Deep learning involves a highly iterative process where data scientists build models and test them on GPU-powered systems until they get something they can work with. It can be expensive and time-consuming, often taking weeks to fashion the right model. Determined AI, a new startup wants to change that by making the process faster, cheaper […]
View More Determined AI nabs $11M Series A to democratize AI developmentCategory: GV
Kobalt, the music services company, is raising a big round that could exceed $100 million, says new report
Kobalt, a 19-year-old, London-based music services company that operates as both a music publisher and a service-based music company — among other things, it helps artists collect the royalties owed them — is reportedly raising a new round of funding that could surpass $100 million. Music Business Worldwide (MBW) reported on the round yesterday, with […]
View More Kobalt, the music services company, is raising a big round that could exceed $100 million, says new reportHelen Yiang and Andy Wheeler will be speaking at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI April 18 at UC Berkeley
We’re just under two months out from this year’s TC Sessions: Robotics + AI event, and we’ve still got a lot left to announce. As noted, we’ll have Anca Dragan, Marc Raibert, Alexei Efros, Hany Farid, Melonee Wise, Peter Barrett, Rana el Kaliouby, Arnaud Thiercelin and Laura Major at the April event, and today we’ve […]
View More Helen Yiang and Andy Wheeler will be speaking at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI April 18 at UC BerkeleyDandelion Energy, the Alphabet X spinout, raises another $16M led by GV and Comcast
As tech companies continue their race to control the smart home, a promising energy startup has raised a round of funding from traditionally-tech and strategic investors, for a geothermal solution to heat and cool houses. Dandelion Energy, a spinout from Alphabet X, has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding, with strategic […]
View More Dandelion Energy, the Alphabet X spinout, raises another $16M led by GV and ComcastSlack’s product chief is out ahead of direct listing
Slack’s chief product officer April Underwood is stepping down to focus on investing full time.
View More Slack’s product chief is out ahead of direct listingRightHand Robotics grabs $23 million in funding
RightHand Robotics announced a $23 million Series B this week. That brings the pick and place robotic arm manufacturer’s total funding up to around $34 million, including last year’s $8 million Series A. The robotics startup has impressed investors with the dexterity and speed of its robotic picking system, having recruited some big VC names […]
View More RightHand Robotics grabs $23 million in fundingBowery, an indoor farming startup, raises $90 million more, including to counter a SoftBank-funded rival
When in July of last year, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million round in the Silicon Valley startup Plenty, investors behind a competing indoor farming startup across the country, New York-based Bowery, were left reeling. Just one month earlier, they’d closed on a round that brought Bowery’s total funding to $31 million. As […]
View More Bowery, an indoor farming startup, raises $90 million more, including to counter a SoftBank-funded rivalGV partner Joe Kraus named Lime’s first COO
One week after Lime tapped David Richter as its first chief business officer, it’s announced another addition to its c-suite.
View More GV partner Joe Kraus named Lime’s first COOGV partner Joe Kraus named Lime’s first COO
One week after Lime tapped David Richter as its first chief business officer, it’s announced another addition to its c-suite.
View More GV partner Joe Kraus named Lime’s first COOChina is funding the future of American biotech
Silicon Valley is in the midst of a health craze, and it is being driven by “Eastern” medicine. It’s been a record year for US medical investing, but investors in Beijing and Shanghai are now increasingly leading the largest deals for US life science and biotech companies. In fact, Chinese venture firms have invested more this […]
View More China is funding the future of American biotechThe next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens
If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will also work their way through prepared food businesses. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface Investors […]
View More The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchensThe war over music copyrights
VC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in a booming market. After 15+ years of being the last industry anyone wanted to invest in, the music industry is coming back, and money is flooding in to buy up the rights to popular songs. As paid streaming subscriptions […]
View More The war over music copyrights