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23-Year-Old Duo Exited Amazon And Microsoft To Build AI Startup, Raised $4 million
Bluejay focuses on testing AI voice and text agents using synthetic customers to identify weaknesses.
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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A Warning On Start-Up Valuations By Narayana Murthy-Owned Firm
The family office of tech billionaire Narayana Murthy is growing cautious on startups in India, pointing to steep discounts driven by funds that need to exit their investments.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Compares AI Hype to Dot-Com Bubble, Warns ‘Someone’s Gonna Get Burned’: Report
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly admitted last week that the ongoing excitement around the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology resembles the 1990s dot-com bubble. As per the report, Altman made the comments during an interview with a group of journalists, and highlighted that investors funding AI startups at high valuations could get...
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Perplexity Reportedly Offers to Buy Google Chrome for More Than Its Own Valuation
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Tuesday launched an audacious bid to buy the Google Chrome browser in its entirety, according to a report. The Aravind Srinivas-led company is said to have offered Google $34.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3.02 lakh crore) for the rights to the world’s most popular web browser, a sum which is even higher...
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Meta Reportedly Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms Amid Ongoing Talent War
Meta is reportedly continuing its recruitment offensive to build up its new artificial intelligence (AI) division Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant’s latest spoils of the war is WaveForms, an AI startup working with audio-focused models. While the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the co-founder...
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AI Startup Perplexity Receives New Funding, Valued At $18 Billion
Perplexity AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence-powered search engine competes with Google, has raised fresh capital in a deal that values the startup at $18 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Tesla Shareholders To Have An Option To Invest In xAI: Elon Musk
Tesla will give its shareholders the option to invest in artificial intelligence startup xAI, billionaire owner of both companies Elon Musk said on his social media platform X.
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Billionaire Melinda Gates Explains Why She Won't Fund Daughter's Startup
Daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Phoebe Gates recently co-founded digital fashion platform Phia with her former Stanford classmate Sophia Kianni.
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After Op Sindoor Success, Indian Drone Startup Raises Massive $100 Million
UAV manufacturing startup Raphe mPhibr, whose drones participated in Operation Sindoor, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst.
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Meta Discussed Buying Perplexity Before Investing in Scale
Meta held discussions with AI search startup Perplexity AI about a possible takeover. The talks with Meta, which have not previously been reported, highlight Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s willingness to use deals and big hires to catch up in the AI race.
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Meta Set to Throw Billions at Startup That Leads AI Data Market
Meta is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI. The financing may exceed $10 billion (roughly Rs. 85,533 crore) in value, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time.
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Ex-Startup Founder Struggles To Find A Job, Says "No One Is Calling Back"
A former startup founder recently opened up on Reddit about his struggles to find a job after entrepreneurship, despite having done it all.
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Indian-Origin Graduate Fools 27 Investors With Fake Founder Persona, Calls Out "Rigged" Startup World
Mr Khetan criticised the startup and venture capital ecosystem, highlighting how superficial markers of credibility can generate interest, even without a solid product, pitch, or plan.
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Paris Beats London As Europe's Leading Tech Ecosystem
Paris has been named as the new European tech champion, beating London for the first time on some metrics, according to data from Dealroom, which collects information on startups and venture capital firms.
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23-Year-Old Duo Exited Amazon And Microsoft To Build AI Startup, Raised $4 million
Bluejay focuses on testing AI voice and text agents using synthetic customers to identify weaknesses.
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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A Warning On Start-Up Valuations By Narayana Murthy-Owned Firm
The family office of tech billionaire Narayana Murthy is growing cautious on startups in India, pointing to steep discounts driven by funds that need to exit their investments.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Compares AI Hype to Dot-Com Bubble, Warns ‘Someone’s Gonna Get Burned’: Report
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly admitted last week that the ongoing excitement around the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology resembles the 1990s dot-com bubble. As per the report, Altman made the comments during an interview with a group of journalists, and highlighted that investors funding AI startups at high valuations could get...
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Perplexity Reportedly Offers to Buy Google Chrome for More Than Its Own Valuation
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Tuesday launched an audacious bid to buy the Google Chrome browser in its entirety, according to a report. The Aravind Srinivas-led company is said to have offered Google $34.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3.02 lakh crore) for the rights to the world’s most popular web browser, a sum which is even higher...
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Meta Reportedly Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms Amid Ongoing Talent War
Meta is reportedly continuing its recruitment offensive to build up its new artificial intelligence (AI) division Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant’s latest spoils of the war is WaveForms, an AI startup working with audio-focused models. While the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the co-founder...
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AI Startup Perplexity Receives New Funding, Valued At $18 Billion
Perplexity AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence-powered search engine competes with Google, has raised fresh capital in a deal that values the startup at $18 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Tesla Shareholders To Have An Option To Invest In xAI: Elon Musk
Tesla will give its shareholders the option to invest in artificial intelligence startup xAI, billionaire owner of both companies Elon Musk said on his social media platform X.
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Billionaire Melinda Gates Explains Why She Won't Fund Daughter's Startup
Daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Phoebe Gates recently co-founded digital fashion platform Phia with her former Stanford classmate Sophia Kianni.
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After Op Sindoor Success, Indian Drone Startup Raises Massive $100 Million
UAV manufacturing startup Raphe mPhibr, whose drones participated in Operation Sindoor, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst.
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Meta Discussed Buying Perplexity Before Investing in Scale
Meta held discussions with AI search startup Perplexity AI about a possible takeover. The talks with Meta, which have not previously been reported, highlight Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s willingness to use deals and big hires to catch up in the AI race.
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Meta Set to Throw Billions at Startup That Leads AI Data Market
Meta is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI. The financing may exceed $10 billion (roughly Rs. 85,533 crore) in value, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time.
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Ex-Startup Founder Struggles To Find A Job, Says "No One Is Calling Back"
A former startup founder recently opened up on Reddit about his struggles to find a job after entrepreneurship, despite having done it all.
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Indian-Origin Graduate Fools 27 Investors With Fake Founder Persona, Calls Out "Rigged" Startup World
Mr Khetan criticised the startup and venture capital ecosystem, highlighting how superficial markers of credibility can generate interest, even without a solid product, pitch, or plan.
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Paris Beats London As Europe's Leading Tech Ecosystem
Paris has been named as the new European tech champion, beating London for the first time on some metrics, according to data from Dealroom, which collects information on startups and venture capital firms.
