RAIZOR Report: HuggingFace Reaches One Million Models, ByteDance Plans New AI with Huawei Chips

Open Source Juggernaut HuggingFace Reaches One Million Models

HuggingFace has reached a milestone of one million hosted AI models, becoming the go-to platform for AI developers. Originally started as a chatbot for teenagers, it quickly evolved into an open-source library that democratizes access to powerful AI models. HuggingFace hosts various models including Llama, Mistral, and Grok, supporting a wide range of applications from audio classification to image generation.

ByteDance Plans New AI Model Trained with Huawei Chips

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly planning to develop a new AI model primarily using Huawei’s chips. This strategic move diversifies its chip supply and mitigates the impact of U.S. export restrictions. It underscores ByteDance’s efforts to balance compliance with international trade regulations while advancing their AI capabilities.

Nvidia Acquires its Fifth Startup of the Year

Nvidia’s acquisition spree continues with the purchase of OctoAI for approximately $165 million. OctoAI’s software helps customize Nvidia’s powerful AI chips to work with any type of infrastructure, making them more accessible to smaller developers. This acquisition aligns with Nvidia’s strategy to expand beyond GPUs and integrate versatile AI capabilities.

OpenAI Secures SoftBank Funding as Apple Exits Raise

OpenAI has secured up to $6.5 billion in funding from investors including SoftBank, Microsoft, and Thrive Capital, despite Apple exiting the funding round. Microsoft plans to add another $1 billion to its previous investments, while Thrive Capital has an option for an additional investment next year. This funding round, amid OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit model, signifies strong backing for the AI leader despite recent controversies.

Gmail Just Got Smarter

Gmail has upgraded its ‘smart reply’ feature with AI enhancements, now offering contextual smart replies. This new functionality generates responses based on the entire email thread, providing more accurate and contextually aware suggestions. This AI upgrade is available in English for Google Workspace and Google One AI Premium users.

AI Tools

✨ Google rolls out two new Gemini 1.5 models Google introduced two upgraded Gemini 1.5 models that excel in math benchmarks and instruction following.

💎 Gemini 1.5 compared to other AI models Google’s Gemini 1.5 models offer significant improvements to accessibility, performance, and financial feasibility for developers.

🚀 The age of the AI-first developer This era empowers both developers and non-developers to tackle complex problems and build AI apps faster.

🌎 Real-world use cases of Gemini 1.5 Gemini 1.5’s capabilities allow for applications in lengthy content analysis and interactive AI.

📈 Proactive AI agent systems Future AI systems may shift towards proactive actions, asking for permission and clarification like human assistants.

💡 Guidde Transforms boring documentation into dynamic video guides effortlessly.

📝 Articles AI Generates SEO articles and blog posts in seconds.

🏢 Inncivio An AI-powered learning infrastructure for businesses.

📚 GuideJar Creates step-by-step guides using AI.

✍️ Bliro An AI assistant for meeting notes.

👓 HuggingFace Kolors Virtual Try-On Allows users to virtually try on clothes.

💦 Liquid AI’s LFM models Introduces efficient AI models that challenge traditional transformer architecture.

🎤 Udio Lyric Editor Create and refine song lyrics based on melody.

📷 Expression Editor Easily edit facial expressions.

🚀 PandaETL Automate document processes with AI and data.

🤖 Gaia Train and deploy neural machine translation models.

🔍 Lumona AI search engine leveraging social media insights.

AI Jobs

💼 AI Consultant Learn to build a business as an AI consultant in the rapidly growing AI consulting market.

🛠 Waymo – Principal Engineer A key role in achieving commercialization for self-driving technology.

⚙️ Weights & Biases – AI Engineer Help build generative AI tools for enterprise applications.

🤖 Sanctuary AI – Controls Software Engineer Develop control software for advanced robotics systems.

📊 DeepL – Enterprise Sales Manager Sales manager to drive AI translation software adoption in DACH region.