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Causaly, an AI platform for drug discovery and biomedical research, raises $60M

July 13, 2023

Artificial intelligence has been a big theme in the world of health and medical research, and specifically in the area of drug discovery. Today, another hopeful in the space is announcing a funding round to expand its own contribution to the field. Causaly, a London startup that has built an AI platform to help researchers […]

Causaly, an AI platform for drug discovery and biomedical research, raises $60M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, raises $15M

July 13, 2023

Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, today announced that it raised $15 million in a seed round led by Gradient Ventures with participation from First Round Capital, NXTP, Chapter One, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch, Y Combinator, Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin and Backend Capital. Co-founder and CEO Alejandro Leon say that the proceeds, […]

Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, raises $15M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Pearpop’s new ‘Boost Mode’ feature allows brands to turn content from creators into paid ads

July 13, 2023

Pearpop, a marketplace for social collaborations, announced today that it’s launching a new product called “Boost Mode.” The new feature allows brands on the platform to turn content posted by creators into high-performing paid ads. With Boost Mode, brands can look through live content to determine which posts are performing well in terms of views, […]

Pearpop’s new ‘Boost Mode’ feature allows brands to turn content from creators into paid ads by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Meet the 19-year old MIT drop-out “replacing gunpowder” for the defense industry

July 13, 2023

Silicon Valley loves its wunderkinds, but the same cannot be said of Washington, D.C., where the central mandate is not to take risks, but to de-risk. Or that’s how it’s been until recently. The two American power centers have been solidifying a détente, spurred by the war in Ukraine and the great global competition with […]

Meet the 19-year old MIT drop-out “replacing gunpowder” for the defense industry by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: cleaning up shipping, and Elon Musk’s new AI startup

July 13, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How common chemicals could help clean up global shipping Global shipping is a big deal for the climate, accounting for 3% of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions. Last week saw a big news announcement…

Google’s Bard and other AI chatbots remain under privacy watch in the EU

July 13, 2023

As we reported earlier, Google’s AI chatbot Bard has finally launched in the European Union. We understand it did so after making some changes to boost transparency and user controls — but the bloc’s privacy regulators remain watchful and big decisions on how to enforce the bloc’s data protection law on generative AI remain to […]

Google’s Bard and other AI chatbots remain under privacy watch in the EU by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch