Science
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21Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led...
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Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport
Pickups and dropoffs will happen at dedicated “autonomous vehicle zones” at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. In Brief Posted: 9:59 AM PDT...
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Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition
Foursquare raised $411 million in funding according to PitchBook data, but its equity holders saw no returns from its final acquisition. Last...
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AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they’re finding it harder to evaluate employees’ work after adopting AI, according to a new survey....
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Heat pump tech is 170 years old — Pascal thinks it’s time for an update
Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to be 20%...
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Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software
The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021. When Alex Baikovitz co-founded Mach9 Robotics in...
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Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model’s release without...
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Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported. In Brief Posted: 10:55 AM PDT ·...
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Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
Meta’s AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that...
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Ex-Nvidia-turned-VC Amulya Vishwanath: ‘Physical AI is in it’s LEGO era’
It’s the moment everyone is waiting for — the ChatGPT moment for robotics, Amulya Vishwanath explained to TechCrunch’s Equity. It’s the moment...
