Why Sequoia is funding open source developers via a new equity-free fellowship

February 15, 2024

Sequoia Capital plans to fund up to three open source software developers annually, as a continuation of a program it debuted last year. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm announced the Sequoia Open Source Fellowship last May, but it was initially offered on an invite-only basis with a single recipient to shout about so far. […]

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Scribe raises $25M Series B to automate internal knowledge capture

February 15, 2024

Back in the 90s, the notion of knowledge management was born, the idea that there is corporate memory locked inside employees, who know the ins and outs of various systems. The problem was recording and updating that knowledge. Scribe, a San Francisco-based startup, has figured out a way to easily capture and document internal processes […]

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TikTok launches a ‘reimagined’ app for the Apple Vision Pro

February 15, 2024

TikTok has launched a native and “reimagined” app on the Apple Vision Pro, the company announced on Thursday. The Vision Pro launched on February 2 and already has over 1,000 apps specifically designed for the new device, and now one of the most popular social platforms is one of them. Although you could watch TikTok […]

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Audience Choice vote closes for Early Stage 2024 today

February 15, 2024

Today is the electrifying conclusion for TechCrunch Early Stage Audience voting! We’ve meticulously sifted through a plethora of applications from seasoned founders and luminaries in the startup sphere, all vying for the spotlight in our Audience Choice program, and only six are left. Time is ticking: Secure your tickets to the show in Boston, taking […]

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Kong’s new open source AI Gateway makes building multi-LLM apps easier

February 15, 2024

API company Kong is launching its open source AI Gateway, today, an extension of its existing API gateway that allows developers and operations teams to integrate their applications with one or more large language models (LLMs) and access them through a single API. On top of this, Kong is launching several AI-specific features prompt engineering, […]

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Armilla wants to give companies a warranty for AI

February 15, 2024

There’s a lot that can go wrong with GenAI — especially third-party GenAI. It makes stuff up. It’s biased and toxic. And it can run afoul of copyright rules. According to a recent survey from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group, third-party AI tools are responsible for over 55% of AI-related failures in […]

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We tested Google’s Gemini chatbot — here’s how it performed

February 15, 2024

Gemini, Google’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, is here. Is it any good? While it’s a solid option for research and productivity, it stumbles in obvious — and some not-so-obvious — places. Last week, Google rebranded its Bard chatbot to Gemini and brought Gemini — which confusingly shares a name in common with […]

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