Salesforce Einstein Studio lets you bring your own model, starting with Amazon SageMaker

August 4, 2023

Salesforce introduced its AI layer, dubbed Einstein, in 2016. More recently, at the Salesforce World Tour event in NYC in May, all the company talked about was generative AI and Data Cloud, its in-house data lake. Today, it announced the next step in that journey with the release of Einstein Studio and the ability to […]

Stomp brings a fully-functional Mastodon app to your Apple Watch

August 4, 2023

Another former Twitter app developer has turned their attention to Mastodon in the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover which put an end to third-party clients. Launching today, a new app from the developer of the Twitter app Chirp is bringing Mastodon’s social network to your Apple Watch. Stomp, as the new app is called, […]

Apple’s services business now has more than 1B subscribers

August 4, 2023

The company’s services portfolio comprises iCloud, Music, Fitness+, Pay, Apple Card, and Apple TV+, and it added 150M subscribers over the past 12 months.

SoftBank launches an OpenAI for Japan: SB Intuitions, building LLMs and generative AI in Japanese

August 4, 2023

AI may have found a center of gravity in the Bay Area, but we’re seeing a lot of activity elsewhere among those who believe that there is a market opportunity ensuring that the pace of innovation does not only get played out in just one corner of the world. Today, SoftBank put in a bid […]

The Download: China’s digital currency ambitions, and US AI rules

August 4, 2023

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. What’s next for China’s digital currency? China’s digital yuan was seemingly born out of a desire to centralize a tech giant-dominated payment system. According to its central bank, the digital currency, also known…

How Much Time Do I Need to Sell My Business? First, Consider These 7 Factors.

August 4, 2023

It’s never too early to start planning to sell your business — in fact, some say you should have an exit strategy planned from day one. But before you do, consider these seven things.

EdgeIn hopes to be a faster, community-driven, ‘CrunchBase for Web3’

August 4, 2023

As we saw with the collapse of FTX, the Web3 space leaves a lot to be desired in terms of transparent information about companies, fundings, management and a slew of other data that really is commonplace and ‘de rigueur’ in the ‘normal’ tech industry. And there are far too many so-called ‘Web3 analyst’ houses that […]

Coming soon to TikTok in Europe: A ‘For You’ feed without the TikTok algorithm

August 4, 2023

Get ready for a version of TikTok you’ve never seen before! Without the hyper-sticky, AI-driven ‘For You’ feed… The video sharing platform has announced that TikTok users in the European Union will “soon” be able to switch off its infamously engaging content-selection algorithm as it prepares to comply with the bloc’s updated digital rulebook. The EU’s […]

3 reasons to maintain a follow-on allocation

August 4, 2023

A venture fund maintaining some allocation for follow-on investments is not unheard of. But should VCs do this?

Discord cuts 4% staff as part of company reorganization

August 4, 2023

Chat app Discord has let go of nearly 40 employees (4% of its workforce) as part of company’s restructuring efforts, according to multiple reports. Several Discord former employees posted on Twitter and LinkedIn that they were impacted by the layoffs. The job cuts have affected people in marketing, design, and entertainment partnership teams. The company […]

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