Four-year-old Blueshift, which describes itself as an AI-driven “customer data activation” company, has attracted backing from Japanese conglomerate Softbank. It today announced that it’s raised $15 million in series B funding led by Softbank Ventures Asia, Softbank’s AI-focused early stage fund, with participation from Storm Ventures and Nexus Venture … [Read more...] about Blueshift raises $15 million from Softbank for its AI customer engagement tools
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Waymo will build its driverless cars in Detroit
Months after Waymo announced that it would select a factory in southeast Michigan to dedicate to the production of level 4 autonomous cars — that is, cars capable of driving without human supervision in most conditions — the Alphabet subsidiary this morning revealed that it has settled on a location in Detroit. Waymo will partner with Detroit-based American Axle … [Read more...] about Waymo will build its driverless cars in Detroit
Qualcomm interview: China’s early launch proves the world wants 5G now
History will remember April 2019 as a particularly big month for 5G networks, as carriers from the U.S., South Korea, and Europe all launched or significantly expanded their first 5G services. Last night, another global power revealed that it is 5G-ready, as state-owned carrier China Unicom announced that it’s moving up China’s first 5G network deployment to … [Read more...] about Qualcomm interview: China’s early launch proves the world wants 5G now
India’s Mfine raises $17.2 million to expand telemedical doctor network
Mfine, an AI health care startup headquartered in Bangalore, today announced that it has raised $17.2 million in a series B funding round led by Japan-based venture group SBI Investment, with participation from SBI Ven Capital, Beenext, Stellaris Venture Partners, and Prime Venture Partners. This comes after a $4.2 million series A round in May 2018 and brings Mfine’s … [Read more...] about India’s Mfine raises $17.2 million to expand telemedical doctor network
OpenAI’s Sparse Transformers can predict what comes next in lengthy text, image, and audio sequences
Some months back, OpenAI debuted an AI natural language model capable of generating coherent passages from millions of Wikipedia and Amazon product reviews, and more recently, it demonstrated an AI system — OpenAI Five — that defeated 99.4% of players in public Dota 2 matches. Building on those and other works, the San Francisco research organization today detailed … [Read more...] about OpenAI’s Sparse Transformers can predict what comes next in lengthy text, image, and audio sequences