Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells Julie Bort of TechCrunch. The funding follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton, bringing the company’s total funding to $88 million. Ollama, launched in 2023, lets developers run open-weight AI models on …
Google has released a new AI image generation model aimed at developers and enterprise teams who need speed and low costs above all else. The model is officially called Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image but is marketed under the name Nano Banana 2 Lite. It generates images at 1,000 pixel resolution in around four seconds and …
Google has opened its Gemini Omni Flash model to developers and enterprise customers via API, bringing conversational video editing to professional workflows for the first time. Sam Witteveen reports for VentureBeat that the model, which debuted at Google I/O 2026, lets users generate and refine video clips through plain-language instructions rather than prompt-by-prompt generation from …
OpenAI has released three new voice models for developers through its Realtime API. Each model focuses on a different capability: reasoning, translation, and transcription. The first model, GPT-Realtime-2, brings GPT-5-class reasoning to live voice conversations. According to OpenAI, it can handle complex requests, manage interruptions, and call external tools while keeping a conversation going naturally. …
Mistral AI has launched Workflows, a production-grade orchestration platform designed to help businesses deploy AI reliably across critical operations. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the Paris-based company, valued at approximately $13.8 billion, released the product in public preview as part of its Studio platform. Workflows allows engineers to define, run, and monitor multi-step AI …
Google has introduced two upgraded versions of its autonomous research agents, aiming to turn AI-powered analysis into a core tool for enterprise workflows. The new systems, called Deep Research and Deep Research Max, are built on the Gemini 3.1 Pro model and target tasks ranging from fast summaries to complex, multi-step investigations. The official blog …
Anthropic has released Claude Code Channels, a feature that lets developers send messages to a running Claude Code session directly from Telegram or Discord. A developer can type a prompt on their phone, and Claude executes the task on their desktop or server and replies through the same messaging app. The feature is built on …
OpenAI has released two new AI models, GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano. As the names suggest: Both are smaller and faster versions of the company’s flagship GPT-5.4 model, designed for high-volume tasks where speed and cost matter. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.4 mini runs more than twice as fast as its predecessor, GPT-5 mini, and shows …
Google has released an open-source command-line interface (CLI) that gives AI agents direct access to its Workspace suite, including Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Drive and Calendar. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the tool, called googleworkspace/cli, is designed for both human developers and automated AI agents. The CLI allows developers to interact with all major …
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3-Codex, a coding model that the company describes as its most capable agentic coding tool to date. The model runs 25% faster than its predecessor and combines advanced coding performance with reasoning capabilities in a single system. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.3-Codex marks a significant milestone as the first model that helped create …