Jensen Huang takes NVIDIA’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin revenue projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang laid out a lot of numbers (mostly technical) during his Monday keynote to kick off the company’s annual GTC conference in San Jose, California. But there was one financial number that definitely caught investors’ attention. It’s his prediction that orders for NVIDIA’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips will be worth $1 […]
Memories AI is building a visual memory layer for wearables and robotics
Sean Shen believes that for AI to succeed in the physical world, it needs to remember what it sees. Shen’s company Memories.ai uses Nvidia AI tools to build an infrastructure that allows wearables and robotics to remember and recall visual memories. Memories.ai announced a partnership with semiconductor giant NVIDIA at Monday’s GTC conference. Through this […]
Samsung is betting that the island startup can control the power grid with software and batteries
The power grid has changed more in the past decade than it has in the past five years. Solar, wind, and battery storage have moved power generation away from monolithic power producers. But fundamentally, the power grid still suffers from the same challenges. “The power grid problem is a peak problem. Most of the time […]
Apple acquires video editing software company MotionVFX
Apple has acquired MotionVFX, a company that develops plug-ins, templates, and advanced features for Apple’s Final Cut Pro video editing software. Financial terms of the deal are unknown. “We’re thrilled to share that MotionVFX is joining the Apple team as we continue to help creators and editors do their best work,” MotionVFX said in a […]
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 uses generative AI to enhance photorealism in video games, with ambitions beyond gaming
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday used the company’s keynote at Nvidia GTC to introduce DLSS 5, a new version of the chipmaker’s AI graphics technology designed to make video games more realistic with less computing power. The new DLSS 5 system combines traditional 3D graphics data with generative AI models that can predict and […]
How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote and what it’s about
Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference Monday in San Jose, Calif., with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. GTC (short for GPU Technology Conference) is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, running from March 16th to March 19th. Chipmakers typically use the spotlight to announce new products, champion […]
Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Flore reaches $1.64 billion
Eight-year-old semiconductor startup Flore Systems has raised $143 million in Series D led by MVP Ventures at a valuation of $1.64 billion, the company announced Monday. Mr. Flore has now raised a total of $340 million, the company said. Furore does not manufacture its own chips. We manufacture liquid cooling systems for them. Founded by […]
Hughes raises $25 million to disrupt aging loan origination system used by U.S. credit unions
In 2023, after three years building their auto financing startup, Fuse co-founders Andres Klaric and Marc Escpapa realized that an LLM could help them modernize something even more important: the loan origination system (LOS), the backbone of the lending industry. Frustrated with the limitations of legacy software, Bolivian native Klaric (pictured left) and Spanish immigrant […]
Dictionary sues OpenAI | Tech Crunch
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed suit against OpenAI, alleging in the complaint that the AI giant has committed “massive copyright infringement.” Britannica, which owns Merriam-Webster, holds the copyright to approximately 100,000 online articles that have been scraped without permission and used to train OpenAI’s LLMs, the publisher alleges in its lawsuit. Britannica also accuses […]
Antonio Gracias says he admires startups that are “proentropic” — those built to survive disruption.
There are new keywords to know as part of this artificial intelligence revolution, at least according to Antonio Gracias, founder of Valor Equity Partners. While chatting at this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, he talked about the term he coined, “proentropic.” This represents a startup designed to thrive amid chaos and chaos. These upheavals […]