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UAE’s deal to buy Nvidia AI chips reportedly on hold

The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE.

U.S. Commerce Secretary said Nvidia’s plans to start selling its H20 chips are tied to ongoing trade discussions with China regarding REEs.

ParadeDB built a Postgres extension that facilitates full-text search and analytics on Postgres without the need to transfer data.

Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.

RealSense is building vision tech that helps machines like robots and drones navigate and respond to a 3D world.

Nvidia plans to release a chip that is retrofitted from an existing Blackwell processor that was modified to meet chip export rules.

Diligent Robotics hired Cruise’s former chief operating officer and former head of AI and robotics into c-suite positions.

Hugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications.

While AI may be the catalyst behind the recent wave of data company M&A, the market was ripe for consolidation.

Brex quickly realized its normal software procurement process wouldn’t work in the age of AI and found a new way to test and vet tools.