[News] Anthropic has raised an additional $3.5B in a Series E round
Anthropic announced earlier this week that it has secured $3.5B in a Series E funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with new and existing investors participating. This Series E announcement follows the Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code launches.
https://dataphoenix.info/anthropic-has-raised-an-additional-3-5b-in-a-series-e-round/

[News] Cohere's open research lab released Aya Vision, a "best-in-class" open-weights vision model
Cohere for AI released the Aya Vision models (8B/32B), which support 23 languages, perform remarkably well in image captioning, visual Q&A, and translations, and outperform competitors in benchmarks. Aya Vision is available via Cohere Playground, WhatsApp, Kaggle, and Hugging Face.
https://dataphoenix.info/coheres-open-research-lab-released-aya-vision-a-best-in-class-open-weights-vision-model/

[News] Scrunch AI has raised $4M in a seed round to optimize how businesses appear in AI search
Scrunch AI recently exited beta with $4M in seed funding from Mayfield to help businesses maintain visibility in AI-generated search results. Scrunch AI has seen promising adoption, having already secured 25 enterprise customers, including Lenovo and Crunchbase.
https://dataphoenix.info/scrunch-ai-has-raised-4m-in-a-seed-round-to-optimize-how-businesses-appear-in-ai-search/

[News] Google's new 'AI mode' adds more AI to Search and enables users to ask complex questions
Google has launched an AI mode for Search: an experimental product that leverages AI to handle complex queries typically addressed by performing multiple traditional web searches. In parallel, the company also announced it expanded access to its AI Overviews, now powered by Gemini 2.0.
https://dataphoenix.info/googles-new-ai-mode-lets-users-extends-ai-features-in-search/

[News] Mistral AI launched a new OCR API that processes PDFs into a nicely ordered Markdown file
Mistral AI launched a document understanding API that processes PDF files using OCR to generate Markdown documents, offering superior performance for mathematical equations, scanned documents, and multilingual content while processing up to 2000 pages per minute.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-ai-launched-a-new-ocr-api-that-processes-pdfs-into-a-nicely-ordered-markdown-file/

[News] CoreWeave revealed its acquisition of the AI developer platform Weights & Biases
CoreWeave is acquiring Weights & Biases to create an end-to-end platform that combines cloud infrastructure with AI development tools. The deal unites two industry leaders and aims to accelerate AI innovation while maintaining support for existing Weights & Biases customers.
https://dataphoenix.info/coreweave-revealed-its-acquisition-of-the-ai-developer-platform-weights-biases/

[News] HelloBetter secures over €6M to expand its AI-powered mental health solutions
HelloBetter has secured €6 million in funding to expand internationally and develop AI-powered digital mental health solutions, bringing its total funding to €31 million. The company plans to enter the French market by establishing a partnership with Mutuelles Impact, which led the funding round.
https://dataphoenix.info/hellobetter-secures-over-eu6m-to-expand-its-ai-powered-mental-health-solutions/

[News] AI Highlights Review: March 5–12
Investors are betting big on AI-powered agents for coding; Anthropic's Series E; Cohere for AI released Aya Vision; Scrunch AI wants to optimize businesses' online presence for AI; Mistral launched a powerful OCR API; Coreweave acquired Weights & Biases; and more.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-march-5-12/

[Data Phoenix Digest] NVIDIA GTC 2025 & Top AI Events of the Week! (March 17-23)
Next week is packed with AI events, including NVIDIA GTC 2025 and top meetups happening alongside it. Check out our latest newsletter to explore key events, networking opportunities, and live demo sessions. Plan your AI week with Data Phoenix!
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-gtc-2025-top-ai-events-of-the-week-march-17-23/

[News] OpenAI to invest billions in CoreWeave as tensions with Microsoft continue growing
CoreWeave and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership to provide the latter with even more AI infrastructure. OpenAI has committed up to $11.9 billion to be disbursed across five years in exchange for $350 million in shares.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-to-invest-billions-in-coreweave-as-tensions-with-microsoft-continue-growing/

[News] Gleamer adds AI-assisted MRI diagnosis to its portfolio after acquiring Pixyl and Caerus Medical
Gleamer recently acquired Pixyl and Caerus Medical to expand its portfolio to include neural and lumbar MRI scan analysis, furthering its goal of developing specialized AI tools for various radiology diagnostics tasks.
https://dataphoenix.info/gleamer-adds-ai-assisted-mri-diagnosis-to-its-portfolio-after-acquiring-pixyl-and-caerus-medical/

[News] INFRA@GTC Networking Reception During NVIDIA GTC
Join us at INFRA@GTC, an exclusive networking reception by Ignite! Meet AI infrastructure leaders, executives, and investors over curated cocktails, interactive demos, and discussions shaping the future of AI. Don't miss this opportunity to connect and collaborate!
https://dataphoenix.info/infra-gtc-networking-reception-during-nvidia-gtc/

[News] AI Demo Jam: Where Innovation Meets Action
Join AI Demo Jam on March 20, hosted by Dnipro VC & Data Phoenix! Experience live AI demos, expert talks, and networking with founders, investors, and innovators. No slides—just real AI in action. Don’t miss this chance to connect and explore the future of AI!
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-demo-jam-where-innovation-meets-action/

[News] OpenAI Launches New Tools for Building AI Agents
OpenAI has launched a comprehensive suite of new tools including the Responses API, built-in capabilities for web search, file search, and computer use, and an open-source Agents SDK—all designed to make it significantly easier for developers to build AI agents.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-launches-new-tools-for-building-ai-agents/

[News] Nvidia unveils Llama Nemotron reasoning model family designed for powering AI agents
NVIDIA has launched the open Llama Nemotron family of reasoning AI models that deliver up to 20% improved accuracy and 5x faster inference compared to competitors, designed to help developers and enterprises build advanced AI agents.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-unveils-llama-nemotron-reasoning-model-family-designed-for-powering-ai-agents/

[News] Nvidia introduces the Blackwell Ultra to support the rise of AI reasoning, agents, and physical AI
NVIDIA's new Blackwell Ultra platform delivers significantly enhanced AI computing power for reasoning and agentic AI applications. Introduced yesterday at GTC, Blackwell Ultra is expected to be adopted by Nvidia's cloud and manufacturing partners.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-introduces-the-blackwell-ultra-to-support-the-rise-of-ai-reasoning-agents-and-physical-ai/

[News] Nvidia, Alphabet, and Google announce collaboration focused on physical and agentic AI
NVIDIA and Alphabet/Google announced at GTC they are expanding their AI collaboration, focusing on advanced hardware, responsible AI development, robotics innovation, and transformative applications in fields like drug discovery and energy management.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-alphabet-and-google-announce-collaboration-focused-on/

[News] AI Highlights Review: March 13–24
Highlights from the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote, OpenAI's new tools for building agents, Gleamer's recent acquisitions, and OpenAI's decision to invest in CoreWeave as tensions with Microsoft continue to rise.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-march-13-24/

[News] Hugging Face's new iOS app can identify and describe whatever is in your camera's field of view
Hugging Face has released HuggingSnap, an iOS app that runs SmolVLM2 locally and efficiently to enable visual understanding and text-based generative AI tasks, such as answering questions about an image or identifying and describing objects from visual input.
https://dataphoenix.info/hugging-faces-new-ios-app-can-identify-and-describe-whatever-is-in-your-cameras-field-of-view/

[BriefView with Dmytro Spodarets] Jitlife's Rideable Smart Suitcases: Fun Meets Function
Say goodbye to boring bags — this electric rideable suitcase scooter lets you glide through airports with ease. Discover why Jitlife’s smart luggage is every traveler’s dream!
https://dataphoenix.info/jitlifes-rideable-smart-suitcases-fun-meets-function/

[News] The newly released ARC-AGI-2 brings new challenges for "reasoning" models
The ARC Prize Foundation has officially released the ARC-AGI-2 to challenge current foundation models and help track progress towards AGI. Additionally, the Foundation has opened the ARC Prize 2025, running from Mar 26 to Nov 3, with a $700K Grand Prize for an 85% scoring solution on the ARC-AGI-2.
https://dataphoenix.info/the-newly-released-arc-agi-2-brings-new-challenges-for-reasoning-models/