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Cape‑born Cerebrium nets R151mn from Google’s Gradient Fund, sparks local AI hype Google

Cape‑born Cerebrium nets R151mn from Google’s Gradient Fund, sparks local AI hype

Key topics: South African AI startup Cerebrium raised $8.5mn seed round led by Google Gradient. Cerebrium offers serverless AI infrastructure cutting costs by 40% vs cloud giants. Customers praise Cerebrium’s fast, scalable AI tools powering real-time voice/video apps. Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to…
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July 15, 2025
Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare Google

Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

Google is partnering with authors, researchers, and publications to launch “featured” notebooks within its AI note-taking app, NotebookLM. These notebooks come prefilled with research and let you interact with the app’s tools, including its AI podcast maker, to learn more about each topic. Google has released eight featured notebooks to…
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July 14, 2025
Google to discount cloud computing services for US government, FT reports Google

Google to discount cloud computing services for US government, FT reports

Google will heavily discount cloud computing services for the United States government, in a deal that could be finalised within weeks, the Financial Times reported on July 11, amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to implement sweeping measures to minimise federal spending. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Oracle…
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July 11, 2025