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Hyperspace is building custom instances to accelerate database searches

AI /

The growth in the demand for generative AI apps has led to a need for larger and larger databases to store the associated data (e.g. model training data). These databases tend to be resource-intensive from a hardware perspective and depending on the algorithms used to orchestrate them, they can be high-latency. Often, companies are forced […]

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Zuckerberg and Jensen show off their friendship, while an AI necklace covets yours

Social /

A fireside chat between Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg at SIGGRAPH 2024 took some unexpected turns. What started as a conversation about the capabilities of Nvidia GPUs and Zuckerberg’s vision of an AI chatbot future quickly became a more casual affair — including a swap of custom-made jackets, a rare F-bomb from the Meta CEO,

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Sequoia-backed Knowde raises Series C at a valuation cut

Biotech & Health /

Knowde, an online marketplace for chemicals and polymers, just closed on a Series C round, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The San Jose-based startup raised $60 million in a round that values it lower than the $500 million valuation it garnered in its most recent round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. This round

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Lineaje raises $20M to help organizations combat software supply chain threats

Fundraising /

The software supply chain faces threats from all sides. A 2024 report by the Ponemon Institute found that over half of organizations have experienced a software supply chain attack, with 54% having experienced one within the past year. Supply chain attacks typically target services from third-party vendors or open source software that make up a

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GovWell is bringing automation and efficiency to local governments

Startups /

Government websites aren’t known for cutting-edge tech. GovWell co-founder and CTO Ben Cohen discovered this while trying to help his dad, a contractor, apply for building permits. Cohen worked as a full stack engineer at Uber during the day and faxed documents for building permits at night. The difference in tech was stark. Years later,

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Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer

Climate /

Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in the plants themselves. Micropep is exploring how naturally occurring compounds, known as micropeptides, might work as an entirely new class of pesticides. If the startup

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QA Wolf secures $36M to grow its app QA-testing suite

Enterprise /

Quality assurance in the app development world is a necessary, but often resource-draining, undertaking. According to Statista, 23% of companies’ annual IT budgets are allocated to in-house or third-party contracted QA and testing. The stakes are high. In a survey by QA software-testing company QualiTest Group, 88% of app users said that they’d abandon apps

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