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Niantic Inc., the developer of the popular augmented reality game “Pokemon Go” and the Lightship AR platform, today announced the newest version of its augmented reality developer toolkit, Lightship ARDK 3.0, which adds Unity support, new meshing features and easier multiplayer support. …
Biden signs executive order directing artificial intelligence companies to develop safer AI
President Biden signed an executive order today establishing new guidelines for the development of artificial intelligence, including rules for the industry, security standards, consumer protections and federal oversight. Ever since the OpenAI LP popularized generative AI with its ChatGPT chatbot almost a …
Anboto Labs raises $3M to launch crypto trading platform
Hong Kong-based Anboto Labs, an institutional-grade noncustodial cryptocurrency trading platform, today announced it has raised $3 million in funding to launch its service that consolidates trading for multiple exchanges and networks into one place. The company’s system connects multiple blockchain networks, exchanges …
Valve officially releases SteamVR 2.0 with numerous improvements
Valve Corp. officially announced the release of SteamVR 2.0, the next major update of its virtual reality interface for PC, on Wednesday, which contains a large number of improvements exactly a month after the company surprised users with a preview version a …
Arteria AI raises $30M to help banks extract data from documentation
Toronto-based Arteria AI, a company that applies artificial intelligence to extract data from financial documents so that institutions can be more efficient with contracts, today announced it has raised $30 million. GGV Capital U.S. led the Series B funding round, with participation …
Eve raises $14M to launch personalized legal AI assistant
Eve, a startup that develops a personalized artificial intelligence assistant for legal professionals, announced the launch of its service today along with a $14 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. Eve Chief Executive Jay Madheswaran told …
No-code app builder Bubble unveils generative AI and native mobile tools
Bubble Group Inc., a startup that allows people who aren’t coders to design and create web apps visually, today unveiled an upcoming generative artificial intelligence tool that will make it simple to design web layouts with just text prompts, and previewed support …
LaunchDarkly’s Galaxy Product Release brings DevOps teams new capabilities
LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform that helps developers and software engineers manage and launch products, today unveiled its Galaxy Product Release that includes a number of updates that will help developers across the entire software development lifecycle from product experimentation to mobile …
WordPress.com parent Automattic acquires all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50M
Automattic Inc., the parent company of the blogging platform WordPress.com, is making a foray in a new direction with the acquisition of all-in-one messaging app Texts.com, which the company is buying for $50 million. Texts.com acts as a universal app that links …
OpsCanvas debuts platform to help businesses visually deploy cloud infrastructure
OpsCanvas Inc. today debuted a new “draw and deploy” platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses with the daunting task of configuring and deploying cloud infrastructure, automating infrastructure-as-code configurations. The OpsCanvas platform provides engineering and DevOps teams the ability to visually diagram their …