Making sound investments in 2024 with Ashton Kutcher
Watch as Sound Ventures partners Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein and Guy Oseary discuss their firm’s big bet on AI, the influence of celebrity status, and the trends they are currently…
OpenAI reportedly planning to build its first AI chip in 2026
OpenAI is reportedly working with TSMC and Broadcom to build an in-house AI chip — and beginning to use AMD chips alongside Nvidia’s to train its AI. Reuters reports that…
Tackling Misinformation: How AI Chatbots Are Helping Debunk Conspiracy Theories
Misinformation and conspiracy theories are major challenges in the digital age. While the Internet is a powerful tool for information exchange, it has also become a hotbed for false information.…
GMI Cloud Secures $82M in Series A Funding to Drive Global AI Infrastructure Expansion with Advanced GPU Solutions
In a strategic move to address the growing demands for advanced AI infrastructure, GMI Cloud, a Silicon Valley-based GPU cloud provider, has raised $82 million in Series A funding. Led…
Scaling trust to unicorn status with Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppot
SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR — few people want to deal with them, but to even be considered for a deal, many B2B startups now need to comply with…
Actor and director Olivia Wilde launches a VC firm
Actor and director Olivia Wilde, famous for in “Tron: Legacy” and “Don’t Worry Darling,” quietly launched venture firm Proximity Ventures late last year, according to Bloomberg. She launched the early-…
Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly trying to raise billions more
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is in talks to raise new funding at a valuation around $40 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. xAI hopes to raise several billion…
Mary Barra still thinks GM will make an AV with no steering wheel
General Motors CEO Mary Barra still believes an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel and pedals is “definitely” in her company’s future, despite recently cancelling the purpose-built Origin. Barra told…
ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, a reader app
Generative AI company ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, an open source read-it-later app. In a blog post, Omnivore co-founders Jackson Harper and Hongbu Wu said that joining ElevenLabs…
How VCs can distinguish the difference between opportunity and hype
What’s the difference between true opportunity and hype? Answering that question correctly is the difference between success and failure and the tech industry. And it’s a far more difficult question…