Emerging companies: AMD Acquisition and Other Moves to SCASE AI Startups

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Bring this week more than just Nafidia profit reports; Startups and VCS also had some news – quieter, but they are still worth paying attention to, especially in the event of disturbing artificial intelligence.

The most interesting startup stories of the week

Artificial intelligence again led to a large share of the total start -up activity, including the acquisition, but this week we made a reminder that the implementation of full integration and purchase operations takes time – and that VC financing is not the only way.

Good optics: AMD Ensemi acquiredStartup for the design of dedicated materials to support the development of silicone optical products, according to unannounced conditions. The goal of the acquisition is to “accelerate the OID Optical Innovation (AMD) for artificial intelligence systems.”

On the plane: AI Human Rest start The co -founder added to Netflix, Red Hastings To the Board of Directors. Hastings has been assigned by the long -term TRST TRUST for Anthrops and has already experience in the boards of Netflix, Bloomberg, Meta and Microsoft panels.

It takes some time: Life360 family safety application Finally merge Jobs follow the missing elements that resemble the Aartag in the tiles, three and a half years after the acquired LIFE360 tiles For $ 205 million.

One month and 25 days: A high -ranking businessman and angel Saahil Lavingia revealed details about his work in Elon Musk, saying it was It was operated after only 55 days. But this is not only: the benefit of musk is also From its end.

Bootstraped: The ten -year -old cyberspace company arrived Thinkst Canary 20 million dollars of repeated annual revenues without VC investment – An interesting story that started to mention before diving in financing the news.

The most interesting VC news and funding news this week

Funding news this week comes from a mixture of ads and rumors-unintentionally, but it is a good compiler. Let’s start with this before moving to concrete updates.

Musk again: Neuralink, ELON MUSK, Neuralink, start the brain. 600 million dollars in pre -money evaluation 9 billion dollars.

Long armIt is said that Samsung is looking to invest A $ 100 million tour to start operating Exo medical devices Through the adventure investment arm.

New horizon: The deposits revealed that cybersecurity started horizon3.ai It seeks to raise 100 million dollarsAnd that I already obtained at least $ 73 million.

New brick: Buildots, an emerging company based in Chicago benefiting from artificial intelligence and seeing the computer to improve the tracking tracking in construction, is raised Series of $ 45 million dRaising its average to 166 million dollars.

Add up: RILET, startup with automatic learning and AI Truc to automate accounting reports, The A series of chain was collected with a value of $ 25 million Sikoya Capital, just 10 months after a seed of $ 13.5 million and a pre -seed round.

comfort: Snabbit, a 15 -month -old Indian start -up company operating in the field of hot home services, He got 19 million dollars on a tour Little Lightspeed in post -$ 80 million money evaluation.

World Models: Spaidial, the new company for the founder of Synthesia Matthias NiesSner, Collect a seed tour of 13 million dollars Leaded by Earlybird to develop the foundation model capable of generating 3D interactive environments online. It will participate in similarities with the artificial intelligence model It was issued by the opponent Odessi this week.

Advanced network: GRIDCARE, start running the energy improvement with a pharaoh, appeared from hidden with A seed tour of 13.5 million dollars He said he was ready to play the maker reconcile data centers and utilities.

DiversificationThe state -owned artificial intelligence company is Humain To launch Hamman’s projectsA $ 10 billion project fund investing in startups in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Startups kiwiOakland Projects Company and incubator projects Close a second box From about $ 25 million to invest in startups in the field of deep -emerging technology from New Zealand.

Last but not least

The startups were in nuclear fusion Investors attractBut their endeavors are still experimental. Fission, on the other hand, already has the ability to operate databases, which explains the reason for the presence of major technology companies Investing in startups nuclear fission.