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 AI NEWS 1. 🇮🇳  Simplilearn and IndiaAI Launch National "YUVA AI for ALL" Initiative Simplilearn partnered with the IndiaAI Mission (MeitY) to launch YUVA AI for ALL, a national initiative upskilling 10 million citizens to capitalize on 56% GenAI usage among metropolitan adults. Hosted on Simplilearn's platform, the free, foundational program offers a joint certification with IndiaAI to standardize AI literacy. This establishes a scalable public-private model for deploying a standardized digital literacy framework via government-backed credentialing.  2. 🏆  LMArena Secures $150M Series A at $1.7B Valuation LMArena (operated by Arena Intelligence Inc. via the LMSYS collective) secured a $150M Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments, hitting $30M Annualized Consumption Run Rate (ACRR) and a $1.7B valuation. Originating from UC Berkeley, the platform leverages >50 million votes to benchmark enterprise GenAI via crowd-sourced human preference (Elo ratings). This...
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AI NEWS 💰 Orb — “Revenue Design” Brand & Platform Orb unveiled its “Mirrorball” design system, rebranding as a “Revenue Design” platform to decouple billing from usage data. The update introduces the Experience Kit for rapid checkout and dashboard deployment, alongside an “RGB” philosophy symbolizing Human Energy, Finance, and Trust. Agentic AI clients leverage this ASC 606–compliant infrastructure to manage volatile inference margins, processing millions of events per second. 📶 Edgecore & Synaptics — Wi-Fi HaLow AIoT Edge Hub Edgecore Networks partnered with Synaptics to launch the AIoT Edge Hub, integrating the Astra™ SL1620 SoC and Veros™ SYN4612. The architecture incorporates Morse Micro’s MM8108 for kilometer-range Wi-Fi HaLow, supporting Matter and Thread protocols for Smart Spaces. An intelligent orchestration layer via AWS IoT Device Management balances deep penetration with secure NPU inference. 🎓 Eliza & Kickdrum — OpenAI Technical Academy Eliza and Kickdrum ...
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AI NEWS OF THIS WEEK 🏢  BigBear.ai — Closes $250M Acquisition of Ask Sage BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) finalized its $250M acquisition of Ask Sage, integrating the secure AI platform into its defense stack on Jan 2. The deal assimilates 100,000+ users across 16,000 government teams, delivering immediate sovereign controls. This pivot cements BigBear’s shift to "mission-ready" secure AI, adding ~$25M in projected ARR and driving a 6x revenue boost. 🧩  3M — Debuts “Ask 3M” & Digital Materials Hub 3M (NYSE: MMM) unveiled "Ask 3M," an AWS Bedrock-powered assistant accelerating industrial bonding, at CES 2026. Integrating with the Digital Materials Hub, it simulates Optical Models and "Workbench" properties for direct scientist collaboration. The platform leverages agentic AI to compress design cycles, allowing engineers to test virtual substrates against 3M’s catalog in minutes. 🤖  Seedpace — Unveils AI Story Robot at CES 2026 Seedpace debuted its AI Story R...
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 AI NEWS 🤖 Sumbu: “Outdoor Explorer” Dual-Vector Exoskeleton Sumbu unveiled the Exo-S3 series, introducing the  world's first  commercial dual-vector wearable for public use. The lineup includes Standard ($1,199), Pro ($1,499), and Ultra ($1,999). The flagship Ultra uses a high-density automotive-grade energy cell to sustain dual-vector torque. Human-intent Recognition AI autonomously switches torque modes (climbing, cycling, stairs) within a lightweight ergonomic IP65-rated composite chassis. Commercial availability is set for June 2026. 🎓  IIT Roorkee: VentureStage DeepTech Launch The  IIT Roorkee Alumni Association  convened its Global Alumni Meet 2026 at Taj Palace, New Delhi. U nder the theme  "Reinventing in the Age of AI." Keynotes from Abhishek Singh (IndiaAI) and Manish Bhardwaj (NDMA) anchored the launch of "VentureStage," a platform connecting alumni startups in DeepTech and AI with investors. The summit focused on "stewarding nationa...
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 AI NEWS 📺 Samsung Freestyle+: Vision AI Companion Debut Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) globally launched the Freestyle+ , debuting the proprietary AI OptiScreen engine. Delivering 430 ISO Lumens, the device utilizes Vision AI to autonomously calibrate focus and leveling. The unit integrates Samsung Gaming Hub and the new Vision AI Companion, which pairs enhanced Bixby with generative agents from global AI partners to enable multi-modal conversational search and context awareness. 🚗 AFEELA Trial Production: AI-Sensed Quality Gates Sony Honda Mobility (SHM) advanced AFEELA 1 trial production at its East Liberty, Ohio plant, activating a proprietary "Quality Gate." This facility utilizes AI vision for exterior continuity, while separate inspections validate the 40-sensor array , PlayStation Remote Play , and 800 TOPS Snapdragon Chassis. The dual-layer protocol secures benchmarks for the Mid-2026 rollout, launching first in California . ⚙️ Monks.Flow: Agentic AI at CE...
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 AI NEWS 🧾 RiseLink: BK7259 Edge-AI SoC (Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U65 RiseLink Technologies (Beken Corp) released the BK7259 SoC (Jan 01), pairing an Arm Cortex-M55 with an Ethos-U65 NPU . While active voice detection draws ~5-10mW , the chip achieves a critical <50µA Wi-Fi keep-alive (DTIM10) floor for standby. This efficiency profile is vital for 2026 battery-operated endpoints that spend 99% of their time waiting for wake-words, resolving privacy bottlenecks without draining power. 🚀 WowNow: 'C2M' Generative Manufacturing (Powered by PRM) WowNow unveiled its "Consumer-to-Manufacturing" (C2M) platform at CES , leveraging PRM's industrial metrology core. Unlike standard GenAI 3D tools, this system ensures dimensional accuracy , converting user concepts into manufacturable CNC/3D-print specs rather than simple meshes. This positions AI as a "Hard Tech" supply chain catalyst, enabling "lot size of one" fabrication with engineering-grade p...
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