VentureBeat

New Year's AI surprise: Fal releases its own version of Flux 2 image generator that's 10x cheaper and 6x more efficient

Credit: VentureBeat made with Flux 2 Pro on Fal.ai It’s not a full-stack image model in the traditional sense, but rather a LoRA adapter—a lightweight performance enhancer that attaches to the ...
TechCrunch

Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B

Fal, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has announced that it raised a $140 million Series D led by Sequoia, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Nvidia, and ...
MarketWatch

FAL Raises $140M in Series D Funding Round

Fal, operator of a real-time generative-media platform, said it raised $140 million in a Series D financing round which was led by Sequoia. Existing investors, including a16z, Kindred Ventures, ...
Morningstar

fal Raises $140M in Series D Led by Sequoia, with Major Participation from Kleiner Perkins and New Investment from Alkeon Capital and NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm ...

fal Raises $140M in Series D Led by Sequoia, with Major Participation from Kleiner Perkins and New Investment from Alkeon Capital and NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm) to Accelerate the Future ...
Reuters

AI infrastructure company fal raises $125 million, valuing company at $1.5 billion

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence infrastructure company fal raised a $125 million Series C round valuing the company at $1.5 billion, the company said Thursday. Venture ...
Business Wire

fal Raises $125M in Series C Led by Meritech, with Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures and Google AI Futures Fund Joining to Power the Next Decade of Generative Media

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--fal, the infrastructure platform powering real-time, generative media across image, video, audio, and 3D, today announced a $125 million Series C financing. The round ...
The Financial Times

Inside the factory making Europe’s machine guns — by hand

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the cold war, every one of FN Herstal’s machine guns, the standard- issue weapon for many Nato armies, ...
Middle East Eye

Belgian arms produced in Egypt fuel human rights abuses, says report

A new report has revealed how Belgian-designed arms fuelling human rights abuses in Egypt are being produced offshore to circumvent the state’s arms embargo against Cairo. The joint report by two ...
PCGamesN

Best Arena Breakout Infinite weapons and guns

What are the best Arena Breakout Infinite guns? You're putting a lot on the line while you're scavenging the expansive region of Kamona. If you die and fail to extract, you'll lose everything you ...
The New York Times

How a Haitian Gang Is Trying to Turn Itself Into a Militia

In recent years, one of Haiti’s most powerful and best armed gangs, 5 Segonn, promoted itself with brash rap videos posted on social media. In recent years, one of Haiti’s most powerful and best armed ...
Sportskeeda

5 iconic real-life weapons GTA 6 needs to add

In the GTA series, weapons and vehicles are the prime focus. However, several popular firearms are still absent. Fans expect Rockstar Games to add more of everything with the next title, including ...