Mistral AI has launched Mistral 3, a collection of 10 open-source AI models designed to run on devices ranging from smartphones to enterprise cloud systems. The French startup released all models under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing unrestricted commercial use. The release includes Mistral Large 3, the company’s flagship model, and the Ministral 3 series …
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), a Seattle-based nonprofit research institute, has released Olmo 3, a new family of open-source language models. According to Ai2, the new models are designed to be competitive with other leading open models in performance and efficiency while offering a new level of transparency for developers and researchers. The key …
Microsoft has launched a new platform called Agent 365, designed to help businesses manage and secure their growing number of artificial intelligence agents. Announced at the company’s annual Ignite conference, the tool is described as a “control plane” that provides a unified observability layer for all AI agents an enterprise uses, regardless of whether they …
A new open source AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI has matched or exceeded the performance of leading proprietary systems, including OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, according to multiple benchmarks. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the Kimi K2 Thinking model achieved 44.9 percent on Humanity’s Last Exam, 60.2 percent on BrowseComp, …
The data company Snowflake has launched Snowflake Intelligence, an enterprise AI platform designed to overcome the limitations of current systems. Sean Michael Kerner reports for VentureBeat that a key feature, Agentic Document Analytics, allows businesses to query and aggregate information from thousands of documents simultaneously. This capability moves beyond the simple retrieval and summarization offered …
IBM has launched four new artificial intelligence models that are small enough to run on a standard laptop or even within a web browser. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that these Granite 4.0 Nano models represent a shift in AI development, prioritizing efficiency over massive size. The models are open source and available under the …
OpenAI has launched a new feature called “company knowledge” for its paid business, enterprise, and education plans. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the function allows ChatGPT to connect to a company’s internal data sources, such as Google Drive, Slack, and GitHub. This enables employees to ask questions and receive answers based on their organization’s …
Slack is testing a major update that turns its Slackbot into a comprehensive AI assistant. The new tool can understand natural language to search for information, summarize conversations across channels, and create project plans. The Verge reports that the goal is a “personalized AI companion,” according to Rob Seaman, Slack’s chief product officer. The assistant …
Google Cloud has introduced Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform designed to bring artificial intelligence tools to everyday employees across organizations. The company is positioning the platform as what Google Cloud’s CEO Thomas Kurian calls “the new front door for AI in the workplace.” The platform costs $30 per user per month and aims to …
IBM has announced the launch of Granite 4.0, the next generation of its open-source large language models. The new models feature a hybrid architecture that combines two different AI technologies, Transformer and Mamba, to balance high performance with significantly lower memory requirements and costs. The models are designed for enterprise use, with a strong focus …