s operations in China. The order also covers third-party products built on DeepSeek technology, though agencies may request…
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YGO Announces €8M Series A to Build AI Infrastructure Layer for Travel Industry
YGO, which provides an AI layer linking travel companies to airlines, hotels and tour operators, has closed an €8 million Series A round led by Ventech, with participation from Sake Bosch, Caesar Capital and business angels. The funding will support go-to-market and sales, further development of its AI platform, and expansion beyond the DACH region.…
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Meta’s Muse AI Agent Hits 10M U.S. Downloads in First 40 Days
Meta’s AI agent Muse has become one of only 12 mobile apps to reach 10 million U.S. downloads within 40 days of release, according to Sensor Tower. The app has recorded 10.9 million downloads since its September debut, 10.2 million of them in the U.S. Kara Lee, senior insights analyst at Sensor Tower, said the…
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CoreWeave Launches Physical AI Templates for Robotics and AV Development
Insider Brief CoreWeave launched Physical AI Launchables, a catalog of tested templates designed to let robotics, autonomous-vehicle and simulation teams run common workloads without rebuilding cloud environments for each job. At launch, the service supports Nvidia Isaac Sim, CARLA, MuJoCo, Nvidia AlpaSim and Nvidia Cosmos 3, with additional agent skills for Claude Code, Codex and…
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Sam Altman’s three endings for the AI safety race
Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to our 4,761 new readers. OpenAI’s current AI safety playbook — shipping models once they pass safety tests and flagging any concerns — is what Sam Altman reportedly calls “pacing 1.0.” The sequel options are a bit more…
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‘Humanoids Making Humanoids’ as Schaeffler Opens Lighthouse Factory in China
Insider Brief Schaeffler has opened a 7,500-square-meter factory in Taicang, China, where humanoid robots assemble components for other humanoids while the company tests training, simulation and production systems under industrial conditions. The facility combines component manufacturing, robot training, data collection and digital twins, with six humanoids working across five assembly stations and a training center…
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AI Companion Tolan Secures $30M as It Gains Traction in a Crowded Field
Tolan, an AI companion app designed to help people manage daily life, navigate relationships and emotions and achieve their goals, has secured a further $30 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew, according to Upstarts Media. The round doubles Tolan’s total funding and lifts its valuation above the previous $120 million,…
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AWS Takes Aim at Nvidia’s PyTorch Advantage While Nvidia Expands Open-Weight Nemotron Models for Agents
Amazon Web Services has released TorchNeuron, a tool that lets AI startups move their applications onto Trainium, Amazon’s AI chip, in a direct challenge to the software advantage that has helped Nvidia become the default hardware for AI. TorchNeuron works with PyTorch, the free, open source toolkit used to build, train and run AI models,…
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Otter.ai Raises $320M From General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to Expand Enterprise AI
AI meeting note-taking company Otter.ai has secured $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), which provides non-dilutive capital to startups and earns returns based on the results of marketing spend. Otter said the funding will support enterprise growth, go-to-market strategy, international expansion and product innovation. The nearly decade-old company had raised $50 million…
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Atombeam Announces $18.3M in Funding, Bringing Total Capital Raised to Over $55M
Insider Brief Atombeam, an AI technology company, has raised $18.3 million through a Regulation A+ offering on StartEngine, bringing its total funding to more than $55 million, backed by a patent estate of 678 filings, 308 of which are issued or allowed. Its commercially deployed Neurpac software compacts and encrypts machine data in one pass,…
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