Brightwave’s AI agent helps asset managers find signal, and it’s fundraising fast
The finance world is constantly looking for signal: indicators of buying or selling opportunities in the markets. Some seek out signal in pricey analyst reports, while others might find it in backdoor conversations with insiders. But sometimes, investors just need help seeing such indicators hiding
Tabnine launches its code review agent
AI code assistant company Tabnine is launching a code review agent today that aims to help developers stick to their organization’s best practices and standards. It allows organizations to codify these rules either by providing the agent with documentation or by pointing it at a set of “
GMI Cloud secures $82M in Series A for its GPU cloud infrastructure
The AI boom has spurred massive demand for graphics processing units (GPUs). As many enterprises seek to integrate AI technology into their systems, providers of GPU infrastructure are helping businesses get access to the chips they need.
In the latest development, GMI Cloud, a San Jose-based sta
Salesforce AI chatbot Agentforce hits general availability
Salesforce on Tuesday announced the general availability of its AI agent development platform called Agentforce. The offering is, in essence, a low- or no-code method for deploying chatbots for employees or customers.
Salesforce says the new platform is already being used by firms including OpenTa
Google and DPI back African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round
African fintech Moniepoint just closed $110 million in new financing, and it has landed Google’s Africa Investment Fund as a new investor. The Series C round was led by Development Partners International's African Development Partners (ADP) III fund.
Other investors, including African pr
Infraspeak raises $19.5M to bring collaboration to facilities management
It might not be the sexiest of subjects, but facilities management is central to any business that has a physical premises — the bigger that footprint becomes, the more complex it gets.
Portuguese startup Infraspeak has set out to address that with an all-in-one platform that gives facility mana
Emidat is building a tool to clean up construction by automating environmental reporting
Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle. But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Enter Munich-based data startup Emidat, which has built a software p
Despite risks, Vinod Khosla is optimistic about AI
Vinod Khosla has no doubts that humanity’s future with AI is bright.
The Sun Microsystems co-founder turned prominent investor predicts that “the need to work will go away” almost entirely thanks to AI.
“Almost all expertise, it doesn’t matter
Foster sisters explain why they haven’t invested in AI
Oversubscribed Ventures co-founder Sara Foster (above right) made a confession onstage on Monday at technewss Disrupt 2024.
“I don’t even have ChatGPT on my phone,” she said.
It’s an unexpected comment from an investor, given that ChatGPT is arguably the
Google-backed Open Cloud Coalition launches to lobby European lawmakers
Europe has a new lobbying body, one with a self-stated mission to “improve competition, transparency and resilience” in the cloud computing sector.
The Open Cloud Coalition (OCC) counts 10 members at launch, the most notable of which is Google, supported by international and local clou
This veteran couldn’t share 3D scans of a burnt naval ship, so he created a startup that can
In the summer of 2020, a fire broke out onboard a naval ship docked in San Diego Bay. For more than four days, the USS Bonhomme Richard burned as helicopters dropped buckets of water from above, boats spewed water from below, and firefighters rushed onboard to control the blaze. Before the embers h
Vinod Khosla calls out Trump’s ‘depraved values’ and Musk’s role in spreading misinformation
Storied investor Vinod Khosla, founder and partner at Khosla Ventures, and more recently one of the first checks into OpenAI, veered off topic during a Monday interview at technewss Disrupt 2024 focused on the future of AI. After talking about AI’s future and risks, he took a moment to deliv
MabLab’s improved drug and drink testing strips could make for safer streets and venues
For anyone who parties or goes out dancing, the risk of accidentally taking adulterated drugs is a real one. MabLab, presenting today on the Startup Battlefield stage at technewss Disrupt 2024, has created a testing strip that detects the five most common and dangerous additives in minutes.
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Step aside, Zoom fatigue, VRTL wants to make virtual fan events fun again
VRTL founder Courtney Jeffries describes herself as a “recovering sports executive.”
“That was my entire career before I threw it away to chase down my startup dreams,” Jeffries told technewss.
After playing softball at the University of Washington, she spent almost