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Most U.S.-based tech investors are likely familiar with smaller-ticket investor marketplaces AngelList and Carta. In Europe, Germany’s Bunch and the UK’s Vauban (acquired by by US-based Carta last year) have attempted to do similar job. But the back-story to this is that although launching many years ago, AngelList struggled with Europe’s regulatory environment. UK Angel […]

Could Odin be Europe’s answer to AngelList? by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

As we’ve seen LLMs and generative AI come screaming into our consciousness in recent months, it’s clear that these models take enormous amounts of compute power to train and run. Recognizing this, Google Cloud announced a new A3 supercomputer virtual machine today at Google I/O. The A3 has been purpose-built to handle the considerable demands […]

Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Google Search is experimenting with a new conversational mode that is powered by generative AI, the company announced at its annual I/O developer conference today. In this new experience, users will see suggested next steps when conducting a search and display an AI-powered snapshot of key information to consider, with links to dig deeper. When […]

Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered conversational mode in Search by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

There are a lot of components that go into building a subscription business — but taking care to avoid these common marketing pitfalls is an important step to laying the foundation for a successful brand fueled by customer retention and engagement.

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Generative AI seems to be the only thing Google wants to talk about at its I/O developer conference this year and unsurprisingly, one of the prime surfaces for highlighting its AI smarts is its Workspace productivity suite. Earlier this year, the company already launched limited previews of new features that help users write (and rewrite) […]

Google brings more AI tools to Workspace by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

At Google I/O today, the company announced that it was removing most waitlist restrictions and making Bard, the company’s generative AI chatbot more widely available, starting today in English. The idea is to continue to work on the chatbot, but with a larger group of people In a blog post announcing the change, Sissie Hsiao, […]

Google ends Bard waitlist, making English version of chatbot widely available by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced.

Here’s everything Google has announced at I/O so far by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch