AI Newswire (Page 44)

VKTR brings you the day-to-day news announcements from companies across the artificial intelligence (AI) market — including their new products, partnerships, client engagements, mergers and acquisitions, fundings and executives.
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Research: As AI Increases in the Workplace, Employees Are Open to Their Employers Listening
Aug 22, 2024
¾ of employees are open to employers analyzing their messages, calendars and other communications in order to improve the employee experience HR leaders underestimated employee openness to listening programs by up to 16 percentage points Employers can make employees more likely to opt in if they provide transparency and control PROVO, Utah and SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Most employees are open to having their organizations analyze data from emails, messages and meetings to improve their employee experience, according to new Qualtrics research. Also known as passive listening, this practice provides valuable insights using data employees generate in their daily activities.
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Shield AI Achieves Groundbreaking Collaborative Multi-Jet Aircraft Autonomy in Kratos MQM-178 Firejet Flight Test Event
Aug 21, 2024
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI, Inc., the technology company building the world's best AI pilot, completed a major milestone on the path towards its overarching goal of providing autonomy for the world by successfully demonstrating its first-ever multi-jet autonomy flights on two Kratos MQM-178 Firejets. The flight tests featured two autonomous agents piloted by Shield AI's 'Hivemind' AI Pilot.
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The Rounds Raises $24M Series B to Accelerate Sustainable, AI-Driven Last-Mile Delivery
Aug 21, 2024
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rounds, an inventory management platform that delivers recurring grocery and household essentials in reusable packaging, today announced a $24 million Series B funding round led by Moderne Ventures, with participation from FJ Labs and existing investors, bringing its total funding to date to $66 million. The company will use the investment to scale its AI-powered service, strategically focusing on profitable growth in existing markets, expanding its team across machine learning, data science, and executive leadership, and launching new markets.
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Fresha Secures $31 Million in Financing From J.P. Morgan to Invest in Machine Learning and AI Powered Robotics
Aug 21, 2024
LONDON, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresha, the leading marketplace platform for beauty and wellness, today announced it has secured a $31 million venture debt facility from J.P. Morgan.
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IBM Study: C-Suite Confidence in Delivering Basic IT Services Wanes, While Tech CxOs Focus on Gen AI Demands
Aug 21, 2024
CEO confidence in the effectiveness of basic IT services nearly halves over 10 years 43% of surveyed tech CxOs say concerns about their technology infrastructure have increased because of generative AI ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value study found that while IT leaders are preparing organizations for accelerated generative AI adoption, C-suite executives' confidence in their IT team's ability to deliver basic services is declining. The global study * of 2,500 of C-level technology executives (tech CxOs) from 34 countries revealed that less than half (47%) of those surveyed think their IT organization is effective in basic services compared to 69% surveyed in 2013.
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Trunk Tools Raises $20M Series A Led By Redpoint Ventures to Expand Suite of AI Agents for Construction
Aug 20, 2024
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trunk Tools, a groundbreaking AI platform disrupting the $13 trillion construction industry, announces a $20 million Series A. The new capital was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Innovation Endeavors, who led the Seed round, bringing the total capital raised to-date to $30M.
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BeyondMath Raises $8.5 Million to Revolutionize Physics-Based Engineering Wiith Groundbreaking AI-Powered Simulation Platform
Aug 20, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BeyondMath, a leader in advanced engineering simulation, today announced it has secured $8.5 million in seed funding led by UP.Partners, with significant participation from Insight Partners and InMotion Ventures, the investment arm of JLR.
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Eppo Closes $28M Series B for Tech Companies to Evaluate AI Model Performance, Power Marketing and Inform Product Development at Scale
Aug 20, 2024
Leading experimentation platform drives A/B testing tooling for latest generation of tech companies SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Eppo, the cutting-edge experimentation platform, today announced that they have raised $28M in a Series B investment funding. The round was led by Innovation Endeavors and Icon VC as a participating investor, with additional support from existing investors Menlo Ventures and Amplify Partners.
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Gen AI Analytics Provider, Reliant AI, Launches With $11.3M in Seed Funding
Aug 20, 2024
Funding Co-Led by Inovia Capital & Tola Capital Brings AI-Driven Software to the Biopharma Industry With First Product Reliant Tabular MONTREAL and BERLIN, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Reliant AI, a provider of gen AI-powered data analytics software, announced today its launch out of stealth with $11.3 million in seed funding. The new capital was co-led by Tola Capital and Inovia Capital, with participation from angel investor Mike Volpi.
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EX.CO Unveils Large Language Model (LLM)-Based Video Recommendation Engine for Digital Publishers
Aug 19, 2024
Upgraded engine poised to transform publishers' engagement and monetization efforts with relevant video at scale NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- EX.CO, the publisher video platform powering successful video strategies for the world's leading media groups, today announced an advanced contextual video content recommendation engine for digital publishers.