Tel Aviv, Israel-based large language model (LLM) leader AI21 Labs confirmed with VentureBeat that it has has closed $155 million in series C funding to accelerate the growth of its text-based generative AI services for enterprises. The company is now valued at $1.4 billion.
Investors in the round include Walden Catalyst, Pitango, SCB10X, b2venture, Samsung Next and Amnon Shashua with…
Niantic rolls out GenAI tools for 8th Wall developers
August 31, 2023
Niantic announced this week that it is introducing new generative AI developer tools to its 8th Wall platform. More specifically, it’s adding GenAI modules to 8th Wall that make it easier for developers to streamline their processes. Devs can use these tools to incorporate…
Report: Tether Pivots to Bahamas' Britannia Bank Amid US Banking Strains – Bitcoin News
August 31, 2023
In a recent report released on Tuesday, undisclosed sources detailed that the firm behind the top stablecoin in market cap, tether (USDT), is now banking with Britannia Bank & Trust. In the past month, tether’s supply has dipped by 1.3%, leaving 82.85 billion USDT in…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 30, 2023
August 31, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Starting this week, Colorado residents will have the opportunity to save an extra $6,000 toward the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle simply by turning in their old gas guzzlers. Here’s who is eligible.
Colorado is offering an extra $6,000 for new EVs
Colorado…
Today, we take a first look at the Envo Electric All Terrain Vehicle (e-ATV), an interesting-looking electric ATV that can actually get some work done.
I’ve had a prototype from Envo for a few weeks now, and almost every time someone has seen me on this vehicle, they had…
Confirm raises $6.2 million to bring generative AI and network analysis to performance reviews
August 31, 2023
Does anybody like hearing the phrase, “It’s performance review season, again”?
In most organizations where this author has ever worked (and he has worked at many), neither managers nor employees particularly relished the process of giving and receiving performance reviews.
Still, many companies insist on them as a way of evaluating their talent and ensuring that high performers are rewarded…
Ready Player Me, a provider of cross-platform avatar platforms, is introducing Copilot, a new tool fueled by OpenAI’s GPT-4 and OpenCopilot.
Designed to assist developers in seamlessly integrating the avatar platform into their applications and games, Copilot leverages…
Database vendor Couchbase today announced the launch of Capella IQ, a new AI-powered tool aimed at enhancing developer productivity when building applications on the Couchbase Capella database-as-a-service (DBaaS) cloud platform.
Couchbase was originally developed as an…
Arize AI wants to improve enterprise LLMs with ‘Prompt Playground,’ new data analysis tools
August 31, 2023
We all know enterprises are racing at varying speeds to analyze and reap the benefits of generative AI — ideally in a smart, secure and cost-effective way. Survey after survey over the last year has shown this to be true.
But once an organization identifies a large language model (LLM) or several that it wishes to use, the hard work is far from over. In fact, deploying the LLM in a way that…
