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CUPERTINO — Apple has introduced the new Mac Studio, which the company says is the most powerful Mac ever made, featuring M4 Max and the new M3 Ultra chip. The ultimate pro desktop delivers groundbreaking pro performance, extensive connectivity now with Thunderbolt 5, and new capabilities in its compact and quiet design that can live […]
President Donald Trump joined Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO C.C. Wei yesterday to announce a historic $100 billion investment by TSMC in its Arizona-based semiconductor chips manufacturing operation — the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history. President Trump: “This $100 billion in new investment will go into building five cutting-edge fabrication facilities in the […]
SUNNYVALE — Google Cloud has announced new generative AI (gen AI) capabilities in Vertex AI Search for healthcare, including a new feature called Visual Q&A that searches tables, charts, and diagrams, and the availability of Gemini 2.0 as one of the models now within the offering. Vertex AI Search for healthcare’s new, multimodal search capabilities […]
AVE, the residential real estate brand of Korman Communities, in partnership with Ensemble Investments, a national developer of hospitality and mixed-use/multifamily real estate, has announced the opening of AVE Santa Clara (2240 Calle de Luna), a new elevated residential community with 311 apartments. Situated in the newly developed Clara District, footsteps from Levi’s Stadium, the […]
SANTA CLARA – Cushman & Wakefield announced the firm has represented Drawbridge Realty in securing a new lease for a 51,136-square-foot Class A research and development (R&D) building located at 4600 Patrick Henry Drive in Santa Clara near Levi’s Stadium. The new tenant is EBR Systems, dedicated to superior treatment of cardiac rhythm disease by providing […]
PALO ALTO – PsiQuantum has introduced Omega, a quantum photonic chipset purpose-built for utility-scale quantum computing. Featured in a newly published paper in Nature, the chipset contains all the advanced components required to build million-qubit-scale quantum computers and deliver on the profoundly world-changing promise of this technology. Every photonic component is demonstrated with beyond-state-of-the-art performance. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced significant criminal charges against eleven defendants in three separate criminal cases involving large-scale welfare and benefits fraud. The total loss amount across all three cases is alleged to be in excess of $4 million. “I would like to thank the US Department of Agriculture, Office of […]
Realtor.com, a provider of online real estate services and subsidiary of News Corp, has moved its corporate headquarters to Austin, TX from Santa Clara. With the move, the company has made Austin its top hiring location and has committed to the long-term growth of its team and office footprint in Texas. Over the last few years, Realtor.com has invested in its Austin location […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Regie.ai, which operates a sales platform, has raised a $30 million Series B round co-led by Scale Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, StepStone Group, TriplePoint Capital, and South Park Commons. With reported 300% Year-over-Year ARR growth, Regie.ai makes sales engagement more efficient for B2B enterprise sales teams. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Metronome, a usage-based billing platform, has landed $50 million in Series C funding following an 8x increase in dollars billed on the platform in 2024. Metronome now powers billing for 150 million + end users, processing billions in usage-based revenue. OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Confluent, and NVIDIA rely on Metronome as their growth […]
PALO ALTO — Mimic, an enterprise ransomware defense company, has secured Series A funding of $50 million led by GV (Google Ventures) and Menlo Ventures, with participation from existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Team8, Wing Ventures, and Shield Capital. “The speed of ransomware attacks—often within 90 seconds—leave security teams with no time to respond. Mimic’s SaaS platform […]
SAN JOSE — Cisco has expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. Enterprises recognize that AI is essential to growth but remain early in their adoption as they navigate the unique technical complexity and security demands of operating AI-ready data centers. The expanded partnership aims to give organizations flexibility and choice […]