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Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

TechCrunch

But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. New techniques and chips designed to accelerate certain aspects of AI system development promise to (and, indeed, already have) cut hardware requirements. Emerging from stealth today, Exafunction is developing a platform to abstract away the complexity of using hardware to train AI systems.

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Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, closes $10M seed round

TechCrunch

Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. The metaverse to us is not a virtual space that people go to spend time in. .”

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Hyper V vs. VMware: Comparing Virtualization Technologies

Kaseya

This has been made possible with the use of virtualization technologies that allow a single physical server to run multiple virtual machines that each have their own guest operating system. Virtualization technology has its origins in the 1960s, with work that was done at IBM on time-sharing of mainframe computers.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch

To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology. Transfr leverages virtual reality to create simulations of manufacturing-plant shop floors or warehouses for training purposes. Transfr’s core technology is its software.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

To keep your systems secure and your files out of the hands of cybercriminals takes an increasingly comprehensive knowledge of cybersecurity technology. Existing tools and technologies are insufficient to completely thwart hackers. The post 3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know appeared first on The Crazy Programmer.

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

TechCrunch

The brainchild of Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko and Kylan Gibbs, the startup’s AI-powered service generates virtual characters primarily for games, but also in broader entertainment and marketing campaigns. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. .

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Announcing the startups pitching at TechCrunch Live’s (virtual) Boston event!

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This virtual event start at 2:00 pm EST/11:00 am PST on Monday, February 27 and is free to attend. Lastly, just before the pitch-off, legendary roboticist Marc Raibert is speaking to TechCrunch’s Hardware Editor Brian Heater on why he built Boston Dynamics in Boston and explains his latest venture, leading the Hyundai AI Institute.