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This week in AI: The generative AI boom drives demand for custom chips

September 11, 2023
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week in AI, D-Matrix, an AI chip startup, […]

AI app Character.ai is catching up to ChatGPT in the U.S.

September 11, 2023
Character.ai, the AI app maker that lets users design their own AI characters, is catching up to ChatGPT in terms of mobile app usage. According to a recent analysis by market intelligence firm Similarweb, the iOS and Android apps for the a16z-backed Character.ai are now seeing 4.2 million monthly active users in the U.S., compared […]

Techstars selects 12 companies for its fall space accelerator

September 11, 2023
Techstars has chosen twelve companies to join its aerospace accelerator, a thirteen-week program which runs in partnership with the U.S. Space Force and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The new cohort includes eleven American companies and one from Australia. Matt Kozlov, Techstars managing director, told TechCrunch that he has a particular feeling about this new cohort. […]