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Microsoft Phi-4

Microsoft’s New Small Language Model For Complex Reasoning Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Shutterstock pioneers β€˜research license’ model with Lightricks, lowering barriers to AI training data

Shutterstock launches innovative "research license" model with Lightricks, making ethical AI training data more accessible for startups while ensuring fair compensation for creators.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Google Gemini 2.0

Google's new AI model for the agentic era Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Pika 2.0 launches in wake of Sora, integrating your own characters, objects, scenes in new AI videos

Advanced image recognition tech ensures these components are seamlessly integrated into AI generated videos, giving creators more control.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Goodville introduces AI mental health resource as part of WHO partnership

Mobile farming sim Goodville celebrated its third year partnered with the World Health Organization with new mental health resources.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

QuitSugar

Quit sugar with AI insights, health tracking, and challenges Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

NotebookLM updates Business to Plus with more audio, lets all users interact with AI hosts

Google releases a new paid version of NotebookLM to enterprises, teams and power users, and offers new interactions with its audio feature.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Gemini 2.0 Flash ushers in a new era of real-time multimodal AI

Google’s release of Gemini 2.0 Flash this week, offering users a way to interact live with video of their surroundings, has set the stage for what could be a pivotal shift in how enterprises and consumers engage with technology. This release β€” alongside announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft, and others β€” is part of transformative leap forward happening in the technology area called β€œmultimodal AI.”

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

iMerch.ai

Next-generation one-stop e-commerce platform Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

EA teams with Comcast and Peacock on EA Sports FC games

Electronic Arts, Comcast andPeacockannounced a new partnership to coincide with the launch ofEA Sports FC 25 and first anniversary ofEASports FC Mobile.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Liquid AI just raised $250M to develop a more efficient type of AI model

Liquid AI, an AI startup co-founded by robotics luminaryDaniela Rus, has raised $250 million in a Series A led by AMD. Per Bloomberg, the round values Liquid AI at over $2 billion. Liquid AI aims to build general-purpose AI systems powered by a relatively new type of AI model called a liquid neural network. Liquid […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

BlackRock’s acquisition of Preqin prompts CMA probe

Blackrock is the world's largest asset manager and the CMA is worried the deal may affect competition in the UK. Read more: BlackRock’s acquisition of Preqin prompts CMA probe

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

TickerBar

Stock market & crypto prices for macOS Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

It’s the end of the road for Cruise, and Bluesky is still taking off

Almost one decade after its $1 billion acquisition of Cruise, automaker General Motors has decided to give up on the self-driving startup. GM will now use Cruise tech to improve its own advanced driver assistance system with the ultimate goal of offering personal autonomous vehicles. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

CimeioΒ signs $300M agreement, Sympower acquires Flextools, and Monzo's European plans

This week we tracked more than80 tech funding dealsworth over1.2 billion, and over15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.In addition to this week's top f...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Aussie space-tech raises A$150m for mineral discovery platform

The company also intends to launch its SPIDER technology to the moon in 2026. Read more: Aussie space-tech raises A$150m for mineral discovery platform

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

We Just Left a Vendor We’ve Used for 5+ Years. They Don’t Even Know It Yet.

Just remember, i know they stress you out and drive you a bit nuts But the customers that complain the most are often the ones that care the most. At least, it shows they aren't leaving. Yet. β€” Jason SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) December 9, 2024 So we recently churned off a... Continue Reading The post We Just Left a Vendor We’ve Used for 5+ Years. They Don’t Even Know It Yet. appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

New LLM optimization technique slashes memory costs up to 75%

Universal Transformer Memory uses neural networks to determine which tokens in the LLM's context window are useful or redundant.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Protection of rare shark species a priority, marine experts say

The scientists said that Brexit led to a decrease in the international cooperation with the UK needed to protect sharks in the region. Read more: Protection of rare shark species a priority, marine experts say

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Polish startup Vivid Mind raises $200K for innovative dementia detection

Polish medtech startup Vivid Mind has raised $200,000 in Pre-Seed funding from various angel investors.According to the WHO, some 50 million people globally suffer from dementia (including Alzheimer’...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Activate and The Engine Accelerator team up to train scientists to become foundersΒ 

Two prominent programs, Activate and The Engine Accelerator, have decided they can give founders an advantage if they team up. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

From Outbound to Channel Partnerships: Your Burning Sales Questions Answered by SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares what it takes to be a successful SaaS startup in today’s economy, the SaaS trends of 2023, and more. The post From Outbound to Channel Partnerships: Your Burning Sales Questions Answered by SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

How this product owner manages the explosive growth of AI

Liberty IT’s Olivia McCartan explains how AI is transforming the role of product owner and the ongoing need for caution. Read more: How this product owner manages the explosive growth of AI

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Maisa scores $5M Pre-Seed for "traceable" AI decisions

Spanish Deeptech startup Maisa has raised $5M in Pre-Seed funding, led by NFX with Village Global participating. Maisa claims its tech "executes reasoning" computationally, step by step, using attribu...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Refute secures Β£2.3M to protect businesses from coordinated disinformation campaigns

Disinformation refuting company Refute, has raised 2.3 million in a Pre-Seed funding.Disinformation attacks have become a Board-level concern, fuelled in recent years by both growing geopolitical in...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Swallow

Build complex pricing with an easy to use no-code platform Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Depth AI

AI that deeply understands your codebase Discussion | Link

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Innovative Irish businesses have eye on AI, survey finds

The findings came with the caveat that high costs are still a barrier to innovation for many Irish businesses. Read more: Innovative Irish businesses have eye on AI, survey finds

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Waterfall Network raises $11.6M for smart contract platform development

Swiss smart contract platform Waterfall Network has raised $11.6 million from Bolt's Capital, Alpha Token Capital, and Enflux.Waterfall is a layer one (L1) architecture aiming to provide a solution fo...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

KHP Ventures launches new fund for mental health startups

KHP Ventures has launched a new fund, labelled Innovations in Mental Health (IMH) Fund, dedicated to accelerating the development of technologies with the potential to transform mental health outcomes...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Eir leads the fibre broadband charts, ComReg data shows

According to ComReg data, Co Laois has the highest county-wide broadband coverage at 89pc. Read more: Eir leads the fibre broadband charts, ComReg data shows

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Estonia-based Askel.ai launches with €380,000 Pre-Seed round

Estonia-based workflow automation SaaS Askel.ai has raised 380,000 in pre-seed funding whilst preparing to launch.The funding round, led by Superangel, included ProcessOut co-founder Manuel Huez, Ma...

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Switzerland’s Anybotics raises $60m for US expansion

The company has now raised a total of more than $130m in funding and recently opened an office in Silicon Valley. Read more: Switzerland’s Anybotics raises $60m for US expansion

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Meta unveils watermarking tool for AI videos

The business’ latest announcement coincides with the release of its new AI model, Meta Motivo. Read more: Meta unveils watermarking tool for AI videos

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Armenian Team Group acquires majority stake in Imagine

Brookfield, Imagine's previous owner, will continue to hold a minority stake in the business. Read more: Armenian Team Group acquires majority stake in Imagine

Published on: December 13, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic