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OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to -- but technically separate from -- OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law and the sciences, has quietly closed a $15 million tranche. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, two unnamed investors contributed the $15 million in new cash on or around April 19. The paperwork was submitted on April 25, and mentions Ian Hathaway, the OpenAI Startup Fund's manager and sole partner.
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Fed's favored inflation gauge shows price increases remained sticky in March
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The Google Pixel Buds Pro are back on sale for $135
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Pro-Palestinian protests spread as hundreds arrested at Emory University, Emerson College and elsewhere across the U.S. Here's what's happening.
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Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network
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Why code-testing startup Nova AI uses open source LLMs more than OpenAI
Not surprisingly, then, code testing in all its forms -- usability, language- or task-specific tests, end-to-end testing -- has been a focus of a growing cadre of generative AI startups. Another is year-old startup Nova AI, an Unusual Academy accelerator grad that’s raised a $1 million pre-seed round. It is attempting to best its competitors with its end-to-end testing tools by breaking many of the Silicon Valley rules of how startups should operate, founder/CEO Zach Smith tells TechCrunch.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have spread across college campuses. What exactly do protesters want?
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Seed-stage firm Eniac Ventures raises $220M across two funds
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Land Rover Range Rover Electric prototypes endure winter testing
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Your old Rock Band guitars now work in Fortnite Festival
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Mortgage rates today, April 22, 2024: Fixed rates keep rising
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