Emblem Raises $85 Million Emblem, a relatively new European VC firm based in Paris, is announcing the final closing of its first fund. Eighteen months after the first closing, the Emblem team managed to secure €80 million in total (around…

AI Model ‘s1’ Trained for Under $50, Redefining Cost-Efficient AI Research Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington claim they trained an AI reasoning model, called s1, for under $50 in cloud compute credits —…

Trace.Space Raises Seed Funding to Disrupt AI-Powered Product Design Modern product engineering requires the production of highly accurate digital simulations, allowing engineers to create prototypes and understand the real-world performance of materials. Currently, legacy software platforms from companies like IBM…

Atos Under Scrutiny for Its Involvement in the EU’s Largest Personal Data Database Financial Times: Documents: EU prosecutors are probing how Moscow office helped build the EU’s border system, which will establish the EU’s largest personal info database —Investigation Analyzes…

Social Media Ban for Kids Under 13 Politico: The Senate Commerce Committee approves the Kids Off Social Media Act to ban under-13s from social media, clearing the way for consideration by the Senate — The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation…

AI Reasoning Models Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the Sunday Puzzle. While written to be solvable without too much foreknowledge, the…

Protex AI Secures $36M Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / Silicon Republic: Dublin-based  AI, whose AI-powered platform plugs into CCTV devices to spot risks and enhance workplace safety, raised a $36M Series B led by Hedosophia — The company has Ireland-based job opportunities…

AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard Chipsets When selecting a motherboard for your newly purchased Ryzen CPU, you will encounter many options: X870, X670, B650, A620, and the newest additions, B850 and B840. But what do these names mean? How do X870E,…

John Schulman Jon Victor / The Information: Co-founder of OpenAI who has been credited as one of ChatGPT’s leading architects, leaves Anthropic, after joining the startup in August 2024 —An OpenAI co-founder who joined rival Anthropic last year, has left…

Open AI Wall Street Journal: Sources: OpenAI is expected to air its first TV ad during Super Bowl LIX; MediaRadar says AI companies spent $332M on ads in 2024, over double their 2023 spend — The TV spot marks the…

Semgrep Raised a $100M Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: A company which offers an autonomous code security platform for developers, raised a $100M Series D led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $204M — Although cybersecurity venture funding…

David Sacks Says Stablecoin Regulations Could Arrive Within Six Months MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: White House crypto czar says stablecoin laws could be done in the next six months, after lawmakers unveiled a bill to create a regulatory framework —…