Brex refocuses on startups with hire of SVB veteran, ex-a16z operating partner
[ad_1] Just over one year ago, spend management decacorn Brex declared that it was “less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers” in an announcement that caused shock waves…
Read More »Celestial AI raises $100M to transfer data using light-based interconnects
[ad_1] David Lazovsky and Preet Virk, technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor engineering and photonics, came to the joint realization several years ago that AI and machine learning workloads would quickly…
Read More »OpenAI brings the competition to DeepMind’s doorstep with new London office
[ad_1] OpenAI is expanding overseas. To London, specifically. Today, the Microsoft-backed AI startup announced that it plans to open an office in London, its first international outpost. When OpenAI’s London…
Read More »Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens to step down
[ad_1] Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens has announced that she’s stepping down, some five years after landing in the hotseat. Founded out of the Netherlands back in 2010, Fairphone has set out…
Read More »Zoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las Vegas
[ad_1] Amazon subsidiary Zoox has begun testing its purpose-built, electric, autonomous robotaxis on public streets in Las Vegas, the company announced Tuesday. Zoox says this marks the first time that…
Read More »OpenAI’s ChatGPT app can now search the web — but only via Bing
[ad_1] ChatGPT on mobile can now surf the web. But only via Bing. Today, OpenAI announced that subscribers to ChatGPT Plus, the premium version of the company’s AI-powered chatbot, can…
Read More »The quest for better AI recommendation engines
[ad_1] Switch on your streaming service of choice or open up the website for your preferred department store and a recommendation system is sure to kick in. “You liked this…
Read More »Supply chain startup Baskit supports Indonesia’s middlemen
[ad_1] Large brand distributors dominate the top of the supply chain, but toward the bottom, there are thousands of middlemen, including wholesalers, who are the ones creating relationships with retailers….
Read More »Max Q: Welcome to the era of MaaS (microgravity-as-a-service)
[ad_1] Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: The International Space Station has a monopoly on in-space research, but the huge surge of interest in commercial space…
Read More »Q2 failed to bring a funding reprieve for web3 startups and unicorns
[ad_1] Lo and behold, we’re already halfway into 2023, which means we’re only a couple weeks away from brand new, sizzling data on the second quarter. However, it’s always wise…
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