This fintech has a fix for the biggest cross-border payments issues in Francophone Africa
Cauridor, which lets merchants, banks, and telco operators move funds in and out of Africa through its payment rails, raises ...
Shared scooter startup Voi reports its first profitable year as it explores an IPO
Swedish shared micromobility giant Voi had its first profitable year in 2024, according to preliminary unaudited results the company shared exclusively ...
DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's Android app has taken the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, days after the chatbot app clinched ...
Naboo secures $21M for its concierge-style corporate event booking platform
If you've ever tried to book a venue for a company event, you'll know how onerous a task it can be. You have to contact ...
SoftBank to invest $500M in robotics startup SkildAI
SoftBank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational model for robotics ...
Italy sends first data watchdog request to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’
The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or possibly part of an elaborate plan by ...
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose ...
DeepSeek triggered a wild, baseless rally for some Chinese stocks
Hype around DeepSeek sent the stock price of several Chinese companies soaring, but proof of their ties to DeepSeek is ...
David Sacks claims there’s ‘substantial evidence’ that DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own
David Sacks said there's evidence that DeepSeek 'distilled' knowledge from OpenAI's models, a process that Sacks equated to ...
Who is Liang Wenfeng? DeepSeek founder comes from AI investing
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has Silicon Valley reeling with its R1 reasoning model, which it claims uses far less computing ...
Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that’s unifying the open social web
Openvibe's clever app that integrates multiple open social networks including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just got a boost toward its future ...
Eric Schmidt says DeepSeek marks a ‘turning point’ for the global AI race
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called for the United States to ramp up open-source AI efforts to address the rise of DeepSeek ...