Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.
Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport
Pickups and dropoffs will happen at dedicated “autonomous vehicle zones” at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.
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Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition
Foursquare raised $411 million in funding according to PitchBook data, but its equity holders saw no returns from its final acquisition.
AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they’re finding it harder to evaluate employees’ work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.
Heat pump tech is 170 years old. Pascal thinks it’s time for an update.
Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to be 20% more efficient.
Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software
The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model’s release without the permission of a judge.
SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review merger
Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accurate
Before you share the Netflix documentary “AI Gone Rogue” take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face’s co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went “full doomer mode” and isn’t accurate.