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Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants

Carbon Robotics' Large Plant Model will allow farmers to kill new types of weeds without having to retrain the machines.

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelator for students nationwide

Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelator for students nationwide

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HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills; plus, Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round

The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.

Also, Waymo is reportedly finalizing…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security; plus, AI security startup Outtake raises $40M

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

Also, Outtake makes …

1 month ago

Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI; plus, Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

Also, Upwind's $250 m…

1 month ago

Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B-parameter open source LLM from scratch to best Meta’s Llama

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. co…

1 month ago

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans; plus, Fashion rental app By Rotation partners with Uber

Once Upon A Farm food company may debut as soon as next week. It has issued a price range for shares, an SEC filing shows.

Also, By Rotation, one of …

1 month ago

Phia raises $35M to ‘make shopping fun again’; plus, Risotto raises $10M seed to use AI to make ticketing systems easier to use

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni’s Phia raises $35M to ‘make shopping fun again’

Also, designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto has …

1 month ago

Northwood Space secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force contract; plus, AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation

This is the El Segundo, California-based startup's second raise in less than a year.

Also, Ricursive joins Recursive and Unconventional AI in raising…

1 month ago

AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’

Industrial AI startup CVector built a brain and nervous system for big industry. Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigg…

1 month ago