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Oct 27
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Matiks raises $10M to expand its math an...

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Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI. Also, "despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech." And Warhound, the brain child of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer do ... Show More
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