Recurring revenue is pretty much the holy grail for any business — it’s precisely why Apple has segued towards being almost as much a services company as it […]
Open source vector database startup Qdrant raises $28M
Qdrant, the company behind the eponymous open source vector database, has raised $28 million in a Series A round of funding led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2021, […]
How to pick a name for your AI startup
Aaron Hall Contributor Aaron Hall has been creatively naming companies, products, and beyond for 20+ years. He has worked with Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, TikTok, HP & HPE, Hulu, […]
X promises peer-to-peer payments, AI advances in 2024
Elon Musk has been detailing his vision for X, formerly Twitter’s, transformation into an “everything app,” including payments, creator tools, shopping, and more, since acquiring the social network […]
AI plushie Grok, voiced by Grimes, was trademarked before Elon Musk’s Grok
Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free AI plushies. The toy is not affiliated with […]
Will December bring startup winter?
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Borrowing has become more expensive, and profits are harder to come by, which […]
X’s AI chatbot Grok now ‘rolled out to all’ U.S. Premium+ subscribers, English language users are next
Yesterday, X began rolling out Grok, the “rebellious” AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI startup, to Premium+ subscribers on X’s platform. Today, Musk says that Grok’s rollout […]
Twitter/X’s AI chatbot Grok is rolling out to Premium+ subscribers
Twitter/X has launched its new AI chatbot Grok, which will roll out to Premium+ subscribers in the US over the next week.
X begins rolling out Grok, its ‘rebellious’ chatbot, to subscribers
Grok, a ChatGPT competitor developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has officially launched on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Grok began rolling out late this […]