What’s New Today: Qualcomm’s AI200 and AI250 chips target AI inference markets, boosting performance and efficiency while challenging Nvidia and AMD.
Fast-Track Insights: Mercor raised $350 million, reaching a $10 billion valuation with its AI platform connecting global experts to specialized AI training tasks.
Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest tech headlines making waves today. Let's dive into the day's top tech stories, from Qualcomm introducing AI chips challenging Nvidia and AMD to NMDC releasing 197 Apprentice posts for 2025.
Qualcomm’s stock price leaped by 20% when the company unveiled its next-generation AI chips, AI200 and AI250, specifically designed for data centers. These new processors will be classed as AI inference, which is directly competing with Nvidia and AMD's control over the market. The AI200, expected to be out in 2026, is to be equipped with 768GB memory and liquid cooling, while the AI250, which will come out in 2027, is to ensure tenfold memory bandwidth increases and superior power usage.
Mercor, an AI platform with human-in-the-loop capabilities, is now valued at $10 billion after successfully raising a total of $350 million in new funding, along with the previous funding round. The company was established in 2023 by Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath, and Surya Midha as a global expert in AI training tasks facilitator through AI-powered candidate assessment and reinforcement learning algorithms. The company is not like competitors that are rather wading in the water of general automation; it is directed to very high-value expert work and is intending to venture into other areas such as healthcare and legal services.
The National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) has released the NMDC Jobs 2025 notification for 197 Apprentice posts, including Graduate, Technician, and Trade Apprentices. Eligible candidates with ITI, Diploma, Degree, B. Pharm, or B.E./B. Tech qualifications can attend walk-in interviews from October 26 to November 21, 2025. No application fee is required, and selected candidates will receive a stipend between Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 10,000 per month.
This article presents the best GPUs for AI and ML applications, focusing on factors like performance, scalability, and price. NVIDIA's H100 and A100 are the top choices for massive model training, while RTX 5090 and RTX 6000 meet the demands of high-end research and professional use. RTX 3050 is an affordable alternative for novices. Among the main selection criteria for GPUs are VRAM, memory bandwidth, compatibility, and cost, which all contribute to the efficiency and reliability of different AI development requirements.
China’s DeepSeek AI predicts significant price increases for Solana (SOL), XRP, and Binance Coin (BNB) following the upcoming FOMC meeting. Despite recent market volatility caused by U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, DeepSeek forecasts SOL could reach $1,200, XRP may rise toward $10, and BNB could climb up to $2,500. The AI chatbot, known for strong trading performance, sees the pullback as a setup for renewed crypto momentum.