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Yobi raises $2.37M

San Jose, Calif.-based Yobi, an AI-based customer communications app provider for small businesses, has raised $2.37 million in a seed round.

HRC2139 Investments and IRA Capital invested in the funding, along with angel investors Charles Annenberg Weingarten, Keith Donald, and Jason Young.

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Blaize raises $106M

El Dorado Hills, CA-based AI computing company Blaize has raised $106 million.

Rivos raises $250M

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Rivos, a RISC-V accelerated platform company focusing on data analytics and Generative AI, has raised $250 million in its Series A-3 funding round

IBM, Canada, and Quebec invest $137M to strengthen semiconductor industry

IBM, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec announced agreements to develop the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities for semiconductor modules at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec.

Net neutrality is back: U.S. promises fast, safe and reliable internet for all — NPR

Consumers can look forward to faster, safer and more reliable internet connections under the promises of newly reinstated government regulations, writes Emma Bowman of NPR.