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ThirdAI raises $6M to democratize AI to any hardware

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Houston-based ThirdAI , a company building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for specialized hardware like graphics processing units, brought in $6 million in seed funding. Their algorithm, “sub-linear deep learning engine,” instead uses CPUs that don’t require specialized acceleration hardware.

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Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

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But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. New techniques and chips designed to accelerate certain aspects of AI system development promise to (and, indeed, already have) cut hardware requirements. Emerging from stealth today, Exafunction is developing a platform to abstract away the complexity of using hardware to train AI systems.

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Why startups may want to rent hardware instead of buying it

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The ability to rent all sorts of things is a logical step in the evolution of a subscription economy , but renting hardware wasn’t necessarily top-of-mind for startups until COVID-19 hit. Working from home during the pandemic created tailwinds for hardware rental companies. This aspect is less relevant in the U.S,

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Mavenoid, which automates technical support and onboarding for hardware companies, raises $30M

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Mavenoid , a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding. Hardware issues are repetitive, difficult, and time-consuming to fix. ” Technical support. .”

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Kraftful wants to lift the veil with analytics for makers of smart home hardware

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You can’t swing an outdated Python manual in this town without hitting half a dozen app analytics suites, but the same cannot be said if you’re a product manager hoping to figure out where you lose customers for smart home hardware. “There isn’t much product analytics in most apps for connected hardware.

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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus

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But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say. Power efficiency gains of new hardware can also give data centers and other organizations a power surplus to run AI workloads, Hormuth argues.

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7 common pitfalls for hardware startups and how to avoid them

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You’ve likely heard that “hardware is hard”; mostly because hardware startups have to deal with things that software companies don’t really have to worry about. ” Hardware development is complex and challenging. Hardware development is inherently a lot more costly than cranking out software.

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