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Business Upturn
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Upturn
Sonatype Solutions Now Available in the New AWS Marketplace AI Agents and Tools category
By GlobeNewswire Published on July 16, 2025, 22:00 IST Fulton, Md., July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sonatype, the end-to-end software supply chain security company, today announced the availability of its entire product suite, including Nexus Repository Cloud , in the new AI Agents and Tools category in AWS Marketplace. Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now easily discover, buy, and deploy Sonatype's industry-leading open source and AI management solutions using their AWS accounts to accelerate AI agent and agentic workflow development. The AI Agents and Tools category in AWS Marketplace serves as a centralized catalog for hundreds of AI solutions from trusted AWS Partners. Among those available is Sonatype's industry leading software composition analysis , proactive malicious code protection, and the world's most trusted binary artifact manager, Nexus Repository, helping organizations accelerate secure software development. 'By offering Sonatype through the AWS Marketplace AI Agents and Tools category, we're providing customers with a streamlined way to access our tools for secure, responsible AI adoption, helping them build and deploy AI agent solutions faster, more efficiently and securely,' said Tyler Warden, SVP of Product at Sonatype. 'Our customers across all industries are already using these capabilities to securely integrate, manage, and govern open source AI models with speed and assurance.' Earlier this year, Sonatype announced its end-to-end AI Software Composition Analysis (AI SCA) capabilities that enable development teams to securely deliver AI-powered solutions without compromising security, compliance, or velocity. Sonatype's end-to-end open source AI solutions provide automated policy management, unmatched AI observability and compliance, and a centralized repository for storing and sharing access to the latest Hugging Face models across the organization. New in AWS Marketplace, Nexus Repository , the leading binary artifact manager, is now available via cloud, providing AWS customers with a centralized repository for storing and managing open source software components and AI models. Joint customers are able to quickly offload infrastructure management with instant scale, high availability, and global access. Through the AWS Marketplace AI Agents and Tools category, AWS customers can significantly accelerate their procurement process to drive AI innovation, reducing the time needed for vendor evaluations and complex negotiations. With centralized purchasing using AWS accounts, customers maintain visibility and control over licensing, payments, and access through AWS. To learn more, visit Sonatype's listing in AWS Marketplace . To learn more about the new AI Agents and Tools category in AWS Marketplace, visit . About Sonatype Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide the world's best end-to-end software supply chain security solution, combining the only proactive protection against malicious open source, the only enterprise grade SBOM management and the leading open source dependency management platform. This empowers enterprises to create and maintain secure, quality, and innovative software at scale. As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, the world's largest repository of Java open-source software, we are software pioneers and our open source expertise is unmatched. We empower innovation with an unparalleled commitment to build faster, safer software and harness AI and data intelligence to mitigate risk, maximize efficiencies, and drive powerful software development. More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on Sonatype to optimize their software supply chains. To learn more about Sonatype, please visit . Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash GlobeNewswire provides press release distribution services globally, with substantial operations in North America and Europe.
TechCrunch
4 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
Hugging Face bets on cute robots to bring open-source AI to life
Just five days after opening up orders on its Reachy Mini robots, AI developer platform Hugging Face says it has logged $1 million worth of sales. That's not a bad start for a company that's just recently expanded into robotics, and is largely known for letting developers download open source AI models off the internet. On this episode of Equity, Hugging Face co-founder and chief scientist Thomas Wolf breaks down where he sees the company's robotics going. While other startups tackling robots for the home — such as Figure and 1X — want their robots to offload some of your chores, Hugging Face sees the Reachy Mini as more of a hackable, entertainment device. The device is small enough to fit on your desk, has two misshapen eyes with cameras behind them, as well as microphones, speakers, a head that bobs around, and a pair of antennas for robot ears. It's designed to come with some preset apps, but also lets people build their own apps that can run locally through open source software. Eventually, Hugging Face would like to build out a network of apps for Reachy Mini. Wolf even described the Reachy Mini as 'a bit like an empty iPhone,' hinting at how massive he thinks this market is. The Reachy Mini has gone somewhat viral since launch, largely thanks to its friendly and open design, but also its relatively accessible price point that lets consumers try out an AI-powered robot this year. Wolf says that's a key part to this launch — making something people want to see on their desk everyday, and can actually afford. Wolf describes the Reachy Mini as an entry point for getting consumers to be comfortable with robots in their home, and earning their trust. We got into more of that on the show. I was initially skeptical of the Reachy Mini, but I've started to come around to it. I think Wolf and Hugging Face's vision for the AI device makes seems fun, and seems like a great way for kids or people know to open source software to learn about the space. Wolf also says he's interested to see if people will vibe code apps for their robots, an idea I'm fascinated by and slightly scared of. At other points on the show, Wolf takes listeners inside Hugging Face's acquisition of the french robotics startup, Pollen, and his insistence on developing a robot at a low price point. Wolf also believes that open source AI will play a similar role in robotics as it has in software, and he's trying to position Hugging Face to capture that interest. Later in the episode, we also get into: How Hugging Face plans to leap from software to hardware. Hugging Face's ambitions to one day sell a full-sized humanoid robot. The role of privacy in consumer robotics, and how open-source can address it. Equity is TechCrunch's flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.
UPI
4 days ago
- Business
- UPI
LG Group unveils next-generation hybrid AI model
LG Group has unveiled its own hybrid artificial intelligence model. Pictured is the company headquarters in Seoul. Photo courtesy of LG Group SEOUL, July 16 (UPI) -- LG Group, one of South Korea's major conglomerates, has unveiled a next-generation hybrid artificial intelligence model, EXAONE 4.0, in aiming to join the global AI race along with powerhouses in the United States and China. The Seoul-based group's unit, LG AI Research, said Tuesday that the new model integrates natural language processing capabilities with advanced reasoning skills, built on its large language model EXAONE Deep. "It inherits the step-by-step, thought-based problem-solving approach that EXAONE Deep implemented, and advances its reasoning capabilities to excel even in challenging fields such as math, science and coding," the firm said in a statement. "Starting with EXAONE 4.0, the free licensing previously granted for research and academic purposes has been extended to educational institutions," it added. As a result, primary and secondary schools, as well as universities, will be allowed to use EXAONE 4.0 for educational purposes without prior approval. The model is available through Hugging Face, a global AI open-source platform, according to LG. EXAONE 4.0 comes in two versions: one for experts and the other for the public. LG said that the expert model has passed national qualification exams in six areas, such as qualifying for physician and dentist licenses. The lighter on-device version is designed to run independently without having to connect to external servers. With the launch of EXAONE 4.0, LG could be poised to take on global AI leaders. "Only a few corporations have come up with competitive hybrid AI models, including Anthropic of the U.S. and Alibaba of China," Sogang University Professor Yoon Seok-bin told UPI in a phone interview. "LG was somewhat late in debuting its own hybrid AI model compared to its offshore rivals. But there is a long way to go in developing and refining AI technology. LG may yet be able to compete on the global stage," he saidOh, what is .
Korea Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Korea Herald
LG enters global AI race with hybrid Exaone 4.0 model
Combining large language understanding with advanced reasoning, Korea's first hybrid AI excels in coding, math, science, professional domains LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence arm of LG Group, on Tuesday unveiled Exaone 4.0, Korea's first "hybrid" AI model that combines the language fluency of large language models with the advanced problem-solving abilities of reasoning AI. This breakthrough represents a major leap in Korea's ambition to lead in next-generation AI, as the model can both understand human language and logically reason through complex tasks. 'We will continue to advance research and development so that Exaone can become Korea's leading frontier AI model and prove its competitiveness in the global market,' said LG AI Research's Exaone lab leader Lee Jin-sik. Globally, only a few companies have announced similar hybrid AI architectures, including US-based Anthropic with its Claude model and China's Alibaba with Qwen. OpenAI is reportedly working on GPT-5, which is expected to adopt a hybrid structure as well. In benchmark evaluations across a variety of domains — including knowledge comprehension, problem-solving, coding, scientific reasoning and mathematics — Exaone 4.0 outperformed leading open-weight models from the US, China and France, establishing itself as one of the world's most capable AI models. LG introduced two versions of the model: a 32B expert model with 32 billion parameters and a lighter 1.2B on-device model with 1.2 billion parameters. The expert model successfully passed written exams for six national professional licenses, including those for physicians, dentists, Korean medicine doctors, customs brokers, appraisers and insurance adjusters — underscoring its domain-level expertise. The on-device model, designed for practical use in consumer electronics such as home appliances, smartphones, automotive infotainment systems and robots, runs independently on devices without connecting to external servers. It ensures faster processing, enhanced privacy, and robust security, which are key advantages in an increasingly AI-integrated world. Despite being half the size of its predecessor, the Exaone 3.5 2.4B model released in December, the new on-device model surpasses GPT-4o mini from OpenAI in specialized evaluations across mathematics, coding, and science, making it the most powerful in its weight class globally. To accelerate open research and innovation, LG has released Exaone 4.0 as an open-weight model on Hugging Face, the leading global platform for open-source AI. While open-weight models do not disclose architectural blueprints or training data, they make the trained weights publicly accessible, allowing developers to fine-tune and redistribute the models. Notable peers in the open-weight category include Google's Gemma, Meta's LLaMA, Microsoft's Phi, Alibaba's Qwen and Mistral AI's Mistral. Additionally, LG has partnered with Friendly AI, an official Hugging Face distribution partner, to launch a commercial API service for Exaone 4.0. It allows developers and enterprises to easily deploy the model without requiring high-end GPUs, thereby broadening accessibility across industries. In his New Year's address, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo underscored the group's long-term vision for artificial intelligence, calling it a core driver of future innovation. 'LG has grown by constantly pioneering uncharted territory and creating new value,' he said. 'Now, with AI, we aim to reshape everyday life by making advanced technologies more accessible and meaningful, helping people reclaim their time for what truly matters.' He emphasized that LG's AI efforts are not just about technological leadership, but about enabling a smarter, more human-centered lifestyle through seamless AI integration across products and services. Meanwhile, LG hosted 'Exaone Partners Day' on Tuesday, bringing together 22 domestic partner companies to discuss strategies for expanding the Exaone ecosystem. The group will further highlight its AI ambitions at the 'LG AI Talk Concert 2025' in Seoul on July 22, where it plans to unveil its latest research breakthroughs and present a roadmap for future AI innovation.
Digital Trends
6 days ago
- Digital Trends
The new Reachy Mini robot can let kids turn play into innovation
The Reachy Mini is an exciting new desktop robot aimed primarily at developers, educators, students, and enthusiasts, or basically anyone interested in creative coding. There are actually two of them — Reachy Mini Lite ($299) and Reachy Mini Wireless ($449) — and both were developed by the prominent AI platform Hugging Face following its recent acquisition of Pollen Robotics. The two teams collaborated to make the robot a reality, with Pollen Robotics combining its know-how in open-source robotics with Hugging Face's community-driven approach. Impressively, the robot secured $500,000 worth of sales in only its first 24 hours of going live last week. The cute-looking robot measures about 11 inches (28 cm) tall, 6.3 inches (16 cm) wide, and weighs around 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg), ensuring a decent fit for most desktops or tables. The more affordable of the two versions, Reachy Mini Lite, connects to Mac or Linux computers (Windows support is on the way), and for this version shipping is expected to begin toward the end of this summer. The pricier Reachy Mini Wireless, on the other hand, comes with a Raspberry Pi 5, built-in Wi-Fi, and a battery, and will start shipping in batches from late 2025 through 2026. Once you've assembled it, you can have some instant fun by getting Reachy Mini to show off its 15 pre-installed demonstrations and behaviors, among them facial recognition, hand tracking, antenna movements, voice-activated AI conversations, and object manipulation with its arm and gripper — eliminating the need for you to code from scratch. The fact that it comes with pre-installed demos and a user-friendly setup means that beginners and hobbyists can also use it, especially for educational and exploratory endeavors. But the particularly cool part is that it integrates with the Hugging Face Hub, giving you instant access to numerous AI models and datasets that you can work with to make the robot even more useful and engaging. While so many companion robots — Jibo and Anki's Cozmo and Vector come to mind — have fallen short over the years in terms of capability and affordability, it's the community aspect of the Reachy Mini that makes this particular effort so tantalizing. Indeed, the open-source approach means that it's built for collaboration, and supported by a large and active developer and AI community. It means that there are numerous people out there who can, if they wish, build new features for Reachy Mini, all the time boosting its functionality. And it's this community-driven model that gives it a better chance of succeeding where past robots flopped. Even better, the combination of cuteness and potential could really help to inspire a new generation of kids to get interested in robotics and AI, sparking their imagination and making advanced tech like this feel less intimidating and instead far more approachable. Interested in getting one? The Reachy Mini is available now for preorder.
