Podcast Episodes

Sam Altman says ‘enough’ to questions about OpenAI’s revenue; plus, Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing “well more” than $13 billion in annual revenue — and he sounded a little testy when pre…

1 year ago

YC alum Adam raises $4.1M to turn viral text-to-3D tool into AI copilot; also, Cluely’s Roy Lee on the ragebait strategy for startup marketing

After generating over 10 million social media impressions with the launch of its text-to-3D model app, Adam has raised a $4.1 million seed round to p…

1 year ago

Bevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion; plus, IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market

Most people tracking their health today end up with scattered clues. Their smartwatch shows sleep duration. A fitness app logs steps. A nutrition app…

1 year ago

The Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps, plus India’s Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months

People are increasingly asking AI, not Google, to help them discover products. A recent shopping report says Americans, this holiday season, will lik…

1 year ago

Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping, plus, Grammarly rebrands to ‘Superhuman,’ launches a new AI assistant

Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save.

Also, Grammarly is renaming itself …

1 year ago

AccessGrid raises $4.4M to help turn phones into key fobs; also, Mem0 raises $24M to build the memory layer for AI apps

Access Grid builds APIs that companies can use to manage digital key fobs directly within Apple and Google's wallet platforms.

Plus, Taranjeet Singh …

1 year ago

Oxford spinout RADiCAIT uses AI to make diagnostic imaging more affordable and accessible

“What we really do is we took the most constrained, complex, and costly medical imaging solution in radiology, and we supplanted it with what is the …

1 year ago

Israeli intelligence vets raise $20M to track developer buying signals; plus, Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C

Onfire, a vertical AI platform for IT revenue teams, is coming out of stealth with $20 million in funding, including a $14 million Series A co-led by…

1 year ago

India, the market BlaBlaCar once walked away from, is now its biggest

BlaBlaCar is seeing rapid growth in India, with 20 million passengers expected this year — up 50% from last year.

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1 year ago

Tensormesh raises $4.5M to squeeze more inference out of AI server loads; also, Palantir enters $200M partnership with telco Lumen

Tensormesh uses an expanded form of KV Caching to make inference loads as much as ten times more efficient.

Plus, Palantir said on Thursday it had st…

1 year ago