This Startup Is Billionaire Reid Hoffman’s Next Big Bet
Hoffman sold LinkedIn, which he co-founded, to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in 2016.
Superlogic raises $13.7M at a $200M valuation to help consumers use reward points toward cool ‘experiences’
Superlogic, a startup that helps give consumers a way to apply rewards points toward experiences, has raised $13.7 million at a $200 million valuation, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively. Lin Dai, CEO and co-founder of Miami-based Superlogic, said his company’s technology is designed to “enhance the value of rewards points” by giving consumers a broader […]
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Stripe brings aboard new head of ‘startup and VC partnerships’
Asya Bradley, a former fintech founder and investor, has joined payments giant Stripe as its new head of Startup & Venture Capital Partnerships. Bradley announced the news on February 2 in a post on LinkedIn, though her bio shows that she joined Stripe back in November. Neither Stripe nor Bradley were immediately available for comment. […]
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Naver-backed Cinamon wants to make 3D video animation easier using AI
It’s never been easier to create and publish art than it is now, and if you believe the companies building tech around AI, the production process is going to get even more efficient. That’s especially the case with video production, with companies of all sizes using large language models to build tools that let you […]
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Is AI Worth the Investment? Calculate Your Real ROI
This article explores how businesses of all sizes can leverage AI to drive efficiency, reduce costs and achieve substantial ROI.
Elon Musk Just Got an Official Title in the U.S. Government. Does It Come With a Paycheck?
Musk has an office at the White House and a new title of “Special Government Employee.”
No, DeepSeek isn’t uncensored if you run it locally
DeepSeek’s model is censored at both the application and training layers, a Wired investigation shows.
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Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which is roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can — openly available one day. But in a new policy document, Meta suggests that there are certain scenarios in which it may not release a highly capable AI […]
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His 6-Figure Side Hustle Fills a ‘Glaring’ Gap for Coffee Drinkers — Now It’s ‘Taken On a Life of Its Own’
Ryan Schneider already had one coffee-related business. Then the lightbulb went off for another.
‘Working the Weekend Is a Superpower’: Elon Musk Says DOGE Is Working ‘120 Hour’ Weeks While ‘Bureaucratic Opponents’ Work 40
Musk is bringing his Silicon Valley work ethic to Washington, D.C.
DeepSeek: The countries and agencies that have banned the AI company’s tech
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company, is raising the ire of regulators around the world. DeepSeek’s viral AI models and chatbot apps have been banned by a growing number of countries and government bodies, which have expressed concerns over DeepSeek’s ethics, privacy, and security practices. Corporations have banned DeepSeek, too — by the hundreds. The biggest […]
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