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Armenia data center among the first globally to launch NVIDIA’s B300 Blackwell GPUs Eleveight AI is thrilled to announce the deployment of NVIDIA B300 Blackwell GPUs at its AI-focused data center in Armenia, marking a significant milestone in the country’s AI infrastructure development. The B300 GPU...

Swathi Kulkarni, Managing Director, India, and Tom Halliday, Chief Commercial Officer bring decades of global, healthcare and life sciences technology experience, strengthening Konovo’s ability to scale internationally and advance its mission to innovate life sciences market research Konovo, a techn...

Wiliot Unveils Next-Gen IoT Pixel, Powering the Data Layer Behind Physical AI Wiliot, a global leader in ambient IoT technology, introduces the Wiliot Gen3 IoT Pixel, the newest generation of its battery-free sensing technology. The introduction strengthens Wiliot’s mission to connect everyday produ...

A clear-eyed look at the difference between AI‑native products built with intelligence at the core and traditional tools that bolt on AI features. This article breaks down performance, cost, efficiency, and the growing risk of AI becoming a marketing gimmick. The real question: does the tool deliver...

CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, and relevant (and some not so relevant) tech, and of course the people working on it. AI has been a...

Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval Stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain.

AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don't know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.

Envoc, a leading provider of custom software development and SaaS Product solutions, today announced the appointment of James (Jim) DuBos as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, DuBos will oversee company operations, enterprise software strategy, and organizational execution as...

Arcfra, a leading provider of full-stack enterprise cloud infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership with Netfos, one of Taiwan’s most trusted value-added distributors. This collaboration marks Arcfra’s official entry into the Taiwan regional market, following the Singapore-based compan...

DryRun Security, the industry’s first AI-native, code security intelligence company, has completed its first year out of stealth with strong corporate momentum. Over the past twelve months, the company delivered major product innovations, industry-leading vulnerability research and laid the groundwo...

iScribeHealth, a leading healthcare technology company specializing in ambient AI and mobile-first documentation solutions, today announced a partnership with Lifepoint Health to provide AI scribing services for the company’s providers. Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves p...

Prophecy recognized for leadership and innovation in the “Data management: pipelines” space Foundry’s InfoWorld (https://www.infoworld.com/) announces Prophecy as a 2025 Technology of the Year winner in the “Data management: pipelines” category. The InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards recognize ...

AI Modernization enables secure, scalable intelligence by integrating analytics, vector search, and self-service access across enterprise data. Artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed the hype threshold. Today, organizations no longer ask whether to adopt AI — they ask how to do it responsibly, eff...

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users.

Cameron D’Ambrosi named Head of Strategic Partnerships for NA and EU FaceTec, the global leader in 3D Face Verification software, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Cameron D’Ambrosi as Head of Strategic Partnerships for North America and the European Union as an important addition to its ex...

SolarWinds, a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure IT management and observability software, today announced it has been named Sterling’s Software Partner of the Year at the 2025 Sterling Technology Summit. The award underscores the close collaboration, trust, and alignment between Solar...

eInfochips, an Arrow Electronics company and a leading provider of engineering research and development services, today announced that it has been awarded “IoT Development Service Provider of the Year” in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards, which honor global innovators in the Internet of Thing...

Cooper brings extensive board leadership and executive experience to help advance Truepic’s mission of scaling authenticity across digital ecosystems Truepic, the enterprise leader of Visual Risk Intelligence in the AI era, announced the addition of Kerry Whorton Cooper to its industry Board of Advi...

High-precision anonymization of unstructured data promotes data utilization within the bank MUFG Bank (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Junichi Hanzawa; hereinafter, “the Bank”) has officially adopted the data anonymization solution from Toronto, Canada-based Private AI for its MU...

The feature, which is expected to roll out in the coming weeks, will offer a dedicated space for conversations with ChatGPT about health.

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The que...

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The que...