Chip startups are rewriting the rules: moving fast, embracing multidisciplinary teams & parallel pipelines to beat the perfection trap. Insightful piece by @EETimes — a must-read for anyone in chip design or edge #AI. Read here:: https://
eu1.hubs.ly/H0lkXG70
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Chip startups revolutionize design with agile multidisciplinary approaches
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US Export Restrictions Delay DeepSeek R2 Development
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DeepSeek R2 prend du retard. D’après The Information, les restrictions à l’exportation imposées par les États-Unis ont ralenti le développement du successeur du modèle révolutionnaire DeepSeek R1. Malgré des mois de travail intensif, le PDG Liang Wenfeng juge que R2 n’est pas
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AI21 Hosts Developer Meetups and Virtual Hackathon with AWS
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June was a busy developer-first month for us!
– We hosted three AI Tinkerers meetups in SF, Paris, and NYC
– Presented insights about agents at the AI Engineer World's Fair conference in SF
– Launched a 7-day virtual hackathon with AWS Heroes using our AI21 Maestro product
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Groq AI Technology Investment Insights
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Oh wow this is good to know. And yeah Groq is insanely good (am an investor but was a fan before that!)
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Google DeepMind and robotics leaders advance AI-powered robot innovation
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Top stories in robotics today: – Google DeepMind’s on-device robot AI
– Apptronik’s ‘superhuman’ robotics spin-off
– MIT fast-tracks robot design with generative AI – Eco-friendly bots made from rice paper
– Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
robotnews.therundown.ai/p/google-deepm
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AI-Generated Meta Quest Ad Costs Just $9 to Produce
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Cette vidéo est folle. C'est une pub pour le nouveau Meta Quest… mais faite à 100% par IA😂
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 26 juin 2025
Un gars de chez Higgsfield AI a transformé Zuck en boxeur poursuivant son plus grand ennemi… et ça n’a coûté que 9 $ à produire.
Pas 250 000 $ la pub. Neuf dollars. Pour une vidéo… pic.twitter.com/3h9qqk2iDPCette vidéo est folle. C'est une pub pour le nouveau Meta Quest… mais faite à 100% par IA Un gars de chez Higgsfield AI a transformé Zuck en boxeur poursuivant son plus grand ennemi… et ça n’a coûté que 9 $ à produire. Pas 250 000 $ la pub. Neuf dollars. Pour une vidéo
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OpenRouter AI Secures $40M Funding for Multi-Model LLM Platform
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OpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in
1M+ developers use their APIpic.twitter.com/51uR8o7J2OOpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in 1M+ developers use their API
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Replit CEO discusses vibecoding, AI agents and future vision
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New byline alert: I just wrote my first freelance story for @VentureBeat
! First up: My story about @Replit CEO and Co-founder @amasad
, who spoke yesterday at #VBTransform about his vision for vibecoding, AI agents and what sets Replit apart.