Sean Hollister / The Verge: Intel announces Meteor Lake, its first chips to use its new chiplet architecture, offering CPUs using the Intel 4 process node, ahead of a December 14 “launch”  —  For many months, Intel has spared no opportunity to remind us that its Meteor Lake chips would be the ones to watch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Google DeepMind details its new AlphaMissense AI, which predicts if mutations in human genes are likely to be harmful, an example of AI accelerating diagnosis  —  First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based HiddenLayer, which focuses on hardening the security of AI models used by companies, raised a $50M Series A led by M12 and Moore Strategic Ventures  —  HiddenLayer, a security startup focused on protecting AI systems from adversarial attacks, today announced that it raised $50 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kerry Flynn / Axios: Electrify Video Partners, whose model is to acquire 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator’s business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the startup is profitable  —  – Kerry Flynn, author of Axios Pro: Media Deals  —  Exit Content Preview  —  Electrify Video Partners has raised $85 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Raleigh-based Pryon, which offers chatbots for searching through data, raised a $100M Series B, ~80% from Thomas Tull’s fund, sources say at a $500M+ valuation  —  – North Carolina startup valued at more than $500 million  — Pryon’s CEO founded Yap, Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv-based Cato Networks, whose tools help protect remote workforces, raised $238M led by Lightspeed at a $3B+ valuation, taking its total funding to $770M  —  – Firm raises $238 million from Lightspeed, SoftBank and others  — Cato boosted its valuation from $2.5 billion after last round Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justin Warren / Forbes: Alcion, which sells AI-based “backup-as-a-service” tools, raised a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners-owned IT firm Veeam, taking its total funding to $29M  —  Billing itself as a modern data management company, Alcion has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by data protection behemoth Veeam. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: After Hong Kong’s police arrested six following allegations of fraud at unlicensed crypto exchange JPEX, the government plans to tighten its crypto regulations  —  SCMP reported that Hong Kong police had received 83 complaints about the platform, which was operating without a license. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justine Calma / The Verge: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is funding an AI GPU cluster made up of 1K+ Nvidia H100 GPUs to run “openly available” models of human cells for medical research  —  Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s foundation is funding the construction of a massive computing system for medical research. Lees verder op Tech Meme