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Robinhood Markets Inc., a commission-free stock trading and investing platform, Thursday introduced “Robinhood Connect,” a new feature that will allow users to fund their Web3 wallets and decentralized apps directly using their Robinhood Crypto accounts. Users of Web3 decentralized apps face a …
Pinecone raises $100M as generative AI drives demand for vector database technology
New York City-based vector database company Pinecone Systems Inc. which enables long-term memory for large language model and generative artificial intelligence systems such as OpenAI LP’s GPT-4 said today that it has raised $100 million on a valuation of $750 million. Andreessen …
Legal AI-focused firm Harvey raises $21M led by Sequoia
Harvey, a generative AI startup focused on the legal profession, announced Wednesday that it has raised $21 million in funding. Sequoia Capital led the Series A funding round, which follows up a $5 million funding round in November from OpenAI LP’s startup …
PricewaterhouseCoopers announces multiyear $1B investment into generative AI
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP announced plans today to invest $1 billion in generative artificial intelligence that will expand its offerings for clients in the U.S. to use the technology to power their businesses. As part of the investment, PwC also announced an expanded partnership …
UK regulators block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, citing cloud gaming concerns
The United Kingdom’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has stifled Microsoft Corp.’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc. in a dramatic move after a monthlong investigation, stating that the deal would “alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market.” …
Moveworks launches no-code conversational AI creation platform for enterprise
Moveworks Inc., a conversational artificial intelligence platform for enterprise, today announced the launch of Creator Studio, a no-code generative AI platform that allows customers to build their own large language model interfaces to serve as enterprise-wide conversational AI chatbots for employees. Enterprise …
AiXplain raises $8M for low-code/no-code AI app development platform
AiXplain Inc., the maker of a low-code/no-code artificial intelligence app development platform, said today that the company has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Transform VC and Calibrate Ventures to continue building out features. Using aiXplain’s platform, users can quickly …
Google Cloud expands startup program to boost emerging Web3 projects
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud today announced that it’s broadening its outreach to Web3 and blockchain startups to enable emerging projects building in the industry to get started faster through an expansion of the Google for Startups Cloud Program to include Web3-specific benefits. …
Nvidia open-sources software to add guardrails to AI chatbots
Nvidia Corp. announced today that the company is releasing NeMo Guardrails into open source, providing a framework for developers to ensure that generative artificial intelligence chatbots remain accurate and secure for users. The newly released software comes as many industries are adopting …
Google Cloud enhances API protection with machine learning abuse detection
With an increasing number of threats to business security and the growth of application programming interface traffic, Google LLC’s cloud division today announced an API abuse detection dashboard powered by machine learning algorithms. The new feature extends Google’s Apigee Advanced API Security …