Startup News
GamesBeat Summit 2024: Hollywood and Games -- a long-awaited love affair
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 15:15
Our Hollywood and Games panel -- a long-awaited love affair -- will take place on May 21 at the GamesBeat Summit 2024 event in Los Angeles.
LanceDB raises $11M to build an open-source multimodal AI database for app development
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 12:00
LanceDB is building an open-sourced database to help developers better manage their multimodal AI data.
Is OpenAI's superalignment team dead in the water after two key departures?
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 22:50
We've reached out to OpenAI contacts to ask about what will become of the superalignment team and will update when we hear back.
Ubisoft meets FY24 sales targets at the cost of The Division Heartland
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 20:12
Ubisoft's latest financial report shows it's on track to meet targets, but The Division Heartland has been cancelled to save on costs.
Weka scores $140M to supercharge AI workloads with 'dynamic data pipelines'
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 19:54
With this funding, Weka will augment its cash reserves from previous rounds and work towards scaling the business to meet the demand for AI infrastructure in the wake of the generative AI boom.
Assassin's Creed Shadows launches on November 15 with dual protagonists
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 18:36
Ubisoft has dropped the first trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows, set in feudal Japan and starring two protagonists: Yasuke and Naoe.
Intel's Thunderbolt Share unlocks ultra-fast PC-to-PC experiences
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 17:00
Intel is unlocking ultra-fast PC-to-PC experiences in a secure way using Thunderbolt Share.
Mental health app Innerworld adds membership tier with licensed therapists
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 16:00
Mental health app Innerworld, has launched a new, licensed therapist-led membership plan called Membership Plus.
Polestar teams with TactoTek for sustainable car electronics
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 15:00
Polestar is teaming with TactoTek for sustainable car electronics.
DataStax previews new Hyper Converged Data Platform for enterprise AI
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 15:00
DataStax introduces Hyper Converged Data Platform that can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or at the edge, to support enterprise AI and database requirements.
ZBD Gen Z gamer study: spending habits, creators, bitcoin rewards
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 14:00
In ZBD's survey of Gen Z gamers, 36% said gaming companies run by older generations were out of touch. Creators and bitcoin rewards can help.
Elastic launches scalable Search AI Lake for Gen AI and vector search
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 12:00
Elastic is scaling search, observability and gen AI RAG with new Search AI Lake architecture.
Google I/O 2024: the top news and announcements
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 03:29
If you missed Google I/O 2024, the search giant's annual developer event, don't worry: we've got you covered.
Win the world's fastest DeLorean in Google's Gemini API developer contest
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 02:08
To participate in the contest to win the DeLorean, entrants need to build an app using the Gemini API, record a demo video about the app and publish and submit it to the competition.
OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announces departure
Venture Beat - 15 May 2024 01:45
An abrupt and sudden announcement that is in many ways, poorly timed, coming on the heels of OpenAI's announcement.