Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…

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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Julie Bort / techcrunch - AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

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Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

Andre Revilla / engadget - Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to th…

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CrowdStrike to enhance AI-era identity security with SGNL acquisition

Swagath Bandhakavi / techmonitor - CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire SGNL, a California-based firm focused on continuous identity security solutions, in a cash and stock deal.

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Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on January 8, 2024, to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases since inception, pending regulatory approval. The deal aims to integrate Observe’s product for unified collection and st…

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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…

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Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini

O'Ryan Johnson / theregister - Munge that corporate data using the LLM of your choice The data platform Snowflake is putting Google's Gemini to work inside its Cortex AI, aiming to give customers access to a foundational model within the boundaries of their data environment across supp…

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Austrian BENTELER acquires Germany’s ioki to create Europe’s first full-service autonomous mobility provider

ain - According to the companies, the acquisition creates Europe’s first full-service provider for autonomous mobility, combining vehicles, software, and operations under one roof.

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Accenture Plans to Buy UK Palantir Rival Faculty in Consultancy’s AI Push

Mark Bergen / bloomberg - Accenture Plc agreed to buy Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup that’s worked closely with the government, as part of the consultancy’s effort to recast itself as a leader in the technology.

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Cisco Eyes $2 Billion Purchase of Cybersecurity Firm Axonius

PYMNTS / pymnts - Cisco is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius for $2 billion. That’s according to a report Sunday (Jan. 4) from Calcalist, which noted that Axonius was previously valued at $2.6 billion. However, the company denied th…

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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer behind Google TPUs included in bombshell agreement

tomshardware - Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq’s intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team.

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DigitalBridge shares jump 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire firm

cnbc - The premarket move comes shortly after Bloomberg reported Japan's SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the data center investment firm.

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ServiceNow to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Armis for About $7.75 Billion

Nicholas G. Miller / wsj - ServiceNow agreed to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for about $7.75 billion in cash in a move intended to take advantage of growing demand for AI security.

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Bitmine Reports $13.2B in Holdings as ETH Stash Tops 4 Million

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Bitmine now holds 4,066,062 ETH, valued at $2,991 each, representing 3.37% of the Ethereum supply. Total cryptocurrency, liquidity, and Moonshot holdings reported at $13.2 billion, including $1 billion in cash. The company added 98,852 ETH in one wee…

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