Many startups are hoping that the gradual opening of an IPO window and the prospect of interest rate cuts later this year will finally encourage VCs to be less stingy with their capital. But it’s unlikely that startups’ fundraising slog will become much easier soon, mostly because of venture capitalists’ own capital-gathering challenges. In Q1, […]
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Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward the tail end of December. So it’s not exactly surprising that AI startups dominated at Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 Demo Day. The Y Combinator […]
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From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
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For the second time in just over a month, Meta’s apps including WhatsApp, and possibly Messenger and Instagram, are facing outages and intermittent issues. While it’s rare for services as large as those operated by Meta to go down entirely, Meta’s status page details disruptions to key business services, including its Ads Manager, Messenger Platform, WhatsApp […]
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Nightside is the brainchild of Jess Gupta. The $350 LED bedside lamp is an intentionally simple product. It doesn’t have Wi-Fi or Alexa built in, but it does have a few clever tricks up its sleeve. “I went to design school at CCA [in San Francisco], studying furniture design. I got into lighting, and wanted […]
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Brave’s AI assistant, called Leo, allows people to ask questions, summarize pages, create content and more.
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