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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation
Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round at a $10 billion valuation.
Former Priceline execs debut Plannin, a booking platform that uses travel influencers to help plan trips
With Plannin, creators can tell their audience about their latest trip, which hotels they liked and post photos of their travels.
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Amazon is rolling out AI voice search to Fire TV devices
Amazon is rolling out its AI voice search feature to Alexa, which lets it answer open-ended questions about content.
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Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platform
Redpanda has already integrated Benthos into its own service and has made it the core technology of its new Redpanda Connect service.
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Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
It’s a lofty goal to take on legacy payments infrastructure, however, Forward’s model has an advantage by shifting the economics back to SaaS companies.
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The Download: the future of electroceuticals, and bigger EVs
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. The messy quest to replace drugs with electricity In the early 2010s, electricity seemed poised for a hostile takeover of your doctor’s office. Research into how the nervous system—the highway that carries electrical…
Rhea reaps $10M more led by Thiel
Fertility remains a pressing concern around the world — birthrates are down in many countries, and infertility rates (that is, the ability to conceive at all) are up. And given the emotional struggles people face when coping with infertility, it’s not surprising that the opportunity is so big. Yet equally so that the sector remains […]
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Tech giants form an industry group to help develop next-gen AI chip components
Microsoft, Meta, Intel, AMD and others have formed a new group to design next-gen interconnects for AI accelerator hardware.
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Ambani fires opening salvo in fintech battle, launches JioFinance app
With JioFinance, the Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani is making his boldest consumer-facing move yet into financial services.
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Filing: Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in Feb
Salespeople live and die by commissions, which typically form a big chunk of how they are paid, so it’s no surprise that Salesforce paid a premium to buy a platform to manage this for customers more easily. Several months ago, it acquired Spiff, to help companies build out and manage incentive-based compensation schemes. Salesforce’s 10-Q […]
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