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WhatsApp launches standalone smartwatch app for Wear OSWhatsApp has finally launched its standalone app for smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS, after much anticipation and months-long beta...
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Unstructured, which offers tools to prep enterprise data for LLMs, raises $25MLarge language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 are the building blocks for an increasing number of AI applications. But some...
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As Egnyte continues to grow steadily, an IPO seems like the inevitable conclusionEgnyte has never been a startup in a hurry and has been content to take a slow but steady growth trajectory over its 15-year history. Today it’s...
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FedML raises $11.5 to combine MLOps tools with a decentralized AI compute networkInterest in AI among the enterprise continues to rise, with one recent survey finding that nearly two-thirds of companies plan to increase or...
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Google is experimenting with AI-generated background on MeetGoogle is experimenting with a generative AI feature to create new backgrounds for Google Meet calls. This new test lets people type in a prompt...
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UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisitionThe U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware ....
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Nigeria’s MyCover.ai to scale its open insurance API platform with new fundingAfrica’s insurance market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% between 2022 and 2028, reaching $120 billion. Though...
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Reliance-backed Dunzo defers staff pay again amid funding searchDunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, is postponing employee salaries for a month and intends to settle remaining dues from the previous...
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Neura Robotics picks up $55M to ramp up in cognitive roboticsNeura Robotics , a German startup that since 2019 has been building cognitive robots — machines that possess memory, the ability to operate...
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Korean fashion platform Musinsa bags $190M Series C led by KKR at a $2.7B valuationMusinsa , a Seoul-based fashion marketplace, said Wednesday it has raised a $190 million round of Series C funding led by KKR, with...
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‘Shark Tank India’ falls short on investment pledgesOver a year following the inaugural season of “Shark Tank India,” the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their...
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Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ adA former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major...
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Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of ‘digitally native franchises’Forerunner Ventures first made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far...
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Basecamp introduces special reduced pricing in IndiaBasecamp , one of the widely used project management tools first released in 2004, is now available to users in India with special reduced...
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Meta releases Llama 2, a more ‘helpful’ set of text-generating modelsThe generative AI landscape grows larger by the day. Today, Meta announced a new family of AI models, Llama 2 , designed to drive apps such as...
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Samsung teases latest foldables ahead of UnpackedSamsung’s never been great with a secret. At some point the company leaned into the unceasing deluge of leaks by teasing out its big products...
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Maybe showing off an AI-generated fake TV episode during a writers strike is a bad ideaThe ongoing strike of creatives in TV and film, plus the nascent threat of AI-based writing and effects, make it a complicated time to work in...
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Threads update adds translation and a flurry of minor improvementsThreads exploded onto the crowded scene of aspiring Twitter rivals earlier this month, but it’s still very early days for the...
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Sources: Lensa AI backer exits Servers.com for $200MA backer of the Lensa AI app , which sent AI-generated images from Stable Diffusion rocketing into mainstream social media, has just exited a...
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TikTok launches its music streaming service in Australia, Mexico and SingaporeTikTok is launching its new subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” in Australia, Mexico and Singapore. Today’s...
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Logitech buys editing console maker LoupedeckOne day after competitor Corsair announced that it acquired mechanical keyboard maker Drop, Logitech has revealed a big purchase of its own....
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AO3 was offline a week ago, but there’s still a fandom brewing in the Downdetector commentsIt was an internet nerd’s worst nightmare. On July 10, Archive of Our Own (AO3), a beloved, non-profit fan fiction platform, was plagued by...
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Cameo announces more layoffs as celebrity greeting market shrinksCameo, a website for ordering video greetings from celebrities, is downsizing again. The Chicago startup, which was valued at more than $1...
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As growth becomes more elusive, a new set of software product benchmarks emergesEven the fastest-growing software startups aren’t expanding as fast as they used to. Of course, this is partly by choice; you have to...
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What are public market investors looking for in IPOs?Jeremy Abelson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Abelson is...
