BeyondMath Completes $18.5 M Seed Round To Scale World’s Largest Foundational Physics AI Model
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - BeyondMath, a London-based deeptech company developing a novel generative physics model, has secured a $10 million seed extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from existing investors including UP.Partners, Insight Partners and I…
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MatX Raises $500 Million To Develop AI Chips Competing With Nvidia
Clinton / ventureburn - MatX Accelerates AI Chip Innovation AI chip startup MatX has raised over $500 million to develop hardware that can compete directly with Nvidia. The company was founded in 2022 byThe post MatX Raises $500 Million To Develop AI Chips Competing With Nvidia …
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ASML Pushes EUV Light Source to 1,000 Watts, Targets 50% More Chip Output by 2030
Maria Garcia / implicator - ASML boosted its EUV light source to 1,000 watts by doubling tin droplet rates, targeting 50% more chip output per machine by 2030.
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Aalyria Raises $100M in Series B Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Aalyria, a Livermore, CA-based aerospace communications company, raised $100M in Series B funding, at $1.3 Billion valuation. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors. The company intends to u…
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IQM is going public at a $1.8B valuation. Could this be Europe’s first quantum IPO?
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Classical computers struggle to handle complex simulations in drug discovery, materials science, and optimisation because quantum physics demands…
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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro, an LLM for complex reasoning
Erik van Klinken / techzine - This month, Anthropic already unveiled the Opus and Sonnet versions of Claude 4.6. It beat Google’s Gemini 3 Pro on several fronts. A response was not long in coming, with the new, more powerful Gemini 3.1 Pro. Google is rolling out 3.1 Pro starting today…
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Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass
John Timmer / arstechnica - Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.
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World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI
Ekemini / ventureburn - World Labs, the artificial intelligence company co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, focused on developing spatial intelligence, announced a new milestone. A strategic investment of $200 million from Autodesk for World Labs’The post World Labs Raises $200M to Power …
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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI
ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy
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Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos
digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…
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Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly
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French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Quantonation Ventures, a Paris-based venture firm for quantum and physics-based technologies, has closed its second flagship fund above target at €220 million. With this close, Quantonation reportedly becomes the largest dedicated quantum investment firm …
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Semiconductor Startup C2i Raises $15 Mn From Peak XV, Others
Anne Florentyna / inc42 - Semiconductor startup C2i Semiconductors has raised $15 Mn (around ₹136 Cr) in its Series A funding round led by Peak…
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TUM spinout Sitegeist grabs €4M for AI robots fixing concrete renovation labour crunch
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe has a major backlog of infrastructure repairs. Many bridges, tunnels, parking structures, and public buildings need urgent…
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Google boosts Gemini 3 Deep Think AI and it’s a huge milestone for 3D printing
digitaltrends - Gemini 3 Deep Think is focused on scientific and engineering work, and it's now now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app. The post Google boosts Gemini 3 Deep Think AI and it’s a huge milestone for 3D printing appeared first on Digit…
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Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’
scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…
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ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership
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Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google Deepmind says its upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think mode leads major reasoning and coding benchmarks.The article Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks appeared first on The Decoder.
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Human brain-based AI startup raises £6m
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Stanhope AI, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology that aims to mimic the processes of the human brain, has raised $8m (£5.8m). The company, which previously secured a £2.3m investment back in 2024, is working on its Real World Model pro…
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China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals
scmp - Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Zhipu AI has launched its latest flagship model, the GLM-5, with a leap in coding capabilities amid a heated race among Chinese tech firms to roll out major new models ahead of the Spring Festival holiday.Zhipu…
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Seamflow Raises $4.5M To Build AI Tools For Testing, Inspection, And Certification Industry
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Seamflow, an AI-driven software company for the global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Northzone and Initialized Capital, with participation from Entrepre…
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With Europe seeking greater defense and space autonomy, Deep Space Energy secures €930k to advance lunar energy tech
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Riga-based SpaceTech startup Deep Space Energy has raised a total €930k to further develop a radioisotopic generator toward commercialisation, in a bid to strengthen the European sovereign space and defense industry and power Moon surface exploration. The…
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