Palantir’s CTO, and 13th employee, has become a secret weapon for Valley defense tech startups

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar is determined to help Palantir become a driving force for defense tech startups.
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‘Emotion AI’ may be the next trend for business software, and that could be problematic

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

As businesses experiment with embedding AI everywhere, one area starting to gain more attention is Emotion AI.
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Why do so many home robots still suck?

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

Home robots’ unfulfilled potential is neither because of lack of demand on the part of consumers nor lack of effort from manufacturers.
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From InstaDeep to Paystack: Here are Africa’s biggest startup exits and how much they raised

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

As we continue to monitor the growth of Africa’s tech ecosystem, it’s essential to highlight and analyze the biggest disclosed acquisitions.
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A journey inside Epic Systems’ mythical and sprawling campus, a world away from Wall Street

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

Epic Systems, a 45-year-old health-care software company, remains privately held with a sprawling campus that’s far from Wall Street or Silicon Valley.

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Apple and Google wallets want to help make the hotel room key card obsolete

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Techme101

Through use of Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, hotel chains are racing to ditch the plastic room key card.

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Bolt reportedly threatens legal action against Silverbear Capital

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Techme101

In the latest twist in Bolt’s aggressive fundraising efforts, the fintech company’s CEO appears to have made a veiled threat of legal action against Silverbear Capital, the investment bank whose involvement in the deal remains in some dispute. “We believe there was some internal miscommunication at Silverbear Capital, one of our lead investors, which has […]
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Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Techme101

A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app chart in Brazil today, ranking just ahead […]
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Is OpenAI worth $100B?

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI could reportedly increase its valuation to $100 billion. Nvidia and Apple are apparently in talks to contribute to the company’s next fundraising round, and Thrive Capital would lead the deal should it happen, according to The New York Times. OpenAI’s annualized revenue reportedly eclipsed $3.4 billion early this year, but it’s said to be […]
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Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees. It’s also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch that Covariant is building “a large language model, but […]
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