A happy start to March to you! We offer a quick (8:28) run through recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: GPUs versus ASICs for AI accelerated compute, DOGE-led government layoffs ….
News Bytes Podcast 20250303: GPUs vs. ASICs for AI Compute, DOGE and Fears at U.S. Science Agencies, Cat Qubits for AWS Quantum
March 3, 2025 by
SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s
February 28, 2025 by
SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling technology*1 in an AI server using NVIDIA accelerated computing.
OFS launches Mayvn AI for Manufacturing
February 28, 2025 by
MELBOURNE, Australia, 28 February 2025 – Australian manufacturing efficiency software company OFS has launched Mayvn AI, an artificial intelligence platform designed to improve productivity and strengthen communication between manufacturing executives and operational teams. The Australian-designed and engineered software provides real-time information and insights on what’s happening operationally in manufacturing facilities. This can include issues that are currently delaying production right […]
IBM Adds Granite 3.2 LLMs for Multi-Modal AI and Reasoning
February 26, 2025 by
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced additions to its Granite portfolio of large language models intended to deliver small, efficient enterprise AI. The new Granite 3.2 models include: A new vision language model (VLM) for document understanding tasks that IBM said demonstrates performance ….
Imandra Inc. Updates Neurosymbolic AI Reasoning Engine
February 25, 2025 by
AUSTIN, TX – February 25, 2025 – Imandra Inc., a neurosymbolic reasoning AI startup, today announced ImandraX, the latest release of its Imandra automated reasoning engine. The company said ImandraX marks an advancement in AI-driven logical reasoning, introducing powerful reasoning algorithms and architectural features for integration with AI agents. With the increasing reliance on AI […]
Survey Finds 25% of Data Managers Greenlight Any Projects Powered by AI
February 20, 2025 by
For enterprise data teams, GenAI expectations are sky-high, and a new survey finds that management often leads the charge. A quarter of executives (25 percent) say their leaders will greenlight any project “with AI as a core component,” while the largest group (44 percent) are a bit more ….
Together AI Cloud Raises $305M Series B
February 20, 2025 by
SAN FRANCISCO, February 20, 2025 — AI acceleration cloud complany Together AI announced a $305 million Series B investment led by General Catalyst and co-led by Prosperity7. The round saw participation from institutional and strategic investors including Salesforce Ventures, DAMAC Capital, NVIDIA, Kleiner Perkins, March Capital, Emergence Capital, Lux Capital, SE Ventures, Greycroft, Coatue, Definition, Cadenza […]
British Business Investments Commits £10M to Twin Path Ventures for UK AI
February 20, 2025 by
20th February 2025, London — Twin Path Ventures, a UK pre-seed investor in AI-first startups, has received support from British Business Investments for its strategy to invest in UK-based tech founders building and launching AI-powered solutions. British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank has committed £10 million alongside Twin Path Ventures […]
Generative Imaging AI Will Use Game Engines and Synthetic Data to Train Models
February 19, 2025 by
Imagine an AI capable of transforming a single photograph into a living, breathing scene. Change the lighting, the weather, or even the camera angle with just a few clicks. This is not a distant dream; it is the future of generative imaging AI — and its foundation ….
SambaNova Reports Fastest DeepSeek-R1 671B with High Efficiency
February 18, 2025 by
Palo Alto, CA – Generative AI company SambaNova announced last week that DeepSeek-R1 671B is running today on SambaNova Cloud at 198 tokens per second (t/s), “achieving speeds and efficiency that no other platform can match,” the company said. DeepSeek-R1 has reduced AI training costs by 10X, but its widespread adoption has been hindered by […]
