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A crop of new artificial intelligence startups, including those founded by star ex-OpenAI executives, is trying to convince investors to invest at multibillion-dollar valuations with scant products or revenue to speak of. But representatives from two investors, Fidelity and Atreides Management, say it may be too late for those firms to overcome the first movers in the field.
That’s because incumbents like Elon Musk’s xAI and Google have a trifecta of established AI models, a large number of users to supply
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USS Gerald R. Ford's deployment comes as the Pentagon moves more Navy firepower closer to Israel amid its latest clash with Iran. Read more ›
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The current showrunner of the series will step back from his monthly production column in the official 'Doctor Who' magazine, while the series' future remains up in the air. Read more ›
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MacStories' Federico Vittici, who is known for his focus on the iPad as a main computing device, recently did an interview with Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi. Federighi and Vittici did a deep dive into the iPad and the changes that are coming to iPadOS this fall. Federighi said that figuring out multitasking on the iPad has been a multi-year task that's required experimentation. "Figuring out what the right... Read more ›
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Meta today announced that passkey support has been added to Facebook, making it easier to sign in securely without a password. Passkeys are compatible with all Apple devices, so iPhones and iPads can use passkeys for Facebook logins instead of passwords. Passkeys will be available on iOS devices "soon," with Meta rolling out support to Messenger in the coming months. The same passkey that's set up for Facebook will also... Read more ›
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Photo modes are a pretty common feature for video games where players go bounding around an interesting open world. Today, Minecraft joined their ranks, making an in-game camera available in the Minecraft Marketplace as a free add-on called Vibrant Memories. The feature requires a copy of Minecraft's Bedrock Edition on any platform; the Java version doesn't appear to support the camera. As well as capturing the moment as-is and saving... Read more ›
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EA's free-to-play Skate reboot is officially gearing up to launch into early access this "summer", narrowing down its previous "2025" release window. But first, it'll receive its "biggest playtest update" yet, which will be made available to all registered Insiders starting on 2nd July. Read more Read more ›
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Apple failed to deliver a promised Siri upgrade, raising concerns about its AI progress. John Gruber called the company out. Then they clammed up. Read more ›
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Demand is rising for AI-powered robots that can clean offices or roll around moving items from one part of a building to another, allowing businesses to save on labor costs. But the upfront costs of these robots, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece, can put them out of reach.Now, financiers are stepping in to front the cost of these machines. Cardinal Robotics, which sells cleaning robots that... Read more ›
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Databricks will soon host Google’s Gemini models as part of an expansion of a four-year-old strategic partnership between the companies that will be announced later today, Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, said in an exclusive interview at the company’s customer conference. The ... Read more ›
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Negotiations between Microsoft and OpenAI over the startup’s plan to restructure its for-profit unit, which requires Microsoft’s approval, have entered their eighth month with no end in sight and new conflicts emerging. OpenAI wants Microsoft, the startup’s biggest outside shareholder, to have a roughly 33% stake in the reshaped unit in exchange for foregoing its rights to future profits, according to a person who spoke to OpenAI executives. OpenAI also... Read more ›
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Snapchat has realized the limits of disappearing content—especially when it comes to attracting creators. On Thursday, the app said users will be able to automatically save their disappearing Stories to their public profiles. That’s a big change, and it’s one that should help make the app more of a destination for creators, whose Instagram, YouTube and TikTok profiles give fans—and advertisers—a taste of their content. Read more ›
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A recent delivery dealmaking frenzy in Europe has kicked off a race between DoorDash, Uber and investment firm Prosus, as the three firms aim to grab more business in the already fiercely competitive market. Some of that has been playing out publicly, with a series of rapid-fire announcements. But behind the scenes, U.S. delivery archrivals DoorDash and Uber have also been fighting over some of the same deals. DoorDash made... Read more ›
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Venture capitalists can’t stop betting on startups that are developing artificial intelligence to automate customer support, including those that are on pace to generate more than $100 million in revenue annually. In the latest examples, Intercom, a customer support software startup founded in 2011, is in talks to sell more than $100 million in shares to investors at a price that values the company at $2 billion or higher, according... Read more ›
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Salesforce Challenges the Principle That Customers Control Their Data Read more ›
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Navan, a corporate travel software startup, is planning to file confidentially for an initial public offering as early as next week, two people familiar with the matter said, a further sign of a rebound in public listings for venture-backed startups. The company, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, is one of a handful of VC-backed software firms that have taken recent steps to go public this year. Others... Read more ›
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If your artificial intelligence firm isn’t also a chipmaker and cloud provider, are you even an AI company?That’s what it’s starting to feel like, as more companies try to fill out more parts of the AI “stack” by providing the models, hardware and computational resources businesses need to build or use AI-powered apps. In just the last 24 hours, my colleague Anissa published this great piece on how Nvidia is... Read more ›
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For years, one person has loomed large in the mind of Bret Taylor: his former boss, Marc Benioff. When Taylor quit suddenly as Benioff’s co-CEO at Salesforce after just a year in November 2022, Benioff was an inescapable point of discussion as Taylor sat down with Benchmark’s Peter Fenton to brainstorm ideas for what to do next. He knew if he chose to go up against Benioff, his ex-boss would... Read more ›
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