OpenAI’s chief research officer has left following CTO Mira Murati’s exit
OpenAI’s chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, left the company on Wednesday, hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing.
CEO Sam Altman revealed the two latest resignations in a post on X Wednesday evening, along with leadership transit
Dinii, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises $45M Series B
Japan has always been a strong market for bringing technology into the experience of consuming food, and now one of the startups leading on this idea is attracting investors from across the ocean. Dinii, which lets diners order food from restaurants and shops through a mobile platform, has raised $
Pear wants to empower up-and-coming VCs with its new emerging managers in residence program
When seed-focused Pear VC raised a $432 million fund last year, the firm co-founder Pejman Nozad said that it meant his firm had reached its “own product-market-fit.” That fourth fund was nearly three times larger than its previous $160 million fund.
The 11-year-old firm wants to help
13 companies from YC Demo Day 1 that are worth paying attention to
Famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator on Wednesday kicked off its two-day “Demo Day” event that showcases what the most recent YC batch, S24, companies are building.
Unsurprisingly, AI companies dominated the day, with startups looking to apply the technology to problem
Zuckerberg chats with AI clone as human creator looks on in year's weirdest demo
AI has already given us some weird demos. And friends, it's only going to get weirder from here. As the tech world runs screaming head first into the uncanny valley, lines will blur and everything will continue getting stranger.
Take, for example, Wednesday’s Meta Connect keynote. There
What does Mark Zuckerberg’s shirt say?
Three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg's big day was a flop. At his company's annual developer conference — then called Facebook Connect — he unveiled his grand plans to turn his trillion-dollar social network into “a metaverse company.” He changed the name of his company to Meta,
Meta pitches VR to mobile developers with new support for Android apps on Quest
During its developer keynote at the Meta Connect conference on Wednesday, the company pitched its Quest mixed reality platform to developers as the next big app store. As tech giants like Apple and Google are under tightened regulations over their app store monopolies, Meta says it’s working
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she’s leaving the company
OpenAI’s CTO Mira Murati posted on X on Wednesday saying she is leaving the company. Murati said she is stepping away to do her own exploration after more than six years at the AI startup.
“After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI,” she said in th
Meta announces $300 Quest 3S, a cheaper take on mixed reality
Quest headsets are commonly understood to be a loss leader. Analysts believe that Meta loses money with every unit sold. The strategy has been a big win for market share, as the social media giant is able to dramatically undercut competition like HTC Vive. It's thus far been less of a victory f
Y Combinator’s next Demo Day will include in-person seats for top VCs, Garry Tan says
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan wants to bring the famed accelerator’s Demo Day presentations back as in-person events by the end of the year.
During Tan’s opening remarks during Wednesday’s YC summer cohort Demo Day, he said this week’s Demo Day presentations will, “knock
Meta Ray-Bans are getting live translation
During Wednesday’s Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a slew of new AI-fueled features for the company’s Ray-Ban collaboration. The most interesting of the bunch is the addition of real-time translation through the glasses’ speakers.
Meta explains:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has nearly 500 million users
Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday during Meta Connect 2024 that Meta AI is one of the most used AI assistant across the world with “almost” 500 million monthly active users. Zuckerberg said that Meta AI is on track to become the most used assistant across the world.
“We’re alm
Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses with real-time AI video, reminders, and QR code scanning
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday. Meta continued to make the case that smart glasses can be the next big consumer device, announcing some new AI capabilities and familiar features from smartphones coming t
Meta’s Hyperscape lets you scan and explore real-life spaces in VR
Announced at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday, Meta is launching a new VR app called Hyperscape that renders recreations of real-life spaces in high fidelity, so you can explore them while wearing a Quest headset.
Available in beta in the U.S., Hyperscape will soon let you use a phone to scan a room