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Perplexity has reportedly closed a $500M funding round
AI-powered search engine Perplexity has reportedly closed a $500 million funding round, valuing the startup at $9 billion. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar, reports that the round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and that it closed earlier in December. In … Continue reading
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Boon raises $20.5M to build agentic AI tools for fleets
Logistics is the name of the game during the holiday season: Companies that can seal the deal and get people and things to the places they need to be, on time, rake it in this time of year. But behind … Continue reading
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E.U. Provides Guidance on How AI Developers Can Obey Privacy Laws
The opinion addresses how AI companies can be exempt from GDPR, when they can process personal data without the individuals’ consent, and the consequences of developing a model with unlawfully processed data.
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A bad experience with an accounting firm spurred this founder to start Aiwyn
Accounting firms are struggling to adopt high-tech solutions. That’s according to a survey earlier this year from Rightsworks, which found that, while 88% of firms believe tech has had a positive impact on their efficiency, 60% are suffering from disconnected … Continue reading
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Meet the robot with two Guinness World Records for basketball
A team of engineers at Toyota have spent years iterating on CUE6, the basketball shooting robot. CUE6 uses machine learning to adjust his posture and arm movement in order to take the perfect shot nearly every time. The robot holds … Continue reading
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SD-WAN vs VPN: How Many Tunnels Do You Need?
Choosing between SD-WAN vs VPN will impact your ability to scale effectively. VPNs are great for small networks, SD-WAN provides flexibility.
Ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is founding an AI startup backed by a16z
Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, is launching a new AI startup, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, called Stem AI, is currently in stealth. But public documents show it was incorporated in June 2023, and filed for a trademark … Continue reading
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Real estate VC Fifth Wall is raising $500M for a new fund
Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall is raising a new $500 million fund called Fifth Wall React, according to a regulatory filing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Amazon workers strike across seven facilities at peak of holiday shopping season
Amazon workers at seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike on Thursday.
In just 4 months AI coding assistant Cursor raised another $100M at a $2.5B valuation led by Thrive, sources say
Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is being led by returning investor Thrive Capital, the person … Continue reading
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