The UK's competition watchdog is looking into Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI, as Microsoft hired Inflection's leaders and most of its staff, raising questions about whether this is a merger that could affect fair competition in the AI industry.
Global healthcare AI company Huma has raised over $80 million in Series D funding and launched its AI-powered Huma Cloud Platform, which aims to revolutionize digital health by reducing project launch times from years to days while expanding its presence in hospitals and clinics worldwide.
Germany-based data management company One Data has secured €32 million in Series B extension funding to expand its AI-powered Data Product Builder platform, with plans to grow internationally and strengthen its position as a leader in data product management.
French startup Presti has raised $3.5 million to develop its generative AI technology that transforms single product images into realistic lifestyle photos for furniture companies, potentially revolutionizing product visualization while challenging traditional photography methods.
Czech startup Adam has secured €3 million in funding to expand its AI-driven platform that connects customers with tradespeople for home improvement projects, aiming to modernize the industry by addressing quality, availability, and transparent pricing in a unified solution.
UK-based Hey Savi has secured £2.2 million in pre-seed funding to revolutionize online fashion shopping with its AI-powered search and recommendation platform, connecting users to their desired fashion items within 60 seconds.
Mobile gaming startup Grand Games has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to revolutionize the industry with AI-powered game development, enabling faster creation and iteration of games while focusing on player engagement through social and luck-based features.
LegalFly, a legal AI platform founded by ex-Tinder experts, has secured €15 million in Series A funding to expand its secure, AI-powered legal services for enterprises, building on its rapid growth and partnerships with major firms in the €884 billion legal services market.
Deezer and YouTube are testing AI-powered features for playlist creation and music discovery, including text prompt-based playlist generation and sound-based search capabilities.
The European Commission found X in breach of the DSA; Microsoft is stepping down from its seat on OpenAI's board; SoftBank acquired Graphcore; AMD acquired Silo AI; Captions and DreamFlare AI secured funding rounds; Anthropic launched advanced prompt evaluation tools; and much more.
AWS and Workday have expanded their partnership to develop generative AI capabilities, enhance native integrations for custom applications, and collaborate on market initiatives, aiming to accelerate cloud transformation and improve enterprise productivity and decision-making for their customers.
Amazon has launched Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant, to all US customers in its mobile app. Rufus offers personalized product recommendations, comparisons, and shopping advice powered by a specialized large language model trained on Amazon's catalog and web-sourced information.