Five GenAI Predictions for 2024

Taking stock of the breakthrough pace of innovation in recent years, here are my five predictions for how generative AI will evolve in 2024. TL;DR:1. đŸ€– Agentic architectures will mature and see increased adoption2. 🔩The race to find alternatives to the Transformer will accelerate3. 🔐 Startups will prioritize copyright, privacy and access control issues to … Continued

Skylo: Ending ‘Not Spots’ with Satellite 5G

Intel Capital has looked at investments in space tech companies over the last 20+ years, and until recently, we haven’t seen the right combination of capital efficiency, scalability and use case tailwinds that could drive venture scale returns. But with the expansion of launch and space infrastructure providers with the resulting reduction in cost and … Continued

Skylo Technologies Raises $37 Million From Intel Capital, Innovation Endeavors, BMW i Ventures, Samsung Catalyst, Next47 & Seraphim Space

Investment Further Strengthens Industry Momentum of Skylo’s Standards-Based Solution for Direct-to-Device Satellite Connectivity MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – FEBRUARY 13, 2024 – Skylo Technologies, the leading direct-to-device satellite connectivity service provider, today announces that it has secured $37 million in funding co-led by Intel Capital and Innovation Endeavors. New investors include BMW i Ventures, Next47, Samsung … Continued

Disrupting Camera Performance with Shape Memory Alloy: Our Investment in CML

In 2000 Sharp Corporation launched the world’s first network-connected camera phone in Japan. Not even the most optimistic Sharp engineers could have imagined the profound impact photo and video sharing would have on technological innovation and societal change over the next two decades. From that first 0.1 megapixel, single lens, fixed focus camera we’ve graduated to … Continued

Cambridge Mechatronics Secures Over $40M Investment to Further Develop its Revolutionary Smartphone Imaging Technology

CAMBRIDGE, England, February 13, 2024: Cambridge Mechatronics Limited (CML), the world leader in the design and control of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators, announces the closing of a funding round totaling over $40M to enable rapid expansion of its actuator and controller IC product portfolios. The oversubscribed funding round was led by Atlantic Bridge. Intel Capital … Continued

Enabling a Revolution in Business Models: Intel Capital Leads Xyte’s Series A to Enable Subscription-Based Business Models for Device and Hardware Manufacturers

Before the turn of the twenty-first century, in order to buy software, people would typically buy installation CDs as a one-time purchase. However, as technology marched forward, so did buyers’ preferences, leading to a seismic shift toward and preference for subscription-based models. The advent of Software as a Service (SaaS) transformed the way we access, … Continued

Xyte Secures $30M to Facilitate Subscription-Based Business Models for Device and Hardware Manufacturers

With funding led by Intel Capital, Xyte will accelerate the geographic expansion of its servitization platform, Xyte Device Cloud MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and TEL AVIV, Israel, January 16, 2024 – Xyte, developer of the first all-in-one servitization platform for device and hardware manufacturers, today announced a $30 million investment round, which includes $20 million in … Continued

Accelerating Innovation: The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) and its Impact on AI and HPC Networking Start-ups

Back in 2017, I wrote a short blog outlining the three criteria for success of an open source networking project. This came on the back of having contributed time to OSM, ODL, and a variety of other generally networking-related projects. Now, a new networking project, the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), is making waves in the … Continued

The Journey Towards Ergonomic Safety & Establishing Resilient Workforces

More than 80% of the world’s workforce is deskless1, but a de minimis amount of software spend goes to technology for frontline workers. This is an area that we at Intel Capital have mapped and invested in for quite some time. One area that is of particular importance is workplace safety. The global workplace safety … Continued

TuMeke Raises $10M in Series A Funding Led by Intel Capital

The company integrates AI and ergonomics to advance workplace safety innovation SAN MATEO, Calif., December, 19th, 2023 – TuMeke, a computer vision platform that automatically assesses injury risk in manufacturing facilities, raised $10M in a Series A funding round led by Intel Capital to expand and scale the TuMeke team of engineers, ergonomists, and academics. … Continued