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Tribe AI’s CEO on why generative AI is seeing more rapid uptake by enterprises than Web3 and crypto

June 16, 2023
After leaving Capital V, Google’s later-stage venture capital arm, in 2018, former vice president of growth Jaclyn Rice Nelson was struck by the tremendous number of talented engineering colleagues who had also left Google and other large tech giants where they’d spent the early parts of their careers, seeking to spread their wings and do so with more freedom. Rice Nelson was inspired by them…
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Refuel AI nabs $5M to create training-ready datasets with LLMs

June 16, 2023
Refuel AI, a company using large language models (LLMs) to generate high-quality training data for AI models, today came out of stealth with $5.2 million in seed funding. The company said it will use the round to grow its team and build out its platform’s capabilities, preparing it for commercial launch in July. Founded by Stanford grads Nihit Desai and Rishabh Bhargava, Refuel has also opened…
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Epirus, DroneShield combine on UAS-roasting air defense

June 15, 2023
WASHINGTON — Two companies developing drone-frying technologies are combining their products to create what they describe as a counter-unmanned aerial system capable of tracking and downing multiple targets. Epirus, a U.S. company specializing in directed energy, and…
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US Army must plan how to manage electric battlefield, lawmakers say

June 15, 2023
WASHINGTON — A House draft of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill would require the Army secretary conduct an analysis for determining which systems could store and distribute electric power on the battlefield. The service’s reliance on battery-powered capabilities to manage daily operations is increasing. Soldiers need batteries to, for example, operate the Samsung-based Nett Warrior…
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Dremio bets on generative AI, adds new tools to accelerate data workflows

June 15, 2023
Dremio, the open data lakehouse vendor that combines the capabilities of a data lake and warehouse on a unified layer, is going all-in on generative AI. The company today announced two new gen AI capabilities for its platform: a text-to-SQL experience for conversational querying of data, and an autonomous semantic layer to help with data cataloging and processing. >>Follow VentureBeat’s…
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