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George Leopold

George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).

Torch.AI Secures $30M Series A Funding Round to Expand its Nexus AI Platform

March 17th, 2021 (0)

Torch.AI, the profitable startup applying machine learning to analyze data “in-flight” via its proprietary synaptic mesh technology, announced its first funding round along with expansion plans. The Series A round garnered $30 million, and was led by San Francisco-based ...

Noogata Secures $12M Seed Funding Round for its No-Code Enterprise AI Platform

March 16th, 2021 (0)

The combination of AI and no-code software development platforms are accelerating efforts to scale enterprise applications, including data collection, modeling and analysis. Those are among the goals of Noogata, a no-code AI startup targeting enterprise data analytics tools that ...

Noodle.ai’s FlowOps Uses Explainable AI to Streamline Production, Supply Chains

March 15th, 2021 (0)

Among the latest iterations of AI software is a category dubbed FlowOps, or Flow Operations, designed to reduce waste in manufacturing while helping to unclog vulnerable supply chains. FlowOps allows manufacturers and other operators to manage workflows from production ...

Toyota Investment Fund Driving New Investments in AI-based Robotics

March 12th, 2021 (0)

One of the world’s largest car makers is mapping out an AI strategy that extends beyond autonomous vehicles to include industrial robots critical to manufacturing as well as automation infrastructure efforts related to smart cities. Toyota AI Ventures, which ...

New Nvidia AI Enterprise Suite Comes to VMware vSphere to Virtualize AI Workloads

March 9th, 2021 (0)

Nvidia and VMware are bringing together the new Nvidia AI Enterprise software tool suite with VMware’s latest vSphere 7 Update 2 virtualization platform to make it easier for enterprises to virtualize their expanding AI workloads. Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) new ...

IBM, Moderna to Use AI, Hybrid Cloud to Track COVID-19 Vaccine Supply

March 5th, 2021 (0)

Seeking ways to boost vaccinations against COVID-19, IBM and vaccine developer Moderna will leverage AI, hybrid cloud and other technologies to address nagging supply chain and distribution challenges. The partners said this week they would develop open and standard ...

Latest 2021 Stanford AI Study Gives Deep Look into the State of the Global AI Marketplace

March 4th, 2021 (0)

Despite major disruptions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, global investment in AI technologies grew by 40 percent in 2020 to $67.9 billion, up from $48.8 billion in 2019, as AI research and use continues to boom across broad segments ...

Microsoft Azure Bringing Semantic Search Public Preview to All Users

March 3rd, 2021 (0)

As Microsoft continues to develop and bolster its growing collection of semantic search tools and features, the company is expanding their reach into new product lines to deliver cutting edge capabilities to a broader range of customers. This week ...

Fuji America Joins Motus Ventures to Invest in AI Robotic Startups

March 2nd, 2021 (0)

The integration of AI with robotics applications continues to attract tech investors who presumably sense that machine learning tools can help transform static industrial robots into agile assemblers of different products in varying volumes. The latest example is a ...

Startup Symbio Robotics Gets $30M Funding to Extend Factory Automation Using AI

March 1st, 2021 (0)

The modern factory floor is increasingly automated, but manufacturers are looking for ways to make industrial robots more flexible. Symbio Robotics, a Bay Area startup, is aiming to solve those problems using its new AI-based platform that allows robots ...