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Datagen raises $18.5M

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Datagen, a developer of simulated visual data sets to train deep machine learning models, has raised $18.5 million.

HPE, Microsoft to launch AI capabilities to space station with Spaceborne Computer-2 — Space

Microsoft will connect its cloud computing Azure Space platform to the Spaceborne Computer-2, a Hewlett-Packard Enterprise product promising to "deliver edge computing and ...

Peak raises $21M (England)

Manchester, England-based Artificial Intelligence company Peak has raised a $21 million Series B funding round. 

Nvidia developed a radically different way to compress video calls — Ars Technica

Nvidia Maxine uses Generative Adversarial Networks to re-create video frames, writes Timothy Lee. Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/nvidia-used-neural-networks-to-improve-video-calling-bandwidth-by-10x/

Coupa acquires LLamasoft for $1.5B

Coupa Software has acquired AI-powered supply chain design and planning company LLamasoft, for $1.5 billion.