YouTube Music gets more social, adds comments to the ‘Now Playing’ screen

[ad_1] YouTube Music redesigned its “Now Playing” screen recently, with the most notable update being a new comments section, which allows users to read and write comments directly from the…

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Starfield review: Guns and ships galore, but a vacuum of wonder

[ad_1] The long-awaited “Skyrim in space,” Starfield, is out today after many years in development over at Bethesda. It’s ambitious and lavishly produced, but despite its size it lacks the…

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Speak

OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the U.S.

[ad_1] Speak, an English language learning platform backed by OpenAI’s startup investment fund, the OpenAI Startup Fund, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series B-2 funding round…

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Feds investigate Tesla’s use of funds for secret ‘glass house’ project

[ad_1] Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are separately investigating the use of Tesla funds to bankroll a secret project that is described internally as a glass…

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AI21 Labs

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs lands $155M at a $1.4B valuation

[ad_1] AI21 Labs, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a range of text-generating AI tools, has raised $155 million in a Series C funding round led by Walden Catalyst, Pitango, SCB10X,…

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Steve Blank: AI will revolutionize the ‘lean startup’

[ad_1] As you’ll have noted from our coverage, as far as startup land is concerned, AI is hot, hot, hot. Meanwhile, the lean methodology — think of a hypothesis, test…

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With Beijing’s greenlight, mobility unicorns Zeekr and WeRide inch closer to US IPOs

[ad_1] Six months ago, China’s securities authority announced a set of new rules to facilitate overseas IPOs of Chinese companies, allowing Beijing to tighten its grip on businesses seeking to…

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General Motors to use Google AI chatbot for its OnStar service

[ad_1] General Motors has found a new way to get in on the generative AI buzz. The automaker is now using Google Cloud’s conversational chatbot, dubbed Dialogflow, to handle some…

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As appeals court rules in favor of Grayscale, a bitcoin spot ETF could be on the horizon

[ad_1] The court ruled that the SEC’s denial of a bitcoin ETF was “arbitrary and capricious” Jacquelyn Melinek 10 hours The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor…

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Refiberd sews up $3.4M seed round to use its AI to tackle textile waste

[ad_1] The fashion industry is sitting on a heaping pile of a problem. Over 14 million tons of clothing is either landfilled or incinerated every year, according to the EPA….

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