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There’s an interesting shift happening in how ideas move from the spark of invention to real, defensible intellectual property, and the announcement that Tradespace has acquired Paragon hints at how quickly that shift is accelerating. The basic problem has been obvious to anyone who has ever filed a patent: innovation cycles move fast, but patent drafting remains slow, … [Read more...] about Tradespace Acquires Paragon: The Next Step Toward AI-Native Intellectual Property

There’s a particular tension right now in high-performance computing circles, the kind that feels a bit like everyone is standing in the same checkout line waiting for the same brand of GPU to be restocked. NVIDIA’s CUDA ecosystem has been the golden gatekeeper to AI compute for more than a decade, shaping not just performance expectations but entire supply chains. Companies … [Read more...] about Breaking the CUDA Barrier: Spectral Compute Raises $6M to Let AI Run Anywhere

There’s a certain energy you can almost feel when a market hits its moment, and Glasswing Ventures is clearly betting that we’re standing right on that edge. The firm just closed its Fund III at over $200 million, which, honestly, is a standout result in a venture environment that has been more cautious than ambitious lately. The size matters less than the direction of … [Read more...] about Glasswing Ventures Fund III and the Shape of What Comes Next

There’s something quietly momentous about a company deciding to step into a broader conversation, especially when the conversation is about the future backbone of how the world connects. Smartoptics has done just that by joining the IOWN Global Forum, a group founded by NTT, Intel, and Sony to push forward what comes after today’s networks. The Forum’s whole purpose is to … [Read more...] about Smartoptics Joins the IOWN Global Forum

There’s a sense that the AI hardware race is beginning to split into two tracks. On one side, hyperscale datacenter accelerators keep getting larger, hotter, and hungrier for power. On the other, the real world — robotics labs, telecom nodes, satellites, drones, autonomous systems — needs something very different: compact silicon that can think quickly without gulping … [Read more...] about EdgeCortix Raises Over $110M in Oversubscribed Series B, Signaling Rising Confidence in Energy-Efficient Edge AI

Workday has officially completed its acquisition of Sana, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of enterprise AI. The deal transforms Workday from a financial and human capital management platform into what it now calls an AI-native enterprise experience — a single intelligent interface unifying people, money, and knowledge. With this move, Workday positions itself not just … [Read more...] about Workday Completes Acquisition of Sana: Building the AI Front Door for Work

A deal of staggering scale has just been sealed between Microsoft and IREN Limited, marking one of the largest GPU infrastructure commitments to date in the emerging AI compute economy. IREN, an Australian-founded company known for its vertically integrated AI and high-performance computing (HPC) operations, announced that it will provide Microsoft with access to NVIDIA’s GB300 … [Read more...] about Microsoft and IREN Ink $9.7 Billion AI Cloud Infrastructure Deal

Voltai, a Canadian cleantech innovator developing renewable energy solutions for the ocean and maritime industries, has secured CAD $1.83 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round. The raise was led by Invest Nova Scotia, the province’s business development agency, alongside an angel investor group headed by Mahir Sahin, former advisor to Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory … [Read more...] about Voltai Raises CAD $1.83M Pre-Seed to Pioneer Harvesting Kinetic Energy from Ocean Waves and Ship Movement

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) has just taken another major step forward in the U.S. nuclear revival, adding to a string of milestones that position the company as a core player in America’s next-generation energy strategy. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Oklo, alongside three other companies, to participate in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Line Pilot Projects, a program … [Read more...] about Oklo Selected by DOE for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Line Pilot Projects, Expands U.S. Nuclear Supply Chain

Cyvl, the AI Infrastructure Intelligence Platform, has secured $14 million in Series A funding, with Sentinel Global leading the round. The company, already partnered with more than 100 U.S. local governments, is transforming the way cities and towns collect, analyze, and act on infrastructure data. Its sensor-fitted vehicles function as roving data centers, generating … [Read more...] about Cyvl Raises $14M to Build the Infrastructure Intelligence Layer for America