Muhammad Ali had been world heavyweight champion for just one year when Gordon Moore, co-founder and CEO of Intel, made a postulation that came to be known as Moore’s Law. Namely, the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (IC) […]
London-based AI startup AudioStack has raised $3,15 million (£2.5 million) in a pre-Series A round led by Quadri Ventures, with participation from existing investors including prominent angel investor Fred Destin and media investor and former CEO of AdsWizz, Alexis van de […]
Adam Neumann, the ousted co-founder of WeWork, is aiming to buy the real-estate company he co-founded in 2010 out of bankruptcy, CNBC reported. Citing the support of “well-known capital sources,” Neumann is reportedly backed by prominent investors, including Third Point managed […]
NinjaOne announced on Tuesday it has secured $231.5 million in Series C funding to grow its IT management platform. The latest round significantly boosts the company’s valuation to about $1.9 billion, a remarkable jump from its previous valuation of $110 […]
In November 2022, OpenAI made headlines with the launch of its ChatGPT AI chatbot. Within just five days of its release, ChatGPT attracted over 1 million users, reaching an impressive milestone of 100 million monthly active users by January 2023. […]
Traditional drug discovery is a slow, cumbersome, and expensive process. It relies heavily on trial and error, where researchers and scientists sift through numerous molecules, testing them against specific targets, hoping to stumble upon one that delivers the desired therapeutic […]
Crypto startup Polygon Labs announced it plans to reduce its workforce by 60 positions, or about 19% of its global workforce. The decision comes as the company undergoes its second round of layoffs, amidst a tentative recovery in the digital […]
As OpenAI and Google continue to advance in developing artificial intelligence for conversational chatbots like ChatGPT, a new wave of startups is emerging to take the lead in the burgeoning realm of AI agents. In this space, these agents employ […]
PayPal is laying off 2,500 employees, or about 7% of its workforce, amidst a surge in tech layoffs. The move by the payments giant reflects the broader impact of the global economic slowdown on fintech companies. The news comes exactly […]
In the world of venture capital, there’s a famous saying that goes, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” And this rings particularly true in recent times. According to reports from the Financial Times, venture capitalists (VCs) have amassed an astonishing $435 billion […]
Volkswagen announced on Wednesday that it’s in talks with various global tech firms to team up and innovate on new digital products and features using artificial intelligence (AI). To generate innovative product ideas and develop early-stage digital prototypes using artificial […]
Parcel delivery giant UPS announced on Tuesday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, representing approximately 2.5% of its global workforce. The company said the layoff is due to economic challenges and labor disputes that drove away some customers. UPS […]
German food delivery giant Delivery Hero on Monday ditched rival Deliveroo but now paying the price in market value. Shares of Delivery Hero took a nosedive to an all-time low on Tuesday following its decision to offload its minority stake […]
Meta on Monday announced the release of its free code generation AI model and programming tool named Code Llama 70B. The new release is designed to generate and debug even larger programming strings compared to Meta’s previous offerings. Code Llama […]
Carcinotech, an Edinburgh-based startup Carcinotech specializing in 3D printed micro-tumors, has secured £4.2 million in funding to expand operations, intensify research and development efforts, and facilitate the company’s entry into the US market later this year. The round was led […]
AI startup Anthropic has suffered a data breach, making it the latest in a series of companies to fall victim to data leak incidents. Unlike previous breaches caused by external hackers, this time the breach resulted from a human error. […]
Brex, a fintech startup known for offering corporate credit cards to startups, is facing some challenges. The news comes at a time when startups are struggling to raise funding due to the worsening global economic conditions and high interest rates. […]
OpenAI is under fire again after the Italian watchdog accused the maker of the popular AI tool ChatGPT of breaking privacy laws in Italy. Italy’s data protection authority said on Monday that it has informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial […]
Earlier today, we covered a story first reported by the Financial Times (FT) that Elon Musk’s AI startup X.AI is seeking to raise $6 billion in funding with a suggested valuation of $20 billion. However, Musk has now contradicted this […]
Salesforce is laying off around 700 employees, or approximately 1% of its global workforce, as major U.S. tech companies started 2024 with fresh plans to reduce their headcount, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Despite the layoffs, the report […]
