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Take note — hiring managers are desperate for AI skills | Newsletter

Take note — hiring managers are desperate for AI skills | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits IPO intrigue: Reddit stirs rumors. Tesla truck: It’s finally here. Hauling SaaS: AI boosts sector in Europe. AI accord: ‘Secure by design’ takes hold. A to Q to Z: Amazon debuts workspace AI. Playable premiere: YouTube unveils mini-games. Proper cab: Uber adds London’s black taxis. Alt-CEO: Altman retakes reigns at OpenAI. All feathers: Rovio urges inclusive game design. Digital divinity: ‘TikTok Jesus’ gains following. Social rule: High Court mulls social media protections. Scribes scandal: SI scorched over AI attribution. Swedish sensors: Ikea introduces smart home tech. Game over: ByteDance downscales gaming division. Roadblock: Cruise scales back robotaxi plans. Sunnier skies predicted for ‘24…

Why generative AI orchestration startups are poised for growth in 2024

Why generative AI orchestration startups are poised for growth in 2024

Startups are racing to bring generative AI to other companies. Plenty have stumbled along the way. Many of the most pressing challenges have less to do with perfecting large language models than sorting out how to use them. Choosing the right model, integrating multiple LLMs into a single service, and deploying applications at low cost—these are the problems projects now face. Enter orchestration startups, which help developers integrate and manage generative AI models. And they’re poised to play an ever-larger role as founders embrace a multi-model approach and more companies…

Sam Altman backs Slope’s $30M round to digitize, scale B2B payments

Slope, a business-to-business payments platform for enterprise companies, closed on a venture round of $30 million to expand its business. The company intends on using the new funds on product development as it continues to take on bigger clients. Since launching in 2021, co-founders Lawrence Lin Murata and Alice Deng have sought to digitize the $125 trillion B2B payments market. The core of Slope’s technology is order-to-cash workflow automation utilizing artificial intelligence-driven tools for checkout, customer and vendor risk assessment, payment reconciliation and cash management. The new investment follows Slope’s recent…

Investors turn to Japan for Asia-Pacific exposure

Limited partners chasing market stability are looking to invest in Japan’s private equity and venture capital ecosystems. The country’s relatively predictable government policies against a backdrop of uncertain relations between the US and China, paired with a growing pool of aging business owners in need of succession planning, have fostered an environment primed for foreign investor participation in PE and VC deals. In fact, from 2020 to 2022, investors from outside Japan were involved in an annual average of over 60% of PE deal value in Japan, according to PitchBook’s 2023…

A barbell strategy in generative AI points to an overlooked middle

Deals within generative AI have been hot—depending on where you look. A barbell is forming within the vertical, with more deals flowing to the underlying technologies and vertical applications. Meanwhile, investment in middleware applications—software for audio, language and video—has been declining, according to PitchBook’s recent note on generative AI VC trends. These lagging categories present a potential opportunity for VCs and startups to build up underdeveloped areas within generative AI. Generative AI investment this year has concentrated on the natural language interfaces segment and AI core segments, according to PitchBook data….

Can you put a price on happiness? Millennials seem to think so. | Newsletter

Can you put a price on happiness? Millennials seem to think so. | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits Auto buy: Amazon to sell cars next year. Crypto coup: Bullish buys CoinDesk. Reel pretend: Meta makes AI generated movies. Taste tube: Japanese inventor creates lickable screen. Cord cut: Discord unplugs bot Clyde. Dino tour: Ancient Earth gets you prehistoric. Coaster crown: Riyadh claims longest ride. Books hacked: British Library reports cyber attack. Hands-free AI: Humane lands another $100M. Price of happiness? $500k will do Six in 10 Americans can name a price for their happiness. Millennials say over $500k yearly will make them financially secure, nearly doubling the typical “happiness salary” of Gen X, Z and…

Gen Z is already burned out, but what now? | Newsletter

Gen Z is already burned out, but what now? | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits No longer open: ChatGPT closes to new users. Open source LLM: Finland startup releases model. ‘YC for growth’: Accelerator targets post-Series A. ‘YC for arts’: L.A. group accelerates art careers. War, games: Sega-CEO-turned-VC backs military veterans. Accelerating finance: Brokers get an accelerator of their own. ‘Social harmony’: Nepal bans TikTok. Galactic monitoring: Canadian startup measures CO2 emissions from space. Bionic tights: Bay Area startup helps those with MS walk. ‘Tipflation’: Pushy checkout screens seem to work. A bit of optimism: Bitcoin is spiking. Auto finance: Ramp taps AI. Safe call: Meta wants parents to approve teen app downloads. Noted: Notion chat bot reads your notes for you. VCs use AI to…

What would you give up for a 4-day workweek? | Newsletter

What would you give up for a 4-day workweek? | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits Gator tech: UF opens $150M center. Delivery drones: Prime Air takes to skies. Blue chips: IBM launches AI venture fund. Open for business: OpenAI launches API. Boss bot: Company appoints robot CEO. Paint-by-bot: Figma’s AI cuts meeting pain. Video vox: YouTube tests chatbot summaries. ‘Federated’ future: Mozilla bets on Web3. No more play: Microsoft cuts Xbox perk. Funny AI?: Musk teases Grok AI bot. Switched off: Twitch drops Nintendo. Off budget: Mint shuts down. What’s your work persona? New research from the Imaginary Institute puts tech workers into nine personas based on work preferences. Are you an “Avatar” loving remote freedom or a “Community-seeker” craving office…

Do you work for a ‘forever company’? | Newsletter

Do you work for a ‘forever company’? | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits Word of the year: Collins picks ‘AI.’ No. 1 in AI: ChatGPT out-earns others. Claude cashes in: Anthropic gets $2B. 50/50: AI chief foresees AGI in 5 years. Out of touch: Mac kills the touch-bar. Retro gaming: Atari buys Digital Eclipse. Game on: Comcast boosts sports startups. Green seed: Conservancy backs founders. Teaching style: Canva unveils class tools. Design heavyweight: Pentagram turns 50. Search th.ing: Google introduces .ing. Ad-free: Meta starts European paid plans. Cities close in on carbon neutrality Lahti, Finland aims to become carbon neutral in the next 5 years through initiatives like biking infrastructure, public transit, cutting coal, and waste-to-energy. The city tracks over…

Can AI deliver a 4-day workweek? | Newsletter

Can AI deliver a 4-day workweek? | Newsletter

Our weekly tech newsletter. Subscribe today on our blog. Quick Hits Digital doppelgangers: D-ID app clones you into AI videos. New breathalyzer: Test delivers instant COVID results. What’s a yoko?: Developers declare death to captchas. Python power-up: Snowflake acquires Ponder. Apple’s AI aims: Company’s $1B-per-year catchup plan. Brand morphing: AI introduces shape-shifting logos. Small science: Stanford unveils world’s first mini accelerator. AI modeling career: Bot builds 3D worlds from text prompts. ‘Data poisoning’: Developers unleash unique bot breakers. Plant power: Waterloo researchers grow tiny, soft med bots. Stanford study: LLaMA 2 wins in transparency. New wave: Firm invests $150M underrepresented founders SF hackathon taps AI for city issues Former tech workers launched Accelerate SF, a hackathon aimed at driving…