Apex Intelligence has raised nearly US$50 million across angel and angel-plus funding rounds as it develops foundation models designed to improve themselves through recursive self-improvement (RSI). Founded in June 2026, the company is targeting scientific research rather than conventional AI assistance, with a system intended to generate hypotheses, conduct experiments, validate results and iteratively improve…
Arcfra has released Neutree 1.2, an update to its enterprise AI platform that broadens model support beyond large language models and adds new tools for GPU planning, model governance and API operations. The release introduces the company’s Flex Engine for non-LLM models including MinerU and PaddleOCR, while giving enterprises a unified way to deploy and…
Avnet and The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have opened a new research and commercialization facility focused on the hardware side of the AI boom. The Emerging Microelectronics and Ubiquitous Systems Lab (EMUS Lab) will bring researchers, startups and industry partners together around edge AI, physical AI, robotics, high-performance computing and emerging microelectronics, with an…
Chunghwa Telecom is gaining recognition for an AI-powered customer service platform that combines speech recognition, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and voice analytics. The Taiwanese telecom provider received Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Customer Value Leadership Recognition in the AI-powered customer services industry, highlighting how its technology is being applied to contact-center operations across enterprise and…
DTEN is expanding the role of AI in hybrid meeting rooms with the 55-inch D7X AI Board, a Microsoft Teams Rooms-certified device that processes room intelligence on-device. The all-in-one system combines cameras, microphones, speakers, computing and a 4K touch display to improve participant framing, voice capture and the quality of meeting signals available to Microsoft…
