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Yet another startup wants to crack the LLM code but this time using light; optical pioneer Oriole Networks wants to train LLMs 100x faster with a fraction of the power

• Post author:Tech Radar
• Post published:October 27, 2024
• Post category:ai/LATEST/mobile/startups

A couple of years ago, Israeli startup CogniFiber made headlines with Deeplight, a fiber-optic cable which could, “process complex algorithms within the fiber itself before the signal hits the terminal.”…

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VC megadeals are booming — and AI is surprisingly not the top category

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:ai/business/LATEST/startups

Ask any VC if we’re still in a venture capital bear market and that investor will almost certainly tell you no, that funding is still flowing for good companies. That…

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Startup Claims It's Achieved Communication Between Two People Who Were Both Dreaming

• Post author:Futurism
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:LATEST/startups

Peer to Peer A San Francisco startup has supposedly broken the dream barrier. REMSpace claimed that it's achieved "new dimensions of communication" between two humans who were sleeping, by sending…

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User’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:Events/LATEST/reviews/startups

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is three measly days away and we can’t be any more pumped. Here’s an insider’s guide to everything you need to know to have a successful Disrupt…

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NAACP launches $200 million fund of funds

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/security/startups

The NAACP announced today NAACP Capital, a $200 million fund of funds to back fund managers focused on issues that impact people of color.  The fund was conceived in partnership…

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Not all startups mourn IPOs, but liquidity still must flow

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:LATEST/startups

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Several startups…

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Rental car startup Kyte slashes staff and shrinks to two markets in bid for survival

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 26, 2024
• Post category:deals/LATEST/startups/transportation

Rental car startup Kyte, which bills itself as the “best alternative to Hertz,” is pulling out of almost all of its major markets in the United States and has cut…

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Waymo raises $5.6B from Alphabet, a16z, Silver Lake, and more

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/startups/transportation

Waymo has closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who’s who of Silicon Valley venture firms. Alphabet had previously announced…

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UK Probes Alphabet’s Partnership With Anthropic Over Competition Concerns

• Post author:Tech Republic
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:ai/LATEST/startups

Google’s parent company has agreed to invest up to $2 billion in the AI startup and owns a 10% stake. Meanwhile, the Claude models are hosted with Google Cloud services.…

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A High-Profile Geneticist Is Launching a Fusion-Power Moonshot

• Post author:Wired
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/startups

Silicon Valley A-listers are funding Pacific Fusion, a startup that founding CEO Eric Lander says will have a full-scale demonstration system within a decade. Source

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Airdog’s founders are back with a precision-strike drone meant for modern warfare

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:entertainment/LATEST/robotics/startups

The war in Ukraine has shown that warfare changes by the day. It’s also clear that the tech used to make war today is costly: While larger countries can afford legions…

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Can You Play No More Room In Hell 2 Solo or Offline?

• Post author:Game Rant
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:gaming/LATEST/reviews/startups

From a Source mod to a full-scale online multiplayer game, No More Room in Hell 2 has really grown. For newcomers, No More Room in Hell 2 offers a huge…

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Perplexity blasts media as ‘adversarial’ in response to copyright lawsuit

• Post author:The Verge
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:ai/entertainment/LATEST/startups

The Verge AI startup Perplexity, which offers an AI search engine, published a blog post today pushing back on News Corp’s lawsuit against the company. Perplexity has recently come under…

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Joby launches $200M public offering ahead of 2025 commercial eVTOL release

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/security/startups

Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle startup Joby Aviation has launched a public offering to sell up to $200 million of its shares of common stock, per a regulatory filing.…

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Lumen Orbit closed one of the biggest rounds from Y Combinator’s last cohort

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:deals/LATEST/space/startups

Lumen Orbit has closed an oversubscribed, eight-figure seed round of more than $10 million, making it one of, if not the, hottest deal of the most recent Y Combinator batch,…

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Electric aircraft startup Lilium has run out of money

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/startups/transportation

Electric aircraft startup Lilium is shutting down after failing to raise emergency money from the German government, according to a regulatory filing. The filing comes after a series of setbacks from…

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49 US startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here’s the full list

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 25, 2024
• Post category:ai/business/LATEST/startups

The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other AI startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…

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Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 24, 2024
• Post category:business/LATEST/software/startups

Decentralized social app Bluesky announced on Thursday that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, following its $8 million seed raise last year. This funding comes as Bluesky…

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The UK’s antitrust regulator will formally investigate Alphabet’s $2.3 billion Anthropic investment

• Post author:Engadget
• Post published:October 24, 2024
• Post category:ai/business/LATEST/startups

The UK’s competition regulator is probing Alphabet’s investment in AI startup Anthropic. After opening public comments this summer, the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) said on Thursday it has “sufficient…

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Cafeteria raises $3M so teens can tell Nike to get Adam Sandler as a brand ambassador

• Post author:Tech Crunch
• Post published:October 24, 2024
• Post category:apps/entertainment/LATEST/mobile/social/software/startups

Brands often rely on scraping the web and monitoring social media to understand what customers are saying about them and get insights for product development. Cafeteria is a startup that…

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