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Almost exactly a year ago, dbt Labs shined a spotlight on the opportunities in the world of developer tools for data analytics when the startup closed a Series D of $222 million at a $4.2 billion valuation. Yes, that was $2 billion lower than what it had been originally targeting, but CEO and founder Tristan […]

Dbt Labs acquires Transform, adding semantic tools to its data analytics platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The finance super app is bringing together what founder and CEO Robert Cornish calls “the best of fintech for the customer.” 

Former Gemini CTO launches Fierce, a high-yield finance super app by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Ethics is often a separate conversation from AI building, but they should be one and the same. Bias is dangerous, especially as AI continues spreading.

AI is the next frontier — but for whom? by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Amid other A.I.-focused announcements, Google today shared that its newer “multisearch” feature would now be available to global users on mobile devices, anywhere that Google Lens is already available. The search feature, which allows users to search using both text and images at the same time, was first introduced last April as a way to […]

Google’s A.I.-powered ‘multisearch,’ which combines text and images in a single query, goes global by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

GraphQL, developed internally at Facebook to help developers with API management before getting rolled out as an open-source query language in 2015, has gained traction as an alternative (or complement) to REST and other tools. Airbnb, Pinterest, PayPal and of course Facebook parent Meta are among the companies using it. Now, to raise its profile […]

IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch