The Download: following DeepSeek’s lead, and OpenAI’s new research agent

February 3, 2025
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 DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 two weeks ago, it sent shock waves…

Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees

February 3, 2025

French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one step further and nudge employees so that they minimize their attack surface. Left Lane Capital is leading today’s round with […]

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Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee cleared of all charges in 2015 merger case

February 3, 2025

A Seoul appeals court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee in accounting fraud and stock manipulation in a case related to a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T. The Seoul High Court dismissed the prosecution’s appeal in the case involving Lee, who […]

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OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic

February 3, 2025
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multi-step online research into everything from scientific research to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human research analyst. The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web…

Tana snaps up $25M, with its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racking up a 160k+ waitlist

February 3, 2025

An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organising and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle scars from once building Google Wave, a startup called Tana […]

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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng receives a hero’s welcome back home

February 3, 2025

DeepSeek founder Lian Wenfeng is being hailed as a hero in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, where he grew up and reportedly returned for the Lunar New Year, joined by bodyguards. Wenfeng—who, at 40, is already a billionaire due to his hedge fund, High-Flyer—has gained even greater admiration from locals following DeepSeek’s breakthrough research, […]

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OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’

February 3, 2025

OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that these this new capability was designed for “people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, […]

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