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Sally Ward-Foxton / EE Times:

Lemurian Labs, which aims to develop hardware-agnostic portability software for AI workloads, raised a $28M Series A co-led by Pebblebed Ventures and Hexagon — AI software startup Lemurian Labs has pivoted away from AI hardware, having raised a $28-million series A to build its AI software stack.

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Aayushi Pratap / Chemical & Engineering News:

Excelsior Sciences, which aims to use AI and robots for small-molecule drug discovery and development, raised a $70M Series A from Khosla Ventures and others — Excelsior Sciences cofounders say the company will make new molecules using robots and artificial intelligence

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Julie Bort / TechCrunch:

Simular, which is building AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Felicis; Simular has released its 1.0 version for macOS — Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised a $21.5 million Series A led by Felicis, with existing seed investors NVentures …

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Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:

PermitFlow, which develops AI-powered workflow software for construction permitting, raised a $54M Series B led by Accel, a source says at a ~$500M valuation — This week's edition of The Prompt newsletter covers Warner Music Group's settlement with Suno, why Decagon has a competitive streak …

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John Pavlus / Fast Company:

A profile of Byron Cook, a VP at Amazon who is leading the company's effort to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks — Byron Cook, a VP and distinguished scientist at Amazon, is helping the company use an obscure type of AI to minimize artificial intelligence's worst side effect.

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Financial Times:

Chinese smartphone makers are promoting apps to help users switch from iOS in a race for market share, as Apple struggles to roll out AI features in China — Manufacturers tout apps that help users switch from iPhones — William Langley in Guangzhou and Gloria Li in Hong Kong

Kat Tenbarge / Wired:

Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content — Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

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