[4/30 08:00] IBM Granite Speech 4.1 2B / Rogo Series D

AI News Flash for April 30, 2026 at 08:00 UTC. Topics: 1. IBM Granite Speech 4.1 2B https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/04/30/ibm-releases-two-granite-speech-4-1-2b-models-autoregressive-asr-with-translation-and-non-autoregressive-editing-for-fast-inference/ 2. Rogo Series D https://www.fintechfutures.com/venture-capital-funding/rogo-raises-160m-series-d 3. BMW i Ventures Fund III https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/bmw-i-ventures-has-a-new-300m-fund-and-ai-is-riding-shotgun/ 4. AI demining Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/man-machine-ai-combine-battle-clear-ukraine-mines-2026-04-30/