Nvidia in Talks to Back Data Startup Mercor at $20 Billion
Nvidia has discussed investing in Mercor, a data-labeling startup that supplies expert data for its Nemotron models, in a round that would double the company’s valuation to $20 billion.
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Alibaba Previews Qwen 3.8, Claiming It Trails Only Fable 5
Alibaba previewed Qwen 3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it claims is second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5, days after Moonshot’s Kimi K3 rattled markets, though no benchmarks back it.
LAION
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AIstify Team
• 4 mins read
LAION is a nonprofit association known for open machine learning datasets and research tools, including large image-text datasets used in AI research.
EleutherAI
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AIstify Team
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EleutherAI is a nonprofit artificial intelligence research institute known for open language models, public datasets, interpretability research, and open science practices.
OpenMined
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AIstify Team
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OpenMined is an open source nonprofit community focused on privacy-preserving machine learning, secure data science, and responsible access to sensitive data.
ClickHouse Reaches $250 Million ARR Ahead of IPO Push
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Samantha Reed
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ClickHouse has surpassed $250 million in annualized revenue run rate as the database startup prepares for a potential IPO within the next few years. The company has tripled revenue over the past year while expanding its customer base across AI and enterprise markets.
Xiaomi Releases MiMo V2.5 Open Models for OpenClaw
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Daniel Mercer
• 3 mins read
Xiaomi has launched two open-source AI models optimized for agent-based tasks with high efficiency and low cost. The release targets growing demand for scalable enterprise AI.
Nvidia Launches First Open-Source AI Models for Quantum Computing
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Daniel Mercer
• 3 mins read
Nvidia unveils Ising, a new open-source AI model family designed to tackle quantum computing’s biggest bottlenecks: calibration and error correction.
Mistral Launches Voxtral: an Open-Source Voice AI for Real-Time Use
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Daniel Mercer
• 2 mins read
Mistral has released Voxtral TTS, an open-source speech model designed for real-time voice agents and enterprise use cases, intensifying competition in voice AI.
Meta Launches Manus Desktop AI Agent App
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Daniel Mercer
• 3 mins read
Meta has introduced a desktop version of Manus, enabling its AI agent to operate directly on users’ devices. The move intensifies competition in the fast-growing AI agent market.
OpenClaw Explained: A Beginner’s Guide
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Daniel Mercer
• 6 mins read
OpenClaw is an open-source framework designed for building and managing AI agents. This guide explains what OpenClaw is, how it works, and its role in agent-based AI systems.
OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo to Strengthen AI Security Tools
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Maria Konash
• 3 mins read
OpenAI is acquiring AI security platform Promptfoo to enhance testing, safety, and governance tools for enterprise AI systems. The technology will be integrated into OpenAI’s Frontier platform for AI coworkers.
Alibaba Bets on Cheaper, Faster AI with Qwen 3.5 Open-Source Release
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Daniel Mercer
• 3 mins read
Alibaba unveiled its Qwen 3.5 artificial intelligence model, claiming major gains in cost efficiency and performance as competition intensifies in China’s fast-moving AI market.
Alibaba Launches AI Model to Advance Robotics
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Ethan Caldwell
• 3 mins read
Alibaba has introduced RynnBrain, a new AI model designed to enhance robotic perception and object recognition, advancing China’s push into physical AI and robotics.