As Cohere and Writer mine the ‘Live AI’ arena, Pathway joins the pack with a $10M round

As large enterprises grapple with how to incorporate AI into their platforms and processes, they have encountered a problem: Generative AI needs to have memory and its training data must be constantly updated for it to have any practical use. This area is now called “Live AI,” and a num

Zomato raises $1B in first major fundraise since 2021 listing

Indian food delivery app Zomato has raised $1 billion from institutional investors, completing its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO. The food delivery and quick-commerce giant issued approximately 336.5 million shares priced at ?252.62 each ($3) in a qualified institutional placement, ac

Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally)

If you've used ChatGPT Search or Perplexity, you know that being able to search the web and see citations inline greatly improves these AI chatbots. Results are better when they involve timely information, and web search may reduce so-called hallucinations (i.e. when a generative AI outputs inc

Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation

Many startups and large tech companies are building AI agents or programs that can handle multi-step tasks without user supervision. Once available, these agents will need to collaborate with each other to complete complex jobs, such as booking and paying for flights, hotels, and excursions. /dev/

North Korean hackers have stolen billions in crypto by posing as VCs, recruiters and IT workers

A venture capitalist, a recruiter from a big company, and a newly hired remote IT worker might not seem to have much in common, but all have been caught as imposters secretly working for the North Korean regime, according to security researchers.  On Friday at Cyberwarcon, an annual conferenc

Intenty nudges you to provide a reason every time you unlock your phone

Intentional phone usage is a tricky habit to develop. Operating systems like iOS and Android, along with social media networks like Instagram and TikTok, have built timers, nudges, and controls around the usage of the apps or the platform. But at times, you mindlessly unlock yo

From pond scum to premium skincare? Deep Blue BioTech is all in on blue-green algae to make better chemicals

Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. Greening chemicals, which are used as ingredients in all sorts of products, is where U.K. startup Deep Blue BioTech is puttin

Financial inclusion drives African fintech M-KOPA to $400M in ARR

An African fintech that has grown on the strength of a 30,000-strong team of direct salespeople is moving into profit country by sub-Saharan country. Now, M-KOPA, the pay-as-you-go asset financing platform serving 5 million underbanked Africans, is racing toward a major milestone: surpassing an ann

India, already an IPO bright spot, prepares for bigger surge in 2025

India has bucked the global trend in initial public offerings this year, establishing itself as a rare bright spot for tech listings while other major markets face continued headwinds. The world’s most populous nation is now preparing for an even more substantial wave of startup IPOs in 2025.

Time spent online by adults in the UK jumped by nearly an hour in 2024, says Ofcom

Adults are spending an average of 4 hours and 20 minutes each day online across smartphones, tablets, and computers in the U.K., according to figures from Ofcom's annual Online Nation report diving into consumer digital habits. The figure is a big jump compared to 2023, when adults over 18 spen

Alibaba releases an ‘open’ challenger to OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model

A new so-called “reasoning” AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has arrived on the scene. It’s one of the few to rival OpenAI’s o1, and it’s the first available to download under a permissive license. Developed by Alibaba’s Qwen team, QwQ-32B-Preview contains 32.5 billio

Spotify cuts developer access to several of its recommendation features

Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music-streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company announced in a developer blog post on Wednesday. The company appears to be limiting third-party dev

T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs

U.S. phone giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that hackers had “no access” to its customers’ calls, text messages, and voicemails during an ongoing industrywide cyberattack targeting internet and phone companies. T-Mobile’s chief security officer, Jeff Simon, said in a statement

Threads now lets you swipe between different feeds right from the home screen

Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Wednesday. The redesign allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X. The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday and will launch on iOS