Robotics companies face a simple but significant challenge: robots generate enormous amounts of data. A single robot can easily produce up to a terabyte of data daily as it continuously captures information from cameras and sensors. A startup based in…
Tim Chen, a solo venture capitalist at his firm Essence VC, recently closed his fourth fund with a fresh $41 million. He accomplished this without a traditional fundraising effort. Limited partner investors were so eager to invest that they preempted…
Few investors speak as bluntly or think as big as Vinod Khosla. The founder of Khosla Ventures has never shied away from calling out hype, doubling down on ambitious bets, and pushing founders to look beyond incremental progress. This October…
Google announced on Tuesday a series of changes to the Play Store designed to personalize the experience for users and increase engagement. The update includes a redesigned Apps tab, a new Play Games experience, a tab focused on individual interests,…
Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, received a spectacular reception at launch. It captured people’s imaginations with its ability to quickly create summaries and reports and to turn large documents into podcasts with AI hosts discussing the topic to…
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Sila, a battery materials startup, has officially begun operations at its new facility in Moses Lake, Washington. The factory represents a significant milestone as the first large-scale silicon anode production plant in the Western world. Its initial output will be…
The note-taking app Goodnotes, which has historically served users in the classroom, is launching new features designed for professionals. These updates include a new collaborative whiteboard tool, the ability to create documents, and an AI assistant to help users summarize…
Rocket.new, an Indian startup building an AI-powered app development platform, has raised 15 million dollars in a seed funding round. The investment was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Accel and Together Fund. This all-equity round arrives just three…
OpenAI is expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan beyond India. The company launched its sub-five-dollar ChatGPT Go paid plan for the country’s users last month and is now rolling out the same plan in Indonesia for 75,000 Rupiah, or about…
