Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Tokyo-based Sakana AI, which is building smaller AI models, raised a $30M seed led by Lux Capital, a source says at a ~$200M valuation  —  Lux Capital, Jeff Dean and others are backing the young startup.  —  Sakana AI, an artificial intelligence startup taking inspiration from the ways animals … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Black / Bloomberg: Quantinuum raised $300M, led by JPMorgan, at a ~$5B valuation; Honeywell, which spun out the quantum computing startup in 2021, remains the majority owner  —  – Mitsui, Amgen also part of Quantinuum’s $300 million round  — Honeywell remains majority owner of quantum computer maker Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Source: Google has increasingly awarded large grants of restricted stock worth up to millions of dollars to select DeepMind researchers to rival OpenAI’s offers  —  Even as Google makes a major round of staff cuts, it is tapping a special pool of stock compensation to retain … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: FCC filings seem to indicate Apple Vision Pro will not support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 7  —  If you were hoping for Ultra Wideband and Wi-Fi 6E or 7 chips in Apple Vision Pro, well, those are very specific expectations.  Also, Apple Vision Pro appears to lack those chips, based on the official FCC filing from today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jake Evans / ABC: Australia unveils a plan to mandate safeguards around the use of higher-risk AI, such as self-driving technology, potentially requiring auditing and labeling  —  abc.net.au/news/government-response- to-ai-safety-sets-up-risk-based- approach/103324906  —  The federal government has introduced … Lees verder op Tech Meme