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AI Startup Soars: $4B Valuation in 4 Months Amidst Tech Buzz

Ricursive Intelligence, a startup founded by former Google Brain engineers, announced a $335 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation just four months after its launch, according to TechCrunch. The company, led by CEO Anna Goldie and CTO Azalia Mirhoseini, developed an AI tool called Alpha Chip that can generate chip layouts in hours, a process that previously took human designers a year or more.

The co-founders, who previously worked at Google Brain and Anthropic, were well-known in the AI community. Goldie told TechCrunch that they even received "weird emails" with job offers from Mark Zuckerberg. The Alpha Chip tool was instrumental in designing three generations of Google's Tensor Processing Units, according to TechCrunch.

In other tech news, Apple is preparing for a special event on March 4th in New York City, London, and Shanghai, as reported by The Verge. The invitation, which includes the words "You're invited" and an Apple logo in segmented discs of yellow, green, and blue, hints at potential announcements of new MacBooks, iPads, iPhone 17e, and displays, according to The Verge.

Apple is also testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4, according to The Verge. This feature, which Apple announced plans to support last year, will allow iPhone and Android users to send encrypted RCS messages to each other across platforms.

Meanwhile, the security camera company Ring's "Search Party" feature, advertised during the Super Bowl, has sparked controversy, according to The Verge. The technology, which can be used to find lost dogs, has raised concerns about potential privacy invasions.

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War Talks, Curling Scandal, and West Bank Land Grab

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Deals, Drones, and Disasters: What's Making News?

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Emmer Slams Dems; Starmer Targets Social Media

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