Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia
Huawei is moving up the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip to the first quarter of 2027, as it races to challenge Nvidia, the company said on Thursday … Read More
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SiliconBion:Naming the Substrate of Silicon Intelligence
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a pattern in the most interesting brand names of the AI era. They do not describe what a company does. They … Read More
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SIBIONS:Naming the Building Blocks of Silicon Intelligence
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a quiet revolution happening in brand naming, and it is being waged not in the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, but in … Read More
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero
Nvidia published some interesting new research on Friday suggesting it’s the harness, more than the underlying model, that is far more important when asking an AI to do long-horizon tasks. … Read More
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its partnership with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro. … Read More
Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion
Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple its last reported valuation of … Read More
Rivian spinoff Also will build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash
Micromobility company Also, which was created inside Rivian and spun out last year, will work with DoorDash to develop autonomous delivery vehicles, the companies announced Tuesday. As part of the … Read More
Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber
Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have started testing autonomous microbuses in Los Angeles, the companies announced Wednesday, the latest step as they prepare to launch a robotaxi service by … Read More
Uber and WeRide ramp up robotaxi operations in Dubai
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East. Riders can … Read More
Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise
Most enterprise AI projects fail not because companies lack the technology, but because the models they’re using don’t understand their business. The models are often trained on the internet, rather … Read More