Asana introduces ‘AI teammates’ designed to work alongside human employees

November 8, 2024

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US

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. Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a game changer for fields as diverse…

June 5, 2024

Asana is using its work graph to train LLMs with the goal of creating AI assistants that work alongside human employees in company workflows.

Taloflow puts AI to work on software vendor selection to reduce cost and save time

June 5, 2024

Taloflow, an early stage startup changing the way companies evaluate and select software, has raised $1.3M in a seed round.

SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste

June 5, 2024

The startup is hoping its durable filters can make metals refining and battery recycling more efficient, too.

Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service

June 5, 2024

Spun out of Bosch, Dive wants to change how manufacturers use computer simulations by both using modern mathematical approaches and cloud computing.

Insurance provider Understory gets into renewable energy following $15M Series A

June 5, 2024

After growing 500% year-over-year in the past year, Understory is now launching a product focused on the renewable energy sector.

The Download: more energy-efficient AI, and the problem with QWERTY keyboards

June 5, 2024

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 a simple circuit could offer an alternative to energy-intensive GPUs On a table in his lab at the University of Pennsylvania, physicist Sam Dillavou has connected an array of breadboards via a…

Alphabet’s new CFO is Eli Lilly’s Anat Ashkenazi

June 5, 2024

Alphabet has announced who its new chief financial officer (CFO) will be, revealing today that it has hired pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company’s CFO Anat Ashkenazi. Ashkenazi will start her new role at Google’s parent company on July 31, 2024, according to an SEC filing today, after 23 years at Eli Lilly where she […]

With $21.8M in funding, Tobiko aims to build a modern data platform

June 5, 2024

Tobiko aims to reimagine how teams work with data by offering a dbt-compatible data transformation platform.

Eko Health scores $41M to detect heart disease earlier and more accurately

June 5, 2024

In 1816, French physician René Laennec invented an instrument that allowed doctors to listen to human hearts and lungs. That device — a stethoscope — eventually evolved from a simple wooden tube to a lightweight two-earpiece version most doctors today wear on their necks. Eko Health, a startup founded in 2013, is bringing this ubiquitous […]

DARPA and Slingshot build system to detect ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ adversary satellites

June 5, 2024

The number of satellites on low Earth orbit is poised to explode over the coming years as more mega-constellations come online, and it will create new opportunities for bad actors to hide weapons or spy satellites amongst their fleet. That’s according to DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which tasked space startup Slingshot Aerospace […]

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US