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Amazon Web Services to Launch AI Agent Marketplace Next Week with Anthropic as Partner

By Shubham on July 11, 2025 in AI, Capsules, Uncategorized

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to launch an AI agent marketplace next week, with Anthropic as one of its partners, according to sources familiar with the development. The launch is scheduled to take place at the AWS Summit in New York City on July 15. AI agents have become increasingly ubiquitous, and investors in Silicon Valley are bullish on startups building them. However, the distribution of AI agents poses a challenge, as most companies offer them[…]

NCS Launches Ambitious AI Transformation Initiative Across Asia Pacific

By Arun Kumar on July 10, 2025 in AI, Capsules, Uncategorized

NCS has announced a significant investment of S$130 million over three years to drive AI-led transformation across Asia Pacific. This initiative was unveiled at the company’s annual flagship Impact Forum, which brought together more than 1,200 leaders and technology practitioners from the region. The initiative is built around three pillars: Intelligentisation, Internationalisation, and Inspiration. NCS aims to catalyse transformation by developing an AI-enabled workforce of over 10,000, forging strategic partnerships with leading technology players, and launching a[…]

Cluely’s Co-Founder Unfazed by Cheating Detectors, Eyes ChatGPT Domination

By Tripti Gupta on in AI, Capsules, Startups, Uncategorized

Cluely, an AI startup that uses a hidden in-browser window to analyze online conversations, has gained significant attention with its claim of having an “undetectability” feature that allows users to “cheat on everything.” The company’s co-founder, Roy Lee, was suspended from Columbia University for using Cluely, originally called Interview Coder, to cheat on a coding test when applying for a developer job at Amazon. On Tuesday, another Columbia University student, Patrick Shen, announced on X that he[…]

OpenAI Diversifies Compute Stack with Google’s Tensor Processing Units

By Shubham on July 4, 2025 in AI, Capsules, Google, Startups, Uncategorized

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has reportedly started using Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) to power its products, marking a significant shift away from its reliance on Nvidia hardware. According to a Reuters report, OpenAI is leasing TPUs through Google’s cloud platform, joining a growing list of external customers that includes Apple, Anthropic, and Safe Superintelligence. The move is seen as an effort to lower inference costs and diversify beyond both Nvidia and Microsoft Azure. OpenAI’s inference[…]

Microsoft’s New AI System Revolutionizes Patient Diagnosis with Unprecedented Accuracy

By Mishika on July 1, 2025 in AI, Capsules, Microsoft, Uncategorized

Microsoft has developed a cutting-edge AI system, created in collaboration with former Google researchers, that has the capability to diagnose patients with an unprecedented four times greater accuracy than human doctors. This groundbreaking achievement has the potential to significantly reduce costs in the healthcare industry. The tech giant’s innovative AI product discovery platform for businesses is aimed at revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing advanced technology to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient care. The system’s remarkable precision could lead[…]

US Senate Removes Controversial AI Moratorium from Budget Bill with Overwhelming Majority

By Divya Arora on in AI, Policies, Uncategorized

US senators have voted almost unanimously to remove a contentious provision from the Trump administration’s reconciliation bill, which would have imposed a 10-year ban on states’ abilities to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). The provision, introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), was met with opposition from both Democrats and Republicans, who cautioned that the ban would harm consumers and allow powerful AI companies to operate with minimal oversight. Many prominent Silicon Valley executives, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anduril’s[…]

Genesis AI Emerges from Stealth with $105 Million Seed Funding to Develop AI Models for Robots

By Shubham on in AI, Robotics, Startups, Uncategorized

Genesis AI, a startup founded in December 2022, has emerged from stealth mode with a substantial $105 million seed round co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company, founded by Zhou Xian, a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and Théophile Gervet, a former research scientist with the French AI lab Mistral, aims to develop a foundational model that will power various types of robots. The startup’s goal is to create a general-purpose model that[…]

xAI Secures $10 Billion in Debt and Equity Funding, Morgan Stanley Confirms

By Rajat on in AI, Capsules, Startups, Uncategorized

In a significant development, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has successfully raised $10 billion in debt and equity funding, according to a confirmation by Morgan Stanley on Monday. The financial giant revealed that xAI has secured $5 billion in debt and an additional $5 billion in a strategic equity transaction. The combination of debt and equity funding is expected to reduce the overall cost of capital and substantially expand the pools of capital available to xAI.[…]

Harry Shum, ex-Head of AI & Research at Microsoft expresses his opinion on AI development in China

By Shubham on June 29, 2025 in AI, Entrepreneurs, Uncategorized

According to Shum, while the US is still leading in AI chip technology, China is rapidly catching up in algorithms. However, Shum acknowledges that China faces significant challenges in chip production, which cannot be bridged in a short span of one or two years. Shum suggests that one way for China to overcome these challenges is to focus on achieving breakthroughs in algorithm engineering. This approach could help Chinese companies to make up for the lack of[…]

Elon Musk Abandons Grok 3.5, Announces Immediate Launch of Grok 4 Instead

By Mishika on June 28, 2025 in AI, Capsules, Tesla, Uncategorized

Elon Musk has announced that Grok 3.5 will not be launched after all. Instead, he revealed that xAI will introduce Grok 4 soon. In a recent post on X, Musk stated, “Will be called Grok 4. Release just after July 4th. Needs one more big run for a specialized coding model.” He also praised the xAI team for making good progress on the project. Previously, Musk had announced that the upcoming Grok 3.5, now called Grok 4,[…]