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WWDC is still over a month away, but Apple got ahead of the curve and sneakily attended another event. Tomorrow, May 7th at 7am PT/10am ET, the company will announce the latest addition to its iPad line. Rumor has it that the list includes the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, and keyboard cases. Even more surprising, a little more than six months after the company unveiled three new M3 chips all at once, the event could also see the unveiling of a new M4 chip. Why refresh the silicon so quickly? First, word on the street is that…
The first news of this year's Automate conference comes to us via Alphabet X spinout Intrinsic. The company announced at an event in Chicago on Monday that it will incorporate a number of Nvidia products into its Flowstate robot app platform. This includes Isaac Manipulator, a collection of basic models designed to create robotic arm workflows. The product was announced at his GTC in March, and major companies in industrial automation are already on board. The list includes Yaskawa, Solomon, PickNik Robotics, Ready Robotics, Franka Robotics, and Universal Robots. This collaboration has a particular focus on grasping (grasping and lifting…
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…