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Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%

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Oracle has just put its cloud rival’s AI at the heart of the software its customers run their businesses on. Investors cheered. The company said on Thursday it is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to bring Gemini into Oracle’s enterprise applications. Gemini will slot into Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications. It will also […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together

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Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LED-blocking stickers marketed as “privacy” accessories. One kit cost $16.99 for a dozen. […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Do You Know Your Business Model?

Do you know your business model? What are even the options when it comes to a business model for a solo creative professional anyway?  And what’s the difference between your business model and what you call yourself?  These questions started as a conversation over coffee in Portland, Oregon recently, with 2 of my favorite coaches from the Simplest Marketing Plan program, Lisa Mullis and Bonnie Fanning . Then, because everything is content :), it blossomed into an  episode of the Marketing Mentor Podcast. So listen here and below. If you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor. And If you want my help figuring all of this out, take advantage of my free mentoring session .   Read the transcript here ilise: Hi there. This is ilise Benun, your marketing mentor, and this is the podcast for you if — and only if — you're ready to leave the feast-or-famine syndrome behind. And I mean for good. ili...

The chips that wire GPUs together are the new prize. Xsight raised $300m to sell an open one.

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The AI boom made GPUs famous. The dull chips that wire thousands of those GPUs together are quietly becoming just as valuable. Xsight Labs, an Israeli chipmaker, has raised more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, it said on Thursday. Fidelity led the round. That is more than five times what the company […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

The unsexy layer AI agents actually need: DataBahn raises $40m to sell it

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The glamorous part of AI is the models. The expensive, unglamorous part is getting them the right data. A startup just raised $40 million betting that job is the next big enterprise layer. DataBahn, a Texas company founded in 2023, has closed a $40 million Series B led by Insight Partners, it said on Thursday. […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Everyone else is shrinking satellites. K2 raised $500m to build giant ones, and put AI in orbit.

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Most satellite startups are racing to build smaller. K2 Space is going the other way, on purpose. Investors just handed it $500 million to keep going bigger. K2 raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation, it said on Thursday. Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ led the round, with Alphabet’s CapitalG, Lightspeed and […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Fusion’s best-funded bet raised another $1bn, and hired the banker who took Moderna public

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The AI boom needs colossal amounts of electricity. That has turned fusion, forever mocked as “30 years away,” into one of the hottest bets in tech. The best-funded player just raised another $1 billion. Commonwealth Fusion Systems, based in Massachusetts, said the round takes its total to $4 billion, roughly 30% of all the money […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here