Tag: startup
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Unacademy Slashes ESOP Exercise Window to 30 Days for Former Employees
Overview: A New Take on ESOP Exercise for Ex-Employees Unacademy, the Bengaluru-based online education platform, has announced a significant adjustment to its employee stock option plan (ESOP): former employees will now have only 30 days to exercise vested options. This change marks a notable shift from the previous practice of allowing a much longer window,…
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Resolve AI Raised Series A Valuation at $1 Billion: A New Era for Autonomous SRE Tools
Overview: A Billion-Dollar Bet on Autonomous SRE An ambitious new player in the increasingly automated software reliability space has caught the eye of investors and tech leaders alike. Resolve AI, a startup building an autonomous site reliability engineer (SRE) tool designed to automatically maintain and optimize software systems, has closed a Series A round led…
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Resolve AI Reaches $1 Billion Valuation After Series A Led by Lightspeed
Autonomous SRE Startup Closes $1 Billion Valuation in Series A Resolve AI, a startup built around an autonomous site reliability engineer (SRE) designed to automatically maintain software systems, has raised a Series A round that values the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to three people familiar with…
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TIER IV Bets on Taiwan’s Turing Drive to Accelerate Open-Source Autonomous Driving
Strategic investment positions TIER IV and Turing Drive for geofenced, low-speed autonomy In a move that underscores the global push toward practical autonomous driving solutions, TIER IV announced an investment in Taiwan-based Turing Drive. The collaboration brings together TIER IV’s decades-long leadership in open‑source software for automated driving with Turing Drive’s focus on robust, geofenced,…
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From Dry Cleaner to AI Icon: Fei-Fei Li’s Remarkable Journey
Introduction: A Remarkable Origin Story Fei-Fei Li is widely celebrated as a pioneering figure in artificial intelligence, known for her work on ImageNet and her leadership in AI education. Behind the accolades, Li’s path to prominence began far from the typical lab bench. Her early life and unlikely detours reveal a founder’s mindset built on…
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Poly Relaunches as Cloud-Hosted File Storage with AI-Powered Search
Overview: A Fresh Take on File Storage Poly, the YC-backed startup known for its focus on intelligent information workflows, has announced a relaunch that positions it as a cloud-hosted file storage service with integrated AI-powered search. The move reflects a growing appetite among businesses to unify storage with advanced search capabilities, enabling teams to locate…
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Poly Revamps as a Cloud-Hosted File Storage Platform with AI-Powered Search
Poly Relaunches as a Cloud-Hosted File Storage with AI Search Poly, the YC-backed startup known for its work in organizing information, has relaunched its product as a cloud-hosted file storage platform enhanced with AI-powered search. The move signals a broader shift toward intelligent, interoperable data stores that combine traditional file storage with natural language query…
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YC-backed Poly relaunches as a cloud-hosted file storage with AI search
Poly rebrands and pivots toward AI-powered cloud storage YC-backed Poly has relaunched as a cloud-hosted file storage platform that pairs robust storage with AI-driven search capabilities. The shift aligns with a broader industry move: teams want not just to store files but to find them quickly using natural language queries. Poly’s new direction focuses on…
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Boop: Social Picks Turned Bookable Travel Itineraries
Introduction: A new way to plan travel In a crowded field of AI travel planners, Boop stands out by grounding recommendations in real social signal. Rather than delivering a generic, AI-generated itinerary, Boop curates destinations, activities, and routes from trusted suggestions within a user’s social circles and communities. The result is a densely personalized, bookable…
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LingUniverse Secures $27.5M Pre-A to Build a Global AI Interaction OS
Overview: LingUniverse Secures a Major Pre-A Round LingUniverse, a cutting-edge human–AI interaction technology company, announced a $27.5 million Pre-A funding round. The investment comes from a mix of strategic investors and financial backers, signaling strong confidence in LingUniverse’s vision to build a global AI Interaction Operating System (OS). This round underscores the growing demand for…