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From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste

​[[{“value”:” A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers. It will be using the new […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

CoreWeave acquires AI developer platform Weights & Biases

​[[{“value”:” Nvidia-backed data center company CoreWeave has acquired AI developer platform Weights & Biases for an undisclosed sum. According to The Information, CoreWeave spent $1.7 billion on the transaction. Weights & Biases was valued at $1.25 billion in 2023, and it recently filed for an IPO. Lukas Biewald, Chris Van Pelt, and Shawn Lewis founded Weights & Biases […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI

CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI

​[[{“value”:” EcoDataCenter, a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle their AI traffic, has raised nearly half a billion dollars — $478 million (€450 million) to be exact — in anticipation of more demand.  The equity funding, which is coming from a group of unnamed institutional investors, will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Key ex-OpenAI researcher subpoenaed in AI copyright case

​[[{“value”:” Alec Radford, a researcher who helped develop many of OpenAI’s key AI technologies, has been subpoenaed in a copyright case against the AI startup, according to a court filing Tuesday. The filing, submitted by an attorney for the plaintiffs to the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, indicated that Radford was served […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Judge rejects Musk’s attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition

​[[{“value”:” A federal judge in Northern California denied Elon Musk’s motion for an injunction that would have halted OpenAI’s planned transition into a for-profit company, Bloomberg reported. Musk failed to provide enough evidence necessary for an injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Tuesday. However, Rogers said the court is prepared to hold an […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Amazon reportedly forms a new agentic AI group

​[[{“value”:” Amazon has formed a new group within AWS dedicated to creating AI agents, systems that help people automate parts of their lives, Reuters reported on Tuesday. In an email to staff seen by Reuters, AWS CEO Matt Garman said agentic AI has the potential to be “the next multi-billion business for AWS.” A longtime AWS […] © 2024 TechCrunch….