#Pruna AI open sources its AI model optimization framework

#Pruna AI open sources its AI model optimization framework

Pruna AI, a European startup that has been working on compression algorithms for AI models, is making its optimization framework open source on Thursday. Pruna AI has been creating a framework that applies several efficiency methods, such as caching, pruning, quantization and distillation, to a given AI model. “We also standardize saving and loading the…

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#ClearGrid, armed with a fresh M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA

#ClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA

Debt collection in emerging markets often feels outdated and can be costly — damaging borrower trust. As consumer lending surges and regulators push for fairer practices, legacy collection outfits are struggling to maintain pace. ClearGrid aims to help modernize debt collection — and recovery — with AI. The Dubai-based startup, which is emerging from stealth…

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#Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel

#Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel

Nvidia has reportedly acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that’s developed a platform to generate synthetic AI training data. Terms of the acquisition are unknown. The price tag was said to be nine figures, exceeding Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, according to Wired. Gretel and its team of roughly 80 employees will be folded…

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#Factorial, a HR unicorn, snaps up 0M from General Catalyst to boost sales and marketing

#Factorial, a HR unicorn, snaps up $120M from General Catalyst to boost sales and marketing

Factorial, the Barcelona-based “unicorn” startup that provides an all-in-one HR platform in the cloud for small and medium businesses, has picked up a non-dilutive (no equity) $120 million from General Catalyst — money it says it’ll invest in one specific area: “go-to-market”, or GTM, the umbrella term used for the wider expenses associated with sales…

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#Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments

#Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments

No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over two years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. And its stock price soared.  During that period, the world’s leading high-performance GPU maker…

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