Atlant 3D raises $15M to build materials and devices atom by atom

Atlant 3D has raised $15 million as demand grows for its manufacturing system that builds materials and devices atom by atom. Atlant 3D describes itself as a pioneering atomic-scale advanced manufacturing company that utilizes digital and atomically precise processing technologies to enable rapid innovation across the whole microelectronics value chain. The company said its atomic-scale … Read more

Monopoly Go maker Scopely to acquire Niantic’s games business for $3.5B

Monopoly Go maker Scopely has agreed to acquire Niantic‘s games business, which includes Pokémon Go, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion. The acquisition will bring Niantic’s entire game development teams as well as its games such as Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely. And Scopely is also picking up companion … Read more

Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Nous Research, the New York-based AI collective known for developing what it calls “personalized, unrestricted” language models, has launched a new Inference API that makes its models more accessible to developers and researchers through a programmatic … Read more

Google’s native multimodal AI image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash impresses with fast edits, style transfers

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google’s latest open source AI model Gemma 3 isn’t the only big news from the Alphabet subsidiary today. No, in fact, the spotlight may have been stolen by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash with native image generation, … Read more

ServiceNow expands AI offerings with pre-built agents, targeting broader enterprise adoption

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ServiceNow believes that more areas within an enterprise can benefit from agents, and as it upgrades its agent platform and makes acquisitions, the company plans on doubling down on agents even more.  ServiceNow announced the acquisition … Read more

Opus Major raises $10M to bring people together through music and games

Opus Major has raised $10 million in funding to build a global game studio dedicated to crafting games and entertainment where the power of music brings people together. Backed by Griffin Gaming Partners, the round also included early investor Alven. Opus Major is embarking on its journey to create its first opus: a multiplayer adventure … Read more

Forge launches Forge Direct as a gamified hub for community-powered growth

Forge, the platform for community-driven game marketing and engagement, today announced Forge Direct, a kind of self-service gamified hub that allows game developers to launch fully customizable, feature-rich community portals. Unlike traditional game websites which typically serve as static landing pages, Forge Direct is aninteractive engagement platform complete with quests, loyalty rewards, and direct-to-player commerce … Read more