French AI startup H raises $220M seed round
It’s not often that you hear about a seed round above $10 million. H, a startup based in Paris and previously known as Holistic AI, has announced a $220 million seed round just a few months after the company’s inception. It has managed to raise so much money so quickly
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Read MoreAs a U.S. ban looms, TikTok announces a $1M program for socially driven creators
TikTok is pulling out all the stops to prevent its impending ban in the United States. Aside from initiating legal challenges against the government, that means shaping up its public image. On Tuesday, the platform announced its TikTok Change Makers Program, which includes fifty global creators who “create a positive
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Power Automate no-code platform adds AI flows
Microsoft wants to put its Copilot everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before Microsoft renames its annual Build developer conference to Microsoft Copilot. Hopefully, some of those upcoming events will be a bit less lackluster than this year’s edition, which lacks any real standout announcements after Microsoft already announced
Read MoreGitHub Copilot gets extensions
Build is Microsoft’s largest developer conference and of course, it’s all about AI this year. So it’s no surprise that GitHub’s Copilot, GitHub’s “AI pair programming tool,” is taking center stage for a bit today with the launch of Copilot Extension. As the name suggests, Copilot Extensions allow developers to
Read MoreMicrosoft intros a Copilot for teams
Microsoft wants to make its brand of generative AI more useful for teams — specifically teams across corporations and large enterprise organizations. This morning at its annual Build dev conference, Microsoft announced Team Copilot, the latest expansion of its Copilot family of generative AI tech. Unlike Microsoft’s previous Copilot-branded products,
Read MoreThe EPA is cracking down on cybersecurity threats
The East Bay Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant on March 20th, 2024, in Oakland, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency is ramping up its inspections of critical water infrastructure after warning of “alarming vulnerabilities” to cyberattacks. The agency issued an enforcement alert
Read MoreHow Can AI Help Jumpstart or Elevate Your Career Path?
The rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT (OpenAI) and the recent launch of Copilot, integrated across Microsoft’s platforms, have raised concerns about the impact on employment Individuals can use AI and automation to their advantage, unlocking opportunities in both existing and emerging fields. A looming transformation Consulting
Read MoreUnlocking Opportunities: Africa’s Growing BPO Market
The global business process outsourcing (BPO) market is currently valued at over $260 billion and is expected to exceed $500 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research. Africa is at the center of this outsourcing boom, offering competitive outsourcing solutions for international companies. Africa is just beginning its expansion into
Read MorePinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview
Pinecone, the vector database startup founded by Edo Liberty, the former head of Amazon’s AI Labs, has long been at the forefront of helping businesses augment large language models (LLMs) with their own data. Most recently, though, the company completely rearchitected its product to launch Pinecone Serverless, which frees its
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