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Fastino secures $17.5M for its task-specific models trained on low-end GPUs
Startup Fastino has raised $17.5 million led by Khosla Ventures to develop Task-Specific Language Models that are faster, cheaper, and more efficient than general-purpose LLMs. Fastino aims to challenge several industry standards by offering its TSMs through a fixed-rate subscription system.
May 16, 2025
FutureHouse launched a closed beta for Finch, its AI tool for 'data-driven discovery'
FutureHouse, the Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit with ambitions to build an "AI scientist" within the next decade, has released a new tool called Finch aimed at accelerating biological discovery. Currently in the closed beta phase, Finch can assist with open-ended and directed data analysis tasks.
May 14, 2025
WisdomAI secures $23M for an 'AI agent '-based BI system that departs from static dashboards
WisdomAI has secured $23 million in funding to launch the industry's first "Agentic Data Insights Platform," which uses AI agents powered by a "Knowledge Fabric" to transform business intelligence into an intelligent system that actively delivers insights without requiring specialized skills.
May 13, 2025
Mistral AI's Medium 3: Enterprise performance with an affordable price tag
Mistral AI has launched Mistral Medium 3, an affordable, smaller model that delivers 90% of Claude Sonnet 3.7's performance at 8x lower cost. Medium 3 also outperforms competitors like Llama 4 Maverick in human evaluations, and can be deployed on any cloud environment with at least four GPUs.
May 12, 2025
Qwen3: A new generation of language models featuring hybrid thinking
The Qwen team has released Qwen3, a new family of open-weight language models comprising two MoE and six dense models. The Qwen3 model family features hybrid thinking capabilities, support for 119 languages, and competitive performance.
May 8, 2025
Microsoft launches Phi-4 'reasoning' models to celebrate Phi-3's first anniversary
Microsoft has introduced three new small language models—Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning—that reportedly deliver complex reasoning capabilities comparable to much larger models while maintaining efficiency for deployment across various computing environments.
May 8, 2025
AI2's OLMo 2 1B model rivals offerings from leading tech firms
AI2's new Olmo 2 1B model outperforms similar-sized offerings from Google, Meta, and Alibaba across multiple key benchmarks, including GSM8K, TruthfulQA, and DROP, while maintaining a small enough size to run on resource-limited hardware.
May 6, 2025
Nova Premier, Amazon's newest and most capable foundation model, is finally available
Amazon Nova Premier, now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, can handle complex workflows requiring multiple tools and data sources. It also features outstanding model distillation capabilities, enabling users to transfer its advanced features to smaller, faster models for production deployment.
May 6, 2025
FutureHouse launches platform with "superintelligent" scientific AI agents
FutureHouse has launched a platform featuring four "superintelligent" AI agents—Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix—designed to help scientists navigate the overwhelming volume of research literature through research capabilities that reportedly outperform both frontier models and PhD-level researchers.
May 4, 2025
Benchmark leads $75M investment in the startup behind the viral AI agent Manus
Chinese AI agent startup Manus has secured a $75M investment led by Benchmark, quintupling its valuation to nearly $500M. The funding will reportedly enable Manus to take its AI agent to global markets, including the US, Japan, and the Middle East.
May 3, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation's AI strategy focuses on supporting, rather than replacing, editors
Wikimedia Foundation unveiled a new AI strategy that prioritizes enhancing human contributors rather than replacing them. The strategy focuses on supporting human editors while maintaining Wikipedia's commitment to providing freely accessible knowledge to anyone in the world.
May 1, 2025
AI-enhanced medical imaging startup Nuclivision secures €5M seed funding
Ghent-based medical imaging startup Nuclivision has secured €5 million in seed funding to commercialize its AI software platform that enables faster, safer, and more affordable PET scans for cancer and Alzheimer's detection.
May 1, 2025