AI code translation startup Code Metal reels in $125M at $1.25B valuation

The company disclosed in its Thursday funding announcement that it’s now valued at $1.25 billion. That’s up from $250 million in November. Salesforce Ventures led the raise with participation from ...
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JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

Extension that converts individual Java files to Kotlin code aims to ease the transition to Kotlin for Java developers.

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.
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WinterTC: Write once, run anywhere (for real this time)

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.

AI Agents Are Taking America by Storm

Americans are living in parallel AI universes. For much of the country, AI has come to mean ChatGPT, Google’s AI overviews, ...