AI & Robotics

In a wide-ranging interview with VentureBeat, former Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy — who became SVP of data cloud company Snowflake after the company acquired the ad-free, privacy-focused, AI-powered alternative to Google Search — said the “the window is shutting” for AI chatbots to disrupt Google’s consumer search dominance. “It seems like there was a tiny sliver to truly disrupt…

With generative AI increasingly becoming table stakes for organizations, the big question facing many organizations is how to scale usage in a cost efficient manner. That’s a question that Robert Nishihara, CEO  and co-founder of Anyscale is looking to answer. Anyscale is the lead commercial vendor behind the widely deployed open source Ray framework for distributed machine learning training…

Betterleap, an innovative startup aiming to disrupt the recruitment industry, officially announced its launch today, backed by an impressive $13 million in seed funding. The seed round saw participation from leading venture capital firms, including a16z and Peakstate Ventures, with additional contributions from Streamlined Ventures, Active Capital, Air Angels, and Stipple Capital. The San…

The race to dominate the burgeoning market for sophisticated artificial intelligence chatbots intensified last week as the startup Anthropic introduced a subscription version of its conversational AI assistant, Claude.ai. The new service, called Claude Pro, offers users faster and more reliable access to the Claude chatbot during peak hours, as well as exclusive features that are not available in…