Kolena, a startup building tools to test AI models, raises $15M
[ad_1] Kolena, a startup building tools to test, benchmark and validate the performance of AI models, today announced that it raised $15 million in a funding round led by Lobby…
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AI chip company Kneron raises $49M to scale up its commercial efforts
[ad_1] Kneron, which is developing AI chips to power self-driving cars, among other autonomous machines, today announced that it raised $49 million in an extension to its Series B round…
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Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO
[ad_1] Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year and his replacement is coming from Jeff Bezos’ other company. Dave Limp, an Amazon veteran who…
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Apple executives break down AirPods’ new features
[ad_1] AirPods only got a passive mention during the keynote at Apple’s event. It’s understandable — the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9 (and Ultra 2) were center stage….
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Nx lands $16M to build ‘monorepo’ tools for software devs
[ad_1] Nx, a startup developing tooling to make it simpler for software dev teams to work within a single code repository, today closed a $16 million Series A round with…
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Amazon to invest as much as $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic
[ad_1] Amazon has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in the AI startup Anthropic, the two firms said, as the e-commerce group steps up its rivalry against Microsoft, Meta,…
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California governor vetoes bill to ban driverless AV trucks
[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have required a human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving truck operated on public roads in…
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Building an equitable cap table puts more tools in a startup’s toolbox
[ad_1] The person a founder chooses to back their company is important beyond the capital these investors provide. Each backer brings specific experiences and networks that can help founders in…
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Disability tech startups kill the cynic in me
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India’s PhonePe launches app store with zero fee in challenge to Google
[ad_1] PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases as the Walmart-backed fintech races to win Android developers in…
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