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Robotics AI startup Physical Intelligence is in talks to raise money at a valuation of about $20bn. It builds AI software that lets robots handle real-world tasks. Rebecca Torrence and Natasha Mascarenhas reported the talks for Bloomberg on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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SK Hynix reported record third-quarter results on Wednesday, 28 October. Operating profit rose 632% from a year earlier to 83.3 trillion won (about $62bn). Revenue rose 328% to 104.6 trillion won, it said in its earnings release.
Machenta, a London robotics startup spun out of Imperial College London, has raised a $40M seed round. It is building an AI model that teaches robots a new task from a single demonstration. Creandum and Union Square Ventures co-led the round, Imperial said on 27 October.
Anthropic’s IPO filing leaves Ben Mann, who co-leads its Labs team, out of the founder group that will control the company after it lists. A footnote on page 248 of the S-1 prospectus, filed on 26 October, says Mann is “often referred to as a co-founder”.
In a world’s first demonstration, Endurance Energy has achieved a key technical milestone but still faces a long road to economic viability.
The massive funding round comes just days after reports emerged that Upwind had attracted acquisition interest from several companies, including Datadog
Anthropic will give US government buyers a 40% discount on Claude under an expanded deal with the General Services Administration (GSA). The company announced it in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October. For the first time, the discount also covers state, local, tribal and territorial governments.
Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg has dropped the coding interview from his team’s hiring. He explained the change in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October, titled “Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers”.
Apple unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, an OLED display and a Dynamic Island, after two decades of rejecting touch Macs. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and weighs 3 pounds; the 16-inch starts at $3,399. It arrives on 6 November.
Governments, households and businesses have a stake in how electricity networks accommodate the next wave of industrial growth. When someone proposes a major data centre development, the question extends beyond whether it can secure a connection to the grid.
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