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‘AI-powered’ VC firm Vela emerges from stealth with $25M under management
1:05 pm PDT • May 11, 2023
Six years ago, Yiğit Ihlamur, a former senior program manager at Google, observed that AI was surpassing human capabilities in certain areas — at least by his estimation. Equipped with…
AI
Promoted grabs more funding to help e-commerce marketplaces achieve profitability
5:00 am PDT • July 1, 2022
For many marketplaces, those search, recommendation and ad functions are typically siloed, but Promoted has them all under one umbrella.
Startups
WaveOne aims to make video AI-native and turn streaming upside down
10:01 am PST • December 1, 2020
Video has worked the same way for a long, long time. And because of its unique qualities, video has been largely immune to the machine learning explosion upending industry after…
Startups
ProtoPie helps designers translate their work to engineering without the hassles
9:00 am PST • February 24, 2020
It’s the golden age of design for software companies. Designers are becoming more visible and popular on engineering teams, figuring out everything from the visuals of color palette and fonts…
