Today

Reflection AI raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek

Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek. Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

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Yesterday

Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production; and Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material. Also, Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

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Yesterday

Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere

Base Power's Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Aug 20

TNB Tech Minute: Elon Musk Pumps the Brakes on Plans to Start a Third Political Party

Plus: OpenAI launches the cheapest ChatGPT plan in India. Overhaul raises $105 million in funding to invest in artificial-intelligence technology and make acquisitions. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Aug 2023

Eldercare robot ElliQ nabs another $25 million in funding

Intuition Robotics isn’t hurting for funding these days. The Israeli firm announced a $36 million Series B in the early days of the pandemic, and now it’s adding another $25 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dec 2024

‘Genius Girl’ goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund

Principle Venture Partners will write early-stage checks anywhere from $100,000 to “single digit millions.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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May 2023

TikTok opens a $6 million fund to pay creators of popular AR effects...and more news

TikTok opens a $6 million fund to pay creators of popular AR effects; Meta’s paid verification system comes to the UK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4m 42s

Sep 19

TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia in Talks Over $500 Million Investment in Wayve

Plus: Nvidia invests $2.7 billion in U.K. AI startup development. And Amazon’s finance teams are relying more on AI. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sep 9

TNB Tech Minute: Apple Unveils ‘iPhone Air’

Plus: FCC ends investigation into EchoStar. And CoreWeave launches a venture arm to invest in AI startups. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sep 9

TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Execs Rattled by Campaigns to Derail For-Profit Restructuring

Plus: Volkswagen will invest $1.2 billion in artificial intelligence by 2030. And Mistral AI doubles in valuation to $14 billion following an investment from ASML. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 35s

May 2022

5/5/22: TikTok will explore sharing ad money with creators... and more news

TikTok will explore sharing ad money with creators; Amazon-owned PillPack will pay nearly $6 million over DOJ's insulin suit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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May 2024

OpenAI claims that its free GPT-4o model can talk, laugh, sing and see like a human

The company is also releasing a desktop app for ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Grifin secures $11M to make investing le...