Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff
it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...
Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers
The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
Paris-based Mistral AI raised €385M from a16z, Lightspeed, and others, sources say at a ~$2B valuation, and releases its open-source La plateforme model
The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous.
CRM platform HubSpot plans to acquire B2B data provider Clearbit, which has 400K+ users and 1,500+ business customers, and was valued at $250M in January 2019
over the years, I'm thrilled about this announcement and what it'll mean for HubSpot customers. Mollie Schane : This HUGE and exciting news. I already loved using Hubspot and this...
OpenAI details its preparations for “if AGI is successfully created”, including being cautious with its models and operating as if the risks are existential
Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity.
As Snap's growth warning sends its stock down 43.04%, other tech stocks drop too: Meta by 7.62%, Pinterest by 23.64%, Alphabet by 4.95%, and Twitter by 5.55%
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Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021
Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms
Kuo: iPhone 13 hardware could support LEO satellite communications; Apple may work with Globalstar to enable connectivity when not in 4G/5G range
The iPhone 13 will feature low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication connectivity to allow users to make calls and send messages …
OpenAI debuts a private beta for Codex, an API for turning natural language into code of one of over a dozen coding languages; Codex powers GitHub's Copilot
Watch now. — OpenAI today released OpenAI Codex, its AI system that translates natural language into code, through an API in private beta.
Product Hunt's Josh Buckley and others launch Hyper, a $60M early-stage fund offering $300K fixed checks, a mentorship network, and Product Hunt distribution
Amazon says it expects some employees to start coming back to the office as early as this summer and most of its staff to be back at the office this fall
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Memo: Google tells employees that it expects some US-based workers to return to the office in April, but won't require employees to come in until at least Sept.
Google told workers in an email Wednesday that it expects some U.S. employees to be able to return to the office in the coming month.
Amazon says it expects some employees to start coming back to the office as early as this summer and most of its staff will be back at the office this fall
- Amazon said it expects some employees to begin transitioning away from remote work this summer, with most of its staff back at the office by the fall.