It’s a long way from pedal bikes to Formula 1. But that’s precisely the quantum leap that AI-based startup Neural Concept and its co-founder and CEO, Pierre Baqué, […]
Amazon, eyeing up AI, adds Andrew Ng to its board; ex-MTV exec McGrath to step down
If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon’s just made an interesting move to change up its direction. The company […]
Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments
A Danish startup wants to help R&D teams automate lab experiments that require visual inspections, raising $20 million in a Series A round of funding to scale its […]
Belgian computer vision startup Robovision eyes U.S. expansion to address labor shortages
Faced with labor shortages, sectors such as manufacturing and agriculture are increasingly adopting AI in their automation. Computer vision startups are looking to jump on that opportunity with […]
SiMa.ai secures $70M funding to introduce a multimodal GenAI chip
SiMa.ai, a Silicon Valley-based startup producing embedded ML system-on-chip (SoC) platforms, today announced that it has raised a $70 million extension funding round as it plans to bring […]
Orchard vision system turns farm equipment into AI-powered data collectors
Agricultural robotics are not a new phenomenon. We’ve seen systems that pick apples and berries, kill weeds, plant trees, transport produce and more. But while these functions are […]
Where’s the AI in these ‘AI-powered’ products for your home?
It’s now common to see home appliances marketed as AI-powered, but it was not always clear in our examination of five such products, which functions are meant to be considered AI.
Why don’t we have AI-powered robot butlers yet?
An examination of the history of robots for personal use, exploring the problems with robot hands, locomotion, and programming, that make domestic robots seem so far out of reach.
Aethero wants to become the space industry’s Intel or Nvidia
Satellite sensors collect an incredible amount of raw data, but on-orbit compute limitations mean that operators have little way to process this data in space. Aethero, a startup […]
Nanonets gets Accel India’s backing to improve AI-based workflow automation
Nanonets, a startup using AI to automate back-office processes, has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Accel India as it seeks to improve the […]