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Fasisat valuation reaches $1 billion in Japanese funding round betting on AI in financial settlements

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Fintech platform Fasisat, based in the UAE, raised $68 million in a Series C round led by Japan's SBI Group with participation from Speedinvest, bringing the company's valuation to $1 billion and officially joining the billionaire club. This round

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A single estimating model enters vehicle claims in Saudi Arabia, and efficiency is not the whole story

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When a vehicle damage estimation tool is introduced to a single insurer, the technological experience is limited. But when it is introduced to a national platform used by all insurers, its impact is entirely different. This is what the Solera and Najm partnership

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Nvidia talks to acquire Korean Rebellions puts Aramco's investments at the heart of global AI infrastructure

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Nvidia is entering advanced talks to explore the possibility of acquiring South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions, Bloomberg reported, in a strategic move that may push one of the most prominent Gulf-backed start-ups deeper into the global computing infrastructure race. The negotiations come

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Training models on copyrighted books: US courts draw line between reading and piracy amid fair use uncertainty

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Large language models that power AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude rely on massive databases containing hundreds of millions of books, published articles and academic papers available on the internet. Although most authors feel that their works have been used without

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Four AI models break Amazon device protection after US models retreat behind restriction walls

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In November 2022, an information security engineer purchased an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet for $114.26 and dedicated it to displaying a smart-home control panel continuously. Shortly thereafter, the device began enforcing a full operational shutdown twice daily, and internal system measurements

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Historical Computer: When work context becomes a queryable memory

Listen to this article Read by Anchor What changes when the intelligent assistant does not start from the question you just typed, but from the trace of the work that preceded the question? That is the bet posed by the “Historical Computer” feature in the ChatGPT app for Mac desktop.

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Pixel 11 Pro XL: AI features and camera updates amid rising prices and reduced memory

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The review of Google's new Pixel 11 Pro XL phone revealed incremental updates that focus on camera improvements and the integration of AI tools into everyday use, at a time when the electronics component shortage has imposed clear changes on memory

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AI risk management frameworks reshape governance models as data centre growth accelerates

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Industries across sectors are undergoing a rapid shift that is reshaping notions of safety and corporate governance. The traditional risk management model, which long relied on periodic audits, static assumptions, and backward-looking retrospective analyses, is receding. These legacy mechanisms are giving way to

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Nvidia research redefines the AI agent as the harness around the model may change the outcome

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A language model may serve as the brain that answers, but it is not the entire system when asked to complete a long piece of work. This is the conclusion TechCrunch highlights from new Nvidia research: the tools, memory, and rules that surround

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Project Panama exposes the destruction of print books to train artificial intelligence models

Listen to this article Read by Anchor An analytical post by Anna's Archive has revealed a growing trend among artificial intelligence companies to buy large quantities of used print books through commercial brokers, scan them, and permanently destroy the physical copies. These measures come in pursuit of pure,

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Ramp data tracks OpenAI closing in on Anthropic in US enterprise spending

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Recent financial data from Ramp, a corporate expense management and corporate card company, reveals a notable shift in the battle for enterprise spending between OpenAI and Anthropic. OpenAI has begun narrowing the gap and growing at a faster pace during the third quarter

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Micro1 jumps to a $500 million revenue run rate as the training data race intensifies

Listen to this article Read by Anchor AI training data provider Micro1 has posted a record gross revenue run rate of $500 million, up from around $100 million just eight months ago, driven by surging, open-ended demand from leading labs and tech companies for specialized, high-quality data. The four-year-old startup

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Prosperity7 investment in Valaura puts energy efficiency at the heart of the AI infrastructure race

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When energy consumption becomes part of the cost of every AI workload, the investment bet is no longer confined to the model or the data center. The question shifts to the silicon itself: how much performance can be extracted from every watt? That

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Decoil leads the sole artificial intelligence presence in a undisclosed Omani seed package

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Muscat-based venture capital firm Cypher Capital has closed five seed-stage investments in partnership with Future Fund Oman, backing automotive marketplace Souq Cars, food delivery and cloud kitchen management platform IO Eats, tourism booking service Darbak, smart packaging and storage provider Pack In, and

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Meta launches interactive game generation app Pocket in the United States after Brazil tests

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Meta has begun rolling out its new experimental app, Pocket, to general users in the United States, expanding its lineup of software driven by prompt-based development. The release follows a quiet pilot in Brazil last month. The platform allows users to build bite-sized

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Andreessen Horowitz directs 44 percent of application fund investments to international founders as talent and deal dynamics shift

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The artificial intelligence investment map is undergoing a fundamental shift that is redefining the traditional relationship between Silicon Valley and founders from outside the United States, as requiring a full relocation to American soil is no longer a necessity for building globally valuable

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AI data provider Alation confirms cyberattack and investigates unauthorized activity

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Enterprise data software and AI solutions provider Alation has confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack affecting one of its systems, coming just days after detecting a technical disruption that affected some customers' access to its services. In an official statement, the company

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Stripe acquires OpenRouter for 7.5 billion dollars to control AI spending flows

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Payments giant Stripe has confirmed its acquisition of OpenRouter, a platform that specializes in routing AI model requests, in a strategic shift toward managing software and operational expenses. Although Stripe did not officially disclose the financial terms, people familiar with the matter told

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Rillet raises $100 million and reaches a $1 billion valuation to compete with enterprise accounting software

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Rillet, an AI-driven accounting software provider, announced the close of a $100 million Series C funding round that brings its valuation to $1 billion and officially grants it unicorn status, just two years after emerging from stealth in 2024. The round was led

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GitHub adds 'My work' dashboard to organize Copilot tasks and manage agent sessions across repositories

Listen to this article Read by Anchor GitHub has detailed its new 'My work' dashboard within the GitHub Copilot application, designed to consolidate requests and tasks across projects into a single central space. The interface is intended to help developers track active, completed, and pending work across bug

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Cognition denies SpaceX acquisition efforts and maintains independence in the AI coding market

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Cognition, developer of the AI coding agent Devin, has denied reports that SpaceX is seeking to acquire the company. Chief executive Scott Wu moved quickly to refute a Bloomberg report, confirming on X that the company is not for sale and that the

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What Cypher Capital's five investments in Oman say about artificial intelligence in the local market

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When a single funding round is announced, it is easy to reduce it to the company name and the transaction size. Yet Cypher Capital's announcement of investments in five Omani startups paints a different picture: a portfolio spread across everyday services

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HiBreeze raises $2.5 million to build operational infrastructure for voice AI agents

Listen to this article Read by Anchor HiBreeze, an enterprise voice AI agent infrastructure startup, has raised $2.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round. The round was led by Lunara Partners, a multi-stage investment firm focused on the Middle East and North Africa, with participation from Jabbar Group, Dash

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TerraPower bets on molten sodium heat storage to match AI data centre load fluctuations

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Nuclear power startups are racing to position themselves as a definitive solution to the biggest challenge facing AI data centres, the need for a uninterrupted, round-the-clock power supply. TerraPower, founded by Bill Gates, is preparing to announce its first nuclear plant project dedicated

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Amazon makes Alexa Plus free on Fire TV devices without a Prime subscription

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Amazon has made its AI-powered assistant, Alexa Plus, available free of charge to all compatible Fire TV users across the United States, with no Amazon Prime subscription required. The upgrade arrives automatically for eligible users without requiring a dedicated app download or a

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