UK government commits £40M to discover AI “breakthroughs” in new AI lab

The UK government has committed up to £40m to discover the UK’s AI “breakthroughs” of tomorrow, as it looks to rev up its sovereign AI credentials.A UK government-backed lab will support the effort, b…

One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots

CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.

Bridging the operational AI gap
Bridging the operational AI gap

The transformational potential of AI is already well established. Enterprise use cases are building momentum and organizations are transitioning from pilot projects to AI in production. Companies are no longer just talking about AI; they are redirecting budgets and resources to make it happen. Many are already experimenting with agentic AI, which promises new levels…

The Anthropic Cofounders Standing Up To Trump

Many billionaires have kowtowed to the President lately. That’s what makes Dario Amodei’s refusal to cave so stunning — and may be behind Claude’s surge at the App Store.

Diligent AI raises $2.5M to support KYC and AML teams with AI agents

London-based Diligent AI,a Y Combinator-backed startup developing autonomous AI analysts for financialcrime compliance, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The round was led bySpeedinvest alongsi…

UK self-driving startup Oxa raises $103M to scale industrial deployments

British self-driving startup Oxa has raised $103 millionfrom investors to expand autonomous vehicle operations at ports, airports,warehouses and other industrial sites, Reuters reports. The company sa…

Brilliant Labs, Neuphonic and TheStage AI partner to bring privacy-first, cloud-free AI to smart glasses

Startups Brilliant Labs, Neuphonic and TheStage AI today announced a strategic partnership to enable frontier AI in wearable technology without the latency and privacy compromises of cloud computing. …

Antiverse secures $9.3M Series A for AI antibody platform

UK-based Antiverse, abiotech company developing AI-designed therapeutic antibodies forhard-to-target disease targets, has closed a $9.3 million Series A round led bySoulmates Ventures, with participat…