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Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs
Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revolutionize drug discovery. On Tuesday, […]
Radical thinks the time has come for solar-powered, high-altitude autonomous aircraft
Though many eyes are on space as orbit develops into a thriving business ecosystem, Radical is keeping things a little closer to the ground — but not too […]
UK probes Amazon and Microsoft over AI partnerships with Mistral, Anthropic, and Inflection
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching preliminary enquiries into whether the close-knit tie-ups and hiring practices involving Microsoft, Amazon and a trio of AI startup […]
Investors are growing increasingly wary of AI
After years of easy money, the AI industry is facing a reckoning. A new report from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which studies AI trends, found […]
Hundreds of creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content
If you haven’t been seeing much political content on Instagram lately, there’s a reason for that. Since March, Instagram and Threads have instituted a new default setting that […]
Checkr, the background-screening platform last valued at $5 billion, cuts 32% of workforce
Checkr, a 10-year-old startup that offers employee background checks and was last valued at $5 billion in April 2022, has laid off 382 employees as companies are not […]
Microsoft AI gets a new London hub fronted by former Inflection and Deepmind scientist Jordan Hoffmann
Microsoft has announced a new London hub for its recently unveiled consumer AI division. It will be fronted by Jordan Hoffmann, an AI scientist and engineer Microsoft recently picked […]
Varda Space’s orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding
Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. The company’s $90 million Series B round […]
OpenAI previews Voice Engine, synthetic voice creator
OpenAI previews Voice Engine, a synthetic voice creator that can produce audio from a 15-second clip and a text prompt.