BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.
Feeling Behind on STEM at Home? Here’s the Truth
[[{“value”:” You sit there and wonder if you are falling behind. You see other parents doing coding kits and science experiments. You feel like your effort does not measure up. That quiet thought keeps coming back: “I am not doing enough.” That feeling is real. But it is also deeply misunderstood. Why STEM at Home Feels Overwhelming Picture a tired…
Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation
The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.
STEM Education, Parenting, Science for Kids, Learning, Education Reform
[[{“value”:” You aren’t crazy for thinking you should be able to make STEM learning fun, yet feeling like it’s harder than it should be. You plan the activity, buy the kit, and follow the steps, but somehow it still feels overcomplicated. Then the kids lose interest, and you start wondering if it’s you. It’s not. Most STEM activities are built…
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
How to Keep Kids Interested in STEM Activities (Without the Stress)
[[{“value”:” Stop treating science like a curriculum and start treating it like a conversation. The kitchen table is covered in cardboard scraps, a half-assembled circuit, and a growing sense of disappointment. You have prepared the perfect lesson. You have read the blogs. The materials are ready, and the idea seemed brilliant on paper. But ten minutes in, the excitement has…
Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.
We visited Scout AI’s training ground where it’s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world.
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
It’s a story Musk has told before — in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk — but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath.