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Google Pixel was the big winner in Super Bowl ads for the second year in a row with its ‘Javier in Frame’ spot according to the 20th Kellogg School Super Bowl Advertising Review. The Kellogg School is the business school at Northwestern University. Other brands that earned top marks for their expensive Super Bowl ads […]
OAKLAND — Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he is increasing state law enforcement personnel in Oakland and the East Bay — temporarily deploying California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers, including specialized units, and advanced investigative technology to crack down on crime and improve public safety. As part of the announcement, the CHP will begin a law […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Minted, a premium design marketplace committed to empowering independent artists, is rolling out a new partnership with local commerce platform, DoorDash, to offer nationwide on-demand delivery of Minted greeting cards. The collaboration will begin with a Valentine’s Day collection, to be followed shortly by a broader assortment of cards for everyday occasions. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Unlearn, an AI company creating digital twins of clinical trial participants that enable smaller, faster studies, has announced a $50 million Series C round led by Altimeter Capital, joined by returning investors Radical Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Epic Ventures, and Necessary Venture Capital. This round of funding was secured to propel […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Flood, a protocol for order routing, management, and settlement, has raised its $5.2 million seed funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto with participation from Archetype and Robot Ventures. Flood provides decentralized application (dApp) developers with a suite of tools for owning and managing the entire lifecycle of their application’s order flow. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Polycam, developer of a 3D creation tool for iPhone and Android, has landed $18 million Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital and Adjacent with participation by Adobe Ventures and a stellar group of angel investors including Chad Hurley (YouTube), Shaun Maguire (Sequoia), Julien Chaumond (HuggingFace) and Barry McCardel (Hex). […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Shepherd, an insurance tech platform for commercial construction, has raised a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Intact Ventures, Era Ventures, Greenlight Re and Spark Capital. Shepherd combines insurance together with software to help contractors save on premiums. The company will utilize the funds to […]
NVIDIA has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium as part of the company’s effort to advance safe, secure and trustworthy AI. AISIC will work to create tools, methodologies and standards to promote the safe and trustworthy development and deployment of AI. As a member, NVIDIA will […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Ambience Healthcare, developer of comprehensive AI operating system for healthcare organizations, has announced a $70 million Series B raise co-led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund. The raise also includes existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Optum Ventures. “Healthcare is one of AI’s most promising opportunities to create an outsized positive impact on the world. Ambience Healthcare […]
SUNNYVALE — S&S Lab, operator of IRIS LAB, South Korea’s first private sector-led shared research lab, has announced a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, a global innovation platform, and Simple Planet, a bio food tech startup. The goal of this collaboration is to establish the largest Food & Beverage (F&B) innovation ecosystem in South Korea, serving as an intermediary […]
REDWOOD CITY — Equinix, a leading operator of data centers, announced a fully managed private cloud service that enables enterprises to easily acquire and manage their own NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputing infrastructure for building and running custom generative AI models. Available now, the service includes NVIDIA DGX systems, NVIDIA networking and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform. Equinix installs and operates each […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Portal, a company looking to develop a decentralized Bitcoin-Based exchange, has exited stealth mode and raised $34 million in seed funding. Investors that participated in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Arrington Capital, OKX Ventures and Gate.io, as well as many other high-profile fintech and crypto investors. The seed funding builds on Portal’s […]