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Honda-Nissan merger collapses. Negotiations have been suspended A potential merger deal was announced in December. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/02/14/honda-nissan-merger-collapses/
Venture capital investments increased to $368.3 billion in 2024. AI and Defense are among the industry leaders Last year’s global venture capital investments exceeded the figures of 2023 ($349.4 billion) and increased to $368.3 billion. The artificial intelligence sector became the leader in raising investment, and the year was also
Ex-Mistral employee seeks $80m for stealth AI startup Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ex-mistral-genesis-robotics-80m/
UK drops ‘safety’ in AI Security Institute rebrand, partners with Anthropic on public services Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-drops-safety-in-ai-security-institute-rebrand-partners-with-anthropic-on-public-services/
Munich founders fear talent war after OpenAIs arrival: Startups will struggle to compete Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/munich-founders-open-ai/
How the Stanford of the Middle East is attracting top European researchers Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mbzuai-europe-researchers/
Bootstrapped to success: Transformify(TFY) achieves 90% profit growth and gives back to society by empowering NGOs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/transformify-profit-growth-society-empowering-ngos/
Uber sues DoorDash, alleging anti-competitive tactics Ride-share giant Uber filed a lawsuit Friday against DoorDash, accusing the delivery outfit of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. Uber alleges in the lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of California, that its chief rival bullied restaurants into only working with
Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” discussions with book publishers on licensing deals to supply some of its generative AI models with training data. The
AI Alexa and AI Siri face bugs and delays Amazon and Apple are struggling to put generative AI technology in their digital assistants — Alexa and Siri, respectively — according to a pair of reports that came out on Friday. Amazon hoped to release its new Alexa during an event