Leopard Imaging and Lumotive have introduced Sirius Max, a solid-state 3D perception platform that combines RGB imaging, iToF depth sensing and programmable beam steering for robotics and edge AI systems. The GMSL2 camera platform is designed to give autonomous machines software-controlled depth scanning and real-time RGB-depth fusion, with the companies targeting applications ranging from humanoid…
webAI has secured a $30 million commitment from Forge AI Deployment to build and deploy private, specialized AI systems for enterprise customers. The partnership combines webAI’s local-first AI platform with Forge’s implementation and deployment services, targeting organizations that want AI models tailored to proprietary data and workflows while running on infrastructure they control. The enterprise…
H2O.ai is expanding its presence in Singapore with a forward-deployed AI lab focused on applying artificial intelligence to locally relevant problems, from financial crime and healthcare to robotics and climate-related prediction. CEO and founder Sri Ambati says the strategy is designed not only to deploy AI for customers, but to build local engineering expertise and…
CarLocal.io is expanding an AI answer engine and dealership visibility platform designed to help automotive retailers surface in conversational search. The move comes as vehicle shoppers increasingly use AI to research purchases, while many dealerships have yet to adapt their digital infrastructure for AI-powered discovery. CarLocal combines answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, structured dealership…
Avalara has launched Versori by Avalara, an agentic integration fabric designed to help developers connect enterprise systems with its tax and compliance services. The platform uses specialized AI agents to analyze APIs and schemas, generate integration logic, test connections and deploy governed connectors, giving enterprises another approach to integrating AI-driven compliance into ERP, billing, e-commerce…
Unity is giving developers an early path to build applications for Meta’s upcoming VR Glasses, bringing support to its game engine months before the hardware reaches retail. Available through Unity 6.6 and Meta’s latest XR development tools, the integration is designed to let studios adapt existing Quest applications or develop new experiences around eye and…
A procurement team deploys an AI agent to evaluate vendors. After several weeks, the agent decides which puts the firm into legal and monetary risk. The very first question that comes up in this situation is whose job was it to make such a decision? Was it the individual responsible for validation of the procedure,…
As AI developers exhaust increasingly large portions of the internet as a source of training material, a new data frontier is emerging: people performing real tasks in physical workplaces. Realset AI and Flatkey have raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand a data-capture network built around real workers, expert demonstrators and operational environments…
The AI infrastructure race is creating a new challenge: designing increasingly complex chips quickly enough to keep up with demand. Synopsys and TSMC are expanding their collaboration with agentic AI design workflows, advanced EDA, chiplet optimization and silicon-proven IP aimed at accelerating the development of AI and high-performance computing systems. Synopsys and TSMC are expanding…
