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OpenAI is working with Stack Overflow, a Q&A forum for software developers, to improve the performance of generative AI models on programming-related tasks. As a result of the partnership announced Monday, OpenAI's models, including those offered through the ChatGPT chatbot platform, should improve over time in answering programming-related questions, the companies said. At the same time, Stack Overflow will benefit from his OpenAI expertise developing new generative AI integrations on the Stack Overflow platform. The first feature set is expected to be rolled out by the end of June. The partnership with OpenAI is a surprising reversal for Stack Overflow,…
Last November, Adam DiAngelo found himself at the epicenter of the tech industry's biggest controversy. The board of OpenAI, the $80 billion startup driving the AI boom, abruptly fired CEO Sam Altman, only to reinstate him days later. D'Angelo was a member of the board that fired Altman…and he was (and remains) a member of the board that reinstated him. In fact, he was the only person to retain his seat during the subsequent restructuring that saw many of the original members leave the board. It was certainly a difficult time for OpenAI, but perhaps doubly so for D'Angelo. Because…
Last November, Adam DiAngelo found himself at the epicenter of the tech industry's biggest controversy. The board of OpenAI, the $80 billion startup driving the AI boom, abruptly fired CEO Sam Altman, only to reinstate him days later. D'Angelo was on the board that fired Altman…and he was (and still is) on the board that reinstated him. In fact, he was the only one to retain his seat during a subsequent reorganization in which many former board members resigned. It was certainly a difficult time for OpenAI, but perhaps doubly so for D'Angelo. Because the drama was unfolding while his…
Founders in the early stages of building a startup may have already created a powerful solution, identified a gap in the market, or simply have the inevitable drive to build their own business. there is. Ideally, you have a good combination of all three. But is there a product-market fit? What actually is product-market fit? Investors at Sequoia, one of the world's largest venture capital firms, have devised a very useful framework for answering these two questions. It distills the landscape into her three archetypes. “Hair on Fire” loosely means that your startup is working on an urgent problem. Security…
Bluesky's most prominent backer has left the board. On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted to X about a grant to Open Protocol from his philanthropy, the Start Small Initiative.This prompted someone to ask Dorsey if he was still on Blue Sky's board of directors, and he said answered I simply said, “No.” Mr. Dorsey did not respond to any subsequent posts seeking an explanation for his resignation. It's unclear when Dorsey left the board. As of Sunday morning, Bluesky's corporate FAQ still identifies him as a board member. Later that afternoon, the company released the following statement: A big thank you…
It appears that Bluesky's most prominent backer is no longer on the board. On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted to X about a grant to Open Protocol from his philanthropy, the Start Small Initiative.This prompted someone to ask Dorsey if he was still on Blue Sky's board of directors, and he said answered I simply said, “No.” Dorsey did not respond to subsequent posts seeking an explanation for his resignation. It's unclear when Dorsey left the board. As of Sunday morning, Bluesky's corporate FAQ still lists him as a member of the board of directors. He contacted the company for confirmation.…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. is published. As the AI boom continues, we publish these articles throughout the year, highlighting important research that often goes unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. Catherine Breslin is the founder and director of Kingfisher Labs, which helps companies develop their AI strategies. She has spent over 20 years as an AI scientist, working at the University of Cambridge, Toshiba Research, and even Amazon Alexa. She previously…
The demand for cloud alternatives has never been greater. Case in point: CoreWeave, a GPU infrastructure provider that started as a crypto mining operation, raised $1.1 billion in new funding this week from investors including Coatue, Fidelity, and Altimeter Capital. This round values Post-Money at $19 billion and brings total debt and equity raised to $5 billion. This is a surprising number for a company that was founded less than 10 years ago. CoreWeave is not alone. Lambda Labs, which also offers a range of cloud-hosted GPU instances, raised up to $500 million in “special purpose financing vehicles” in early…
I finally got my hands on the Rabbit r1 (the company is particular about this lowercase style), which I've been writing about since its debut at CES in January. And within about 30 seconds of turning it on, I found out that it shipped two months too early. But let's be honest…is it really that good? It's weird, relatively cheap, and clearly an experiment. To me, it's about us getting together to keep up, not dunking. The real problem with r1 is obvious. The app is poorly integrated and “may just be an app.” As for the first question, well,…
While the venture world is buzzing about generative AI, Dana Grayson, a longtime venture capitalist who co-founded her own company, Construct Capital, five years ago, is looking at relatively boring software that has the potential to transform industrial sectors. I've been focusing on it. Her mission doesn't eliminate her AI, but it also doesn't depend on it. Construct recently led a seed stage round for TimberEye, for example. TimberEye, a startup developing vertical workflow software and data layers, says it can more accurately count and measure logs and, if all goes according to plan, help the startup achieve its next…