Ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is founding an AI startup backed by a16z

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, is launching a new AI startup, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, called Stem AI, is currently in stealth. But public documents show it was incorporated in June 2023, and filed for a trademark in August 2023. Shear is listed as CEO on an incorporation document filed with the […]
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Real estate VC Fifth Wall is raising $500M for a new fund

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall is raising a new $500 million fund called Fifth Wall React, according to a regulatory filing.
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Amazon workers strike across seven facilities at peak of holiday shopping season

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon workers at seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike on Thursday.

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In just 4 months AI coding assistant Cursor raised another $100M at a $2.5B valuation led by Thrive, sources say

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is being led by returning investor Thrive Capital, the person said.  This new funding comes just four months after Anysphere raised its $60 million Series […]
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Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Led by Markforged veterans and backed by a16z, Backlip has raised $30M to democratize product design thanks to AI.
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Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.

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Rounding Up 2024’s Biggest Tech Fails: What Went Wrong This Year?

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

Explore the biggest tech failures of 2024, from product flops to security breaches, and uncover the lessons that rocked the industry this year.

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Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

A new app called Tapestry promising to unify social media, news, and RSS in one place, is nearing completion. Designed by Iconfactory, the same team that created the third-party Twitter client Twitterific back in the day, Tapestry was unveiled at the beginning of the year as a tool that could better organize today’s fragmented online […]
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Waymo fills the Cruise void overseas and a salute to icon Jean Jennings

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

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Craig Wright Found in Contempt of Court Over Bitcoin Creation Claims

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Techme101

A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright violated a court order preventing him from bringing lawsuits based on his spurious claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin.

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