Next upHack for Humanity: San Francisco (powered by Google Gemini)Sat, Sep 19 · 15:45 PDT

Notify meSee schedule

Sign in Subscribe

Next upHack for Humanity: San Francisco (powered by Google Gemini)Sat, Sep 19 · 15:45 PDT

Notify meSee schedule

Back to Ellie Ramirez-Camara

Ellie Ramirez-Camara

News by Ellie Ramirez-Camara

1,008 items

The massive DeepSeek V3 rivals many of the latest openly available models
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm backed by quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, recently released DeepSeek V3, a model available for commercial and non-commercial applications. DeepSeek V3 displays competitive performance that approaches recent models and is particularly proficient in coding.
Dec 31, 2024
Google is reportedly testing Gemini against Anthropic's Claude
Google contractors have been reportedly asked to compare and score Gemini's responses against Claude's using criteria including truthfulness and verbosity. A spokesperson for Google DeepMind confirmed the company was only using Claude for model output comparison, a standard industry practice.
Dec 27, 2024
Coralogix acquired Aporia to offer a comprehensive observability platform to users
Coralogix has acquired Aporia to integrate its technology into a comprehensive observability platform that provides unified monitoring of AI and traditional software workflows. As part of the deal, Coralogix will also establish Coralogix AI, a dedicated AI research center.
Dec 27, 2024
Mindgard, a Lancaster University spinoff, raised $8M to expand its presence in the US
Mindgard, a Lancaster University spinoff specializing in AI security, has raised $8 million in funding led by .406 Ventures to develop its continuous AI security testing solution further. The startup has also appointed two US-based executives as it plans to expand its presence in the US.
Dec 26, 2024
Perplexity AI reportedly raised $500M at a $9B valuation
Perplexity AI has secured a $500 million funding round led by IVP that values the AI search company at $9 billion post-money. The current round is the latest of four funding efforts Perplexity AI undertook throughout 2024.
Dec 25, 2024
Instagram plans to launch more AI-powered features for creators next year
AI-powered video editing features are coming to Instagram. These tools will be based on Meta's recently previewed Movie Gen model suite. According to the announcement, the upcoming features will enable creators to make edits like changing their outfits or modifying the background of the video.
Dec 25, 2024
Carbon, a startup specializing in retrieval augmented generation, is now owned by Perplexity
Perplexity has acquired Carbon, a startup specializing in connecting LLMs with external data sources. The deal will allow Perplexity to integrate Carbon's technology into its products, enabling Perplexity to connect to users' apps to deliver a more personalized experience.
Dec 24, 2024
Anysphere reportedly secured $100M from Thrive Capital
In a remarkably short time, Anysphere, the parent company of AI coding assistant Cursor, has managed to raise a $60M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $100M Series B led by Thrive. The latter round places the startup at an estimated $2.6B valuation.
Dec 24, 2024
Decart has announced a second funding round just two months after emerging from stealth
AI startup Decart has raised $53 million in total funding as it pivots from its profitable AI infrastructure business to developing real-time video generation and world models. Decart recently previewed Oasis, its foundation model capable of generating "playable" Minecraft-like worlds.
Dec 24, 2024
GitHub celebrates reaching 150M developers with a Copilot free tier
GitHub has launched a free version of its AI coding assistant Copilot with limited monthly completions and chat messages, aiming to expand access to AI programming tools as part of its mission to reach one billion developers worldwide.
Dec 22, 2024
Grammarly acquires Coda to transform its AI assistant into a productivity platform
Grammarly has acquired Coda to create an AI-powered productivity platform that combines Grammarly's writing assistance technology with Coda's document and workflow tools, with Coda's co-founder Shishir Mehrotra taking over as CEO of the combined company.
Dec 22, 2024
YouTube partners with CAA to launch AI likeness protection tools
YouTube has partnered with Creative Artists Agency to develop and test new AI tools that will help celebrities and creators identify and manage AI-generated content featuring their likeness on the platform.
Dec 22, 2024