Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads, and more

Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results. Also, Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is taking over for as an interim replacement for longtime CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments. Also, OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials. Also, Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company. Also, the Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and a driverless platform for the military. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Titan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date. Also, cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle. And Fal is a five year startup and recently raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glade Brook, Coatue and T. Rowe Price were among the investors that led the share sale. Also, India’s EloElo nabbed $80 million from NBCUniversal to bet on the country’s rising microdrama market. StoryTV has more than 33 million monthly active users according to Sensor Tower figures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Trajectory is a one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million. -Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices