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  • AI data startup WisdomAI nabs $23M with a smart way to avoid hallucinations

    AI data startup WisdomAI nabs $23M with a smart way to avoid hallucinations
    May 9 2025
    Rubrik co-founder Soham Mazumdar has a new data startup called Wisdom AI. It offers an agentic data analyst that works with structured, unstructured, even “dirty” data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 m
  • Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com

    Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com
    May 9 2025
    Employer.com has acquired MainStreet.com for an undisclosed amount, the latest fintech startup to get snapped up by the workforce management company. In a post on X, Employer.com Chairman and co-founder Jesse Tinsley said the two companies were “merging forces to simplify business back office solutions into one powerhouse platform.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 m
  • Energy Star program getting scrapped, Ford raising prices due to tariffs, and Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare

    Energy Star program getting scrapped, Ford raising prices due to tariffs, and Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare
    May 8 2025
    The Energy Star program's signature yellow labels appear on appliances and electronics for sale throughout the U.S.; Ford is raising the price of the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV and popular entry-level Maverick pickup by as much as $2,000 due to the import taxes President Donald Trump is placing on vehicles made in Mexico, according to Reuters. Higher prices could make it harder for traditional automakers like Ford to sell their EVs; Tech executives have long talked about how AI is going to revolutionize the advertising industry. In particularly, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been quite vocal about how exactly he wants his company to lead the transformation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 m
  • Cnaught wants to make carbon credits easy for businesses small and large

    Cnaught wants to make carbon credits easy for businesses small and large
    May 8 2025
    Cnaught is a market maker seeking to ease the pain of buying carbon credits for companies without dedicated teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 m
  • MoneyFellows raises $13M to take its group savings model outside Egypt

    MoneyFellows raises $13M to take its group savings model outside Egypt
    May 7 2025
    While most African digital lenders depend on working capital to fuel growth, MoneyFellows has quietly done what few others have: lend billions of Egyptian pounds with almost no debt or balance sheet exposure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 m
  • Pinterest updates visual search with more AI-powered features

    Pinterest updates visual search with more AI-powered features
    May 7 2025
    Pinterest is upgrading its visual search feature with a handful of new capabilities. On Monday, the company announced it’s rolling out new functionality to improve its feature that allows users to search using an image instead of text. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 m
  • Tinder and Visa to bring ID-verifying tech to more places and Airbnb rolled out an AI customer service bot in the US

    Tinder and Visa to bring ID-verifying tech to more places and Airbnb rolled out an AI customer service bot in the US
    May 6 2025
    World, the biometric ID company best known for its eyeball-scanning Orb devices, at an event late on Wednesday announced several partnerships aimed at driving sign-ups and demonstrating the applications of its tech. World is partnering with Match Group, the dating app conglomerate, to verify the IDs of Tinder users in Japan. Also, Airbnb started rolling out an AI-powered customer service bot in the U.S. last month, CEO Brian Chesky said during the firm’s first-quarter conference call on Thursday. Chesky said 50% of Airbnb’s U.S. users are already using the AI bot for customer service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 m
  • OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy

    OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy
    May 6 2025
    OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 m
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