The Solana Foundation is working to integrate AI into its network with a ChatGPT plug-in developed by Solana Labs.
Solana launches ChatGPT plugin to help users interact with its network by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, has agreed to a multi-year strategic partnership with Uber that will see some of Waymo’s autonomous vehicle technology join Uber’s platform. The collaboration comes a few weeks after Waymo’s chief product officer Saswat Panigrahi said the company aims to increase ridership tenfold by next summer. By partnering with an existing ride-hail […]
Waymo’s self-driving cars will be available on Uber’s app, starting in Phoenix by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Meta has finally found a willing buyer for Giphy, the animate GIF search engine it acquired for $400 million three years ago. The move comes some seven months after the U.K.’s antitrust authority issued a final order for Meta to sell Giphy, on the grounds that the merger reduced dynamic competition. This is breaking, refresh […]
Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Photoshop is getting an infusion of generative AI today with the addition of a number of Firefly-based features that will allow users to extend images beyond their borders with Firefly-generated backgrounds, use generative AI to add objects to images and use a new generative fill feature to remove objects with far more precision than the […]
Adobe brings Firefly’s generative AI to Photoshop by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
As many as 91% of consumers want to see more videos from brands, according to a recent survey by the startup Wyzowl, which says it surveyed more than 500 respondents. Google meanwhile reported in 2019 that 55% of consumers use videos in their purchasing decisions. Though the data may be in both companies’ self-interest – Wyzowl […]
Sequoia India’s Surge backs AI-powered video creation platform Gan.ai in $5.2M funding by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
The E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF), a fund by early-stage VC E3 Capital (formerly Energy Access Ventures), and emerging markets-focused investment bank Lion’s Head Global Partners, has hit the first close at $48.1 million. The E3LCEF limited partners include FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank; Swedfund International AB, the Swedish development finance […]
E3 Capital and Lion’s Head climate fund hits first close at $48M to back African startups by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
South African digital banking platform TymeBank has raised $77.8 million in a pre-Series C round led by African-focused growth stage fund Norrsken22 and Swiss global impact investment firm Blue Earth Capital. TymeBank expects to close its Series C round later this year, it said in a statement. Tencent, the lead investor in the fintech’s $70 […]
South African challenger bank TymeBank raises $77.8M from Norrsken22 and Blue Earth Capital by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch