California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information
This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.
Read moreSaronic, a defense startup building autonomous ships, raises $55M
Saronic, a startup developing autonomous ships for defense, has raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Silent Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Ensemble VC, Cubit Capital and the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund. Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas,
Read moreInstagram Threads preps a Trending Topics feature in battle with X
In an effort to better compete with X (formerly Twitter), Instagram’s Threads is preparing to launch a much-in-demand feature: Trends. A Threads user spotted the update in a screenshot posted accidentally by a Threads employee post over the weekend, which showed a numbered list of trending topics as well as
Read moreCanadian startups had a tough Q3, and AI’s popularity isn’t making a big difference
Funding to Canadian startups declined by 57% to $808 million in Q3 2023 from the previous quarter, per Tracxn’s Geo Quarterly report.
Read moreA former TikTok employee is building a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’
Canopy is a new peer-to-peer social networking app for content creators to connect, crowdsource information and, for lack of a better term, “spill the tea.” The company announced today the launch of its pilot program, with plans to onboard 1,000 influencers. Canopy hopes that the program will help “build critical
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Read moreJetpack Compose Custom Hideable Bottom Sheet
Implementing custom hideable bottom sheet in Jetpack ComposeThe Jetpack Compose logo used in this image is the official logo created by GoogleHave you ever spent hours carefully designing your UI in Jetpack Compose just to run into a brick block when the standard bottom sheet components fall short of your unique requirements?
Read moreFrom prototype to production: Vector databases in generative AI applications
What exactly is a vector database? And how does it relate to generative AI?
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