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OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
OpenAI on Monday said it is supporting a new consortium called NextGenAI that would focus on supporting AI-assisted research at

Swap banks $40M to build tools for merchants to deal with tariffs and other cross-border trading nightmares
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
Cross-border trade could be getting a lot more tricky with the wave of new tariffs getting introduced across different markets.

Hotel management platform Mews books $75M round led by Tiger Global
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
Despite clouds of uncertainty looming over the economy and geopolitics, people still want to travel. To meet that demand, Mews,

Mach Industries, founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, lands US Army contract, builds weapons factory
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
Sequoia-backed Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, landed a contract with the U.S. Army and has

No part of Amazon is ‘unaffected’ by AI, says its head of AGI
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
“There’s scarcely a part of the company that is unaffected by AI,” said Vishal Sharma, Amazon’s VP of Artificial General

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
Reddit co-founder and investor Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviser specializing

Singapore arrests alleged Nvidia chip smugglers
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2025
There’s lots of scrutiny involving China obtaining advanced Nvidia chips despite strict U.S. export controls, with Chinese merchants already reportedly

You can now talk to Google Gemini from your iPhone’s lock screen
- By West virginia digital
- . March 3, 2025
Google Gemini users can now access the AI chatbot directly from the iPhone’s lock screen, thanks to an update released

MWC hears two starkly divided views of AI’s impact
- By West virginia digital
- . March 3, 2025
Two sharply different visions of AI were platformed on stage at the Mobile World Congress trade show on Monday. The

Sessions: AI speaker applications close March 7
- By West virginia digital
- . March 3, 2025
On June 5, TechCrunch Sessions: AI will kick off — and you can be part of the industry-changing conversations that will