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Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google researchers, released AI models on Wednesday it said were built using a novel method inspired by evolution, akin to breeding and natural selection.Sakana AI employed a technique called "model merging" which combines existing AI models to yield a new model, combining it with an approach inspired by evolution, leading to the creation of hundreds of model generations.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Nigerian fintech Cleva, focused on creating a banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by 1984 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Other participants in the round include The Raba Partnership, Byld Ventures, FirstCheck Africa, and several angel investors. Aaron Michael, a partner at 1984 Ventures, expressed support for Cleva’s founders, Tolu Alabi…

Google is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in AI startup Character.AI that will help the latter train artificial intelligence chatbot models, a report said. Citing sources who were briefed on the matter, news agency Reuters reported that the investment by Google could be structured as convertible notes and will deepen the existing partnership between the companies. Character.AI currently uses Google's cloud services and Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to train models.The talks with Google are ongoing and…

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar — Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek … Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by…

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its first VC round since being founded in 2015 — Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015. It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue. Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its…

Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple Inc executives that raised $100 million earlier this year, said on Friday that it will use Qualcomm Inc's chips in its forthcoming wearable device.Humane has not given a release date or many other details for a gadget that it said on Friday will be called "Ai Pin." Humane co-founder and President Imran Chaudhri demonstrated the Ai Pin earlier this year, showing an internet-connected device worn like a lapel pin that can answer spoken questions and project information on the user's…

Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple Inc executives that raised $100 million earlier this year, said on Friday that it will use Qualcomm Inc's chips in its forthcoming wearable device.Humane has not given a release date or many other details for a gadget that it said on Friday will be called "Ai Pin." Humane co-founder and President Imran Chaudhri demonstrated the Ai Pin earlier this year, showing an internet-connected device worn like a lapel pin that can answer spoken questions and project information on the user's…

Humane, a startup founded by former Apple employees, said on Wednesday it has raised $100 million (roughly Rs. 800 crore) and will release its first products this spring.The company, founded in 2018 by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has now raised $241 million (roughly Rs. 2,000 crore) but has yet to disclose what it is building, saying only that it is a "software platform and consumer device built from the ground up for artificial intelligence."A video posted by the company and patent filings suggest that a…

One of the game industry's better-known figures is moving on from the studio he created. Bethesda has confirmed that Tango Gameworks founder and CEO Shinji Mikami is leaving his company in the "coming months." The designer hasn't provided reasons for his departure, or said where he's going next. We've asked Bethesda and Tango for comment. Mikami has been one of the most influential game developers in his 33-year career. He's best-known for directing and producing early Resident Evil games, but has also played a key role…

Veteran team already at work on brand new IP Today brings news of a new studio entering the world of video game development — Wildlight Entertainment has been founded by a party of developers, almost all of whom have previously worked with Respawn Entertainment on major league titles such as Call of Duty, Titanfall, and Apex Legends. In fact, the key founder of Wildlight Entertainment is Apex Legends’ original game director, Chad Grenier, who announced the launching of the new studio on Twitter yesterday evening.…