Nous Research Reportedly Raises $90 Million for Open-Source AI Agent Hermes
Nous Research reportedly raised $90 million for Hermes, an open-source AI agent that could expand competition in assistants and enterprise AI.
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Mistral Says ‘Le Chonk’ Challenges China’s Best Open-Weight AI Models
Mistral says its new open-weight Le Chonk model is the strongest offering outside China, raising fresh questions about performance and deployment.
Mecka AI Reportedly Raises $60 Million Sequoia Round for Robot Training Data
Mecka AI has reportedly raised $60 million from Sequoia to expand robot training data and deployment, highlighting a growing bottleneck in robotics.
Zuckerberg-backed Biohub coordinates $1.8 billion effort to build AI models of cell behavior
Zuckerberg-backed Biohub is coordinating $1.8 billion in funding and data to train AI models that could make drug research faster and more predictive.
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