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Qeepsake, a journaling app that helps families capture and store memories, raises $2M

TechCrunch

Qeepsake , a New York-based family journaling app, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Text, photo and video responses are then automatically organized into digital journals in Qeepsake’s app. Once you sign up for the app, you’re asked to add your child’s name or nickname to create a journal for them.

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Google, Stanford And The IDF: Professional Backgrounds Of Unicorn Founders

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From employees to entrepreneurs One quarter of unicorn founders previously worked in scientific research or technology development. These organizations likely instill valuable skills that transfer to entrepreneurship strategic thinking, mission focus, technological expertise and performance under pressure.

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The Largest AI Startup Funding Deals Of 2024

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In November, xAI raised another $6 billion in a funding round valuing it at $50 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. and G42 to divest from China technology and lessen its presence there. billion round led by Coatue that valued the company at $19 billion, per The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year, the U.S.

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Nutanix CEO sees multi-year opportunity after Broadcom’s VMware acquisition

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Historically, data center virtualization pioneer VMware was seen as a technology leader, but recent business changes have stirred consternation since its acquisition by Broadcom in late 2023. For us, it’s a multi-year opportunity.” Industry changes and fallout from disgruntled Broadcom VMware customers have been widely reported.

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Amazon Doubles Down Investment In Anthropic

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Together with AWS, we’re laying the technological foundation—from silicon to software—that will power the next generation of AI research and development,” reads the blog. “By Elon Musk ’s generative AI startup xAI raised $5 billion in a funding round valuing it at $50 billion, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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AI Making Waves In News And Journalism

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Read Ronald Schmelzer’s article in Forbes on the future of AI in news and journalism. However, the journalism industry as a whole is highly dependent on technology. The business of communicating the happenings of society might seem to be something entirely human-centric. From […].

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How social science research can inform the design of AI systems

O'Reilly Media - Data

Ward has an extensive background in journalism, mainly covering topics in science and technology, at National Geographic , Al Jazeera, Discovery Channel, BBC, Popular Science , and many other outlets. The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Jacob Ward on the interplay between psychology, decision-making, and AI systems.

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