Apple’s and Google’s move into smart augmented reality several years ago, creating ways for people to use their smartphone cameras to identify everyday objects to interact with them, […]
The fate of US venture capital in China teeters on uncertainty
On a weekday afternoon at Red Rock Coffee, the cafe known for spotting venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, one is likely to overhear a few conversations in Mandarin. […]
OpenAI, emerging from the ashes, has a lot to prove even with Sam Altman’s return
The OpenAI power struggle that captivated the tech world after co-founder Sam Altman was fired has finally reached its end — at least for the time being. But […]
Osium AI uses artificial intelligence to speed up materials innovation
While everybody is trying to figure out how artificial intelligence can be leveraged across various industries, French startup Osium AI has found an interesting use cases for AI […]
OpenAI’s board may be coming around to Sam Altman returning
OpenAI’s board of directors is reportedly in talks with Sam Altman, ex-Y Combinator president and an OpenAI co-founder, to return to OpenAI as CEO as soon as this […]
Altman won’t return as OpenAI’s CEO after all
Capping off a tumultuous weekend at OpenAI that culminated in investors — and a contingent of employees — attempting to convince the company’s board to hire back former […]
Refurbished e-bike marketplace Upway raised $30M at a higher valuation
Upway, the French startup that refurbishes and resells electric bikes and recently launched in the U.S., has brought on new funding at a higher valuation than its previous […]
Meet Tanda, your friendly neighborhood savings, lending network
Jesse Chor grew up going with his grandfather and uncles to Montreal’s Chinatown to participate in their tanda collective. That’s an informal peer-to-peer savings and lending network within […]
Sam Bankman-Fried didn’t fool everyone – mostly just the tech elite
Elite investors and others within the tech industry were the main dupes for the FTX crypto scam.
Klarna is inching toward an IPO, and it’s not the only one
Swedish fintech Klarna confirmed that it is taking steps “towards an eventual IPO.” The company has initiated a process for a legal entity restructuring to set up a […]