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Meta is partnering with Midjourney and will license its technology for ‘future models and products’

August 25, 2025
Even three years after its debut, with ever increasing competition in the AI image and video generation space, Midjourney, the bootstrapped San Francisco startup, remains the “gold standard” for its 20 million users — including us here at VentureBeat, where we use it to generate the “header” art to many of our articles. Apparently, the leaders of Facebook and Instagram parent company…
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s rBio uses virtual cells to train AI, bypassing lab work

August 22, 2025
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced Thursday the launch of rBio, the first artificial intelligence model trained to reason about cellular biology using virtual simulations rather than requiring expensive laboratory experiments — a breakthrough that could dramatically accelerate biomedical research and drug discovery. The reasoning model, detailed in a research paper published on bioRxiv…
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VB AI Impact Series: Can you really govern multi-agent AI?

August 21, 2025
In a Nutshell VentureBeat’s AI Impact Series discussed deploying multi-agent AI systems with SAP and Agilent. They focus on scaling AI agents safely, integrating AI across the organization, governance frameworks, agent integration challenges, data layers importance, orchestration layer management, and privacy and security concerns in enterprise agentic activations. Monitoring and improvement…
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Keychain raises $30M and launches AI operating system for CPG manufacturers

August 20, 2025
The next time you shop at a grocery store, you might want to thank this AI startup for keeping the shelves stocked with your favorite food products — and keeping them fresh and safe to eat. That would be Keychain an AI-powered marketplace for retailers to buy the consumer packaged goods (CPG) on their shelves started by former Angi (formerly Angie’s List) CEO and Handy co-founder and CEO Oisin…
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