There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares […]
Austin-based Ironspring Ventures raised $100m to invest in industrial revolution
When Ironspring Ventures launched in 2020 to back startups in industrial sectors like construction and manufacturing, it was one of very few early-stage venture firms paying attention to […]
Data lakehouse Onehouse nabs $35M to capitalize on GenAI revolution
You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam […]
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says he loves Sam Altman, believes he’s sincere about AI safety
In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Tuesday, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, made it very clear that he admires OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. CNBC’s […]
Creature with giant eggs filmed thousands of feet undersea
Scientists captured deep-ocean footage of a squid carrying a brood of unusually large, “giant” eggs, and concluded it’s a species new to science.
E-fuels startup Aether Fuels is raising $34.3 million, per filing
Aether Fuels has raised $30.4 million of a $34.3 million round, according to an SEC filing. The e-fuels startup is working on producing fuel for aviation and maritime […]
Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet. 3 things to know about the ChatGPT rival.
OpenAI rival Anthropic announced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the latest version of its AI model with vision capabilities. Here’s how it compares to ChatGPT and other competitors.
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General Catalyst makes India push with Venture Highway merger
General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley venture capital group, is expanding its presence in India by joining forces with a local venture firm and earmarking more than $500 million […]
C12, the French quantum computing startup founded by two twin brothers, raises $19.4 million
C12 is announcing that it recently raised an €18 million funding round ($19.4 million at today’s exchange rate). Originally founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the Physics […]