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DeepSeek unveils new technique for smarter, scalable AI reward models

Reward models holding back AI? DeepSeek's SPCT creates self-guiding critiques, promising more scalable intelligence for enterprise LLMs.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

New open source AI company Deep Cogito releases first models and they’re already topping the charts

The initial model lineup includes five base sizes: 3 billion, 8 billion, 14 billion, 32 billion, and 70 billion parameters.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Owlchemy Labs rolls out Hexas update for Dimensional Double Shift

Owlchemy Labs has launched a Lone Star-inspired update for Dimensional Double Shift, the first of many new Dimension Packs.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI ‘reasoning’ models

A new company, Deep Cogito, has emerged from stealth with a family of openly available AI models that can be switched between “reasoning” and non-reasoning modes. Reasoning models like OpenAI’s o1 have shown great promise in domains like math and physics, thanks to their ability to effectively fact-check themselves by working through complex problems step […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Wells Fargo’s AI assistant just crossed 245 million interactions – no human handoffs, no sensitive data exposed

Wells Fargo’s generative AI assistant, Fargo, surpassed 245 million interactions in 2024 using a model-agnostic architecture powered by Google’s Flash 2.0. The bank’s privacy-forward orchestration approach offers a blueprint for regulated industries looking to scale AI safely and efficiently.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Does Colossal Biosciences’ dire wolf creation justify its $10B+ valuation?

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years and made famous by the HBO show “Game of Thrones.” These white, fluffy animals live on a 2,000-acre preserve in a location so secretive that journalists, […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Team Liquid collaborates with Wildcard on upcoming 2v2 collectible card action game

Team Liquid, the global esports organization, has unveiled a collaboration with Wildcard, the 2v2 action game with collectible card mechanics.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Wicked Saints launches World Reborn with Discord partnership

Wicked Saints Studios has launched its narrative game, World Reborn, with a Discord partnership aimed at improving teen mental health.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

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Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Dragon Snacks Games will build ‘third places’ for young gamers

Dragon Snacks Games is coming out of stealth today to craft joyful, community-centered gaming experiences with social hubs.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Revolut slapped with €3.5M fine by Lithuania's central bank over money laundering prevention failings

Revolut has been hit with a3.5m fine by Lithuania’s central bank, after it was found to have flouted money laundering prevention rules. The Bank of Lithuania carried out a scheduled inspection of Re...

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Want to make learning Bash a knockout? Here is how

When it comes to coding, you can never be too skilled, so why not add Bash to your repertoire? Read more: Want to make learning Bash a knockout? Here is how

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Amazon’s Zoox begins robotaxi testing in Los Angeles 

Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous vehicle unit, is deploying a small fleet of retrofitted test vehicles on the streets of Los Angeles starting Tuesday — a modest, yet meaningful step as the company inches toward offering public rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco later this year. The data-collection effort marks Zoox’s entrance into its sixth city […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Apply to speak now

If you’re reading this, consider it your signal: The opportunity to influence the future of tech is here. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is now accepting speaker applications. Join us onstage this October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco and share your ideas with 10,000+ tech leaders, VCs, and innovators shaping what’s next. Apply to speak […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

BLNG secures $3M for AI jewellery design

French fashiontech BLNG has raised $3M to accelerate its commercialisation phase and provide generative AI to the jewelry industry.The investment round, led by Speedinvest, with additional participati...

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Nvidia’s new Llama-3.1 Nemotron Ultra outperforms DeepSeek R1 at half the size

Compared to DeepSeek R1, Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Ultra-253B shows competitive results despite having less than half the parameters.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

EirGrid, EI and IDA unite to develop offshore wind

The MoU is in line with Ireland’s offshore wind industrial strategy, the partner agencies said. Read more: EirGrid, EI and IDA unite to develop offshore wind

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Founders, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is calling! Apply to enter!

Founders, the battlefield is calling! Startup Battlefield 200 applications are now live — and the race has begun. If you’ve got a groundbreaking idea and the guts to pitch it to the world, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is your arena. You’ll face elite VC judges. You’ll compete against 199 of the world’s most promising startups. And […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Samsung launches preorders for 2025 gaming monitors

Samsungannounced that its2025 gamingmonitorlineup will be available forpreorderstarting today.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Los Angeles-based Rain raised a $75M Series B in another good sign for fintech

Rain, a startup offering an employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness features like overdraft alerts and spending trends, has raised $75 million in an all-equity Series B round. The round was led by Prosus at a post-money valuation of $340 million. Rain plans to use the new funds to help it add […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Volunteer your time for a free ticket to TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Join us for an unforgettable opportunity at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5! We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to be part of this exciting event. If you’ve ever wondered what goes into the making of tech gatherings, now’s your chance to find out firsthand. Apply here by […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

The Problem with “Small But Mighty” AI Start-Ups

So it’s become a thing with many founders and VCs to think how far you can go in AI today. Many of the early break out leaders in AI for B2B and otherwise have been “small but mighty teams”. And it’s not a completely new vibe. Instagram had just 13 employees when Facebook acquired it... Continue Reading

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Beating the odds in biotech: inside one investor's strategy for high-risk drug discovery

I recently attended the healthspan Hevolution conference in Riyadh, an event focused on health across the lifespan, biotech, regenerative medicine and age-related disease.During a panel discussion on ...

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Meet the new Audience Choice winners to lead breakouts at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

You voted. They rose to the top! Meet the two Audience Choice winners who’ll take the breakout stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley to share their insights with 1,200 AI leaders and enthusiasts. We sifted through hundreds of Call for Content submissions and narrowed them down to […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Soft2Bet: Transforming Gamification Across Industries [Sponsored]

In a digital space dominated by giants like Netflix, TikTok, and social media, companies in competitive sectors must work harder than ever to capture user attention. Innovative providers like Soft2Bet...

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

While game devs may feel downtrodden, brands are optimistic on the gaming opportunity | IAB’s Zoe Soon

For game devs, the past 2.5 years of hardship and layoffs make it seem like gaming is falling apart. But that's not how the brands see it.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Global Gaming League raises $10M round for celebrity-endorsed gaming tournaments

The Global Gaming League (GGL), a gaming and media company, has raised $10 million for matches with celebrity-owned teams.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Sony is getting behind XYN and Mocopi to help developers make spatial content

Sony's XYN and Mocopi platforms enable devs to capture the real world and bring the data into a digital art creation easily.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab, has gained two new prominent advisers: Bob McGrew, previously OpenAI’s chief research officer, and Alec Radford, a former OpenAI researcher behind many of the company’s more transformative innovations. Thinking Machines Lab’s website was quietly updated with McGrew and Radford’s names sometime in March. A spokesperson […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Ingenix raises €9M Seed for clinical drug trial simulations

Polish biotech startup Ingenix has raised 9 million Seed funding for its development of a pioneering model for simulating clinical trials.Ingenix is a proprietary multimodal and multiscale generati...

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Switch 2 forecast lowered, but it could still fastest-selling console ever | DFC

DFC Intelligence, a game analyst firm with decades of experience, said it is lowering its Switch 2 unit sales forecast due to pricing concerns.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Move over, Alexa: Amazon launches new realtime voice model Nova Sonic for third-party enterprise development

Currently, the model supports multiple expressive voices, both masculine and feminine, in American and British English.

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Announcing the 2025 Product 50 Award winners!

In an increasingly uncertain global market, product and growth leaders have a greater effect than ever on a company’s success, impacting not only business growth, but making business transformation possible. Amplitude’s Product 50 Awards were launched as a way to recognize and celebrate product and growth leaders globally whose innovation and creativity are shaking up[…]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Building and Scaling an AI Company in 2025: What Top VCs Really Want to See with Zetta, Glasswing and B Capital

A deep dive with three leading AI investors who collectively manage billions in venture capital and have backed some of the most innovative companies in artificial intelligence. The Expert Panel Karen Paige, General Partner at B Capital Karen brings deep operational and investment expertise to B Capital, where she focuses on enterprise software and AI... Continue Reading

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants

A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty. Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some of the […]

Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups