Greylock secures $1B for its 17th fund amid launch of early-stage founders program
Greylock 17 will target pre-seed, seed and Series A founders in the areas of enterprise and consumer software.
I Thought Deploying AI Was a Technical Problem. It Exposed Every Gap in How I Was Running My Company.
I built an AI executive copilot into how I run my company every day. What I learned had less to do with the technology and more to do with how well I actually knew my business.
PlanetScale forks MySQL to add vector support
It seems like everyone in the database business is thinking about how to capitalize on the growth of AI by adding support for vectors to their products. That, after all, remains to be the easiest way to feed up-to-date data to foundation models. Almost 28 years after its launch, MySQL may not have much hype […]
The EU is about to adopt a dangerous law with international consequences
Media freedom must be able to operate outside the confines of political interference to give users more information, not less.
Osmoses gets $11M seed to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market
Today, membrane gas separation represents a relatively small part of the market. But with calls to decarbonize heavy industry, that could change.
I’ve Worked with Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson and Jeff Skoll. Here are 3 Simple Ways They Supercharge Their Success
I was humbled and lucky to learn from these well-known business leaders, but a mentor doesn’t have to be famous to offer good advice. In my experience, successful entrepreneurs are happy to make time for people trying to turn their visions into reality.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Says AI ‘Is Real’ and Will Eliminate the 5-Day Work Week. Here’s How His Company’s Going All In.
The financial services firm advertised for thousands of AI-related roles earlier this year.
Qobra raises $10.5 million for its real-time sales compensation tool
French startup Qobra has raised a $10.5 million Series A funding round (€10 million) led by Singular with Revenue Syndicate and existing investor Breega also participating. Qobra helps businesses manage sales compensation so that managers don’t have to use Excel spreadsheets for this pesky task. It starts by bringing data to Qobra. That’s why the […]
FBI most-wanted Russian hacker reveals why he burned his passport
Russian hacker Mikhail Matveev, also known on the internet as “Wazawaka” and “Boriselcin,” is wanted by the FBI, which is offering a $10 million reward for information that could lead to his arrest, and has been put on a U.S. sanctions list. But, according to Matveev, his life hasn’t changed much since he was outed […]
Motel One says ransomware gang stole customer credit card data
Motel One, one of Europe’s largest hotel chains, has confirmed it was the target of a ransomware attack that saw hackers access customer data. Motel One is a low-budget German hotel chain that operates 90 hotels across Europe and the United States. The company said in a brief statement this week that it was the […]
LinkedIn goes big on new AI tools for learning, recruitment, marketing and sales, powered by OpenAI
LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology. To stay current with what the working world is thinking about most these days, and to keep its nearly 1 billion users engaging on its platform, today the company […]