Steve Blank Is a $100 Million Enough?
This article first appeared in Inc. Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I…
A Coding Guide to Build a Multimodal Image Captioning App Using Salesforce BLIP Model, Streamlit, Ngrok, and Hugging Face
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build an interactive multimodal image-captioning application using Google’s Colab platform, Salesforce’s powerful BLIP model, and Streamlit for an intuitive web interface. Multimodal models,…
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model
AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual components…
Aligning AI with human values | MIT News
Senior Audrey Lorvo is researching AI safety, which seeks to ensure increasingly intelligent AI models are reliable and can benefit humanity. The growing field focuses on technical challenges like robustness…
Oracle adds agentic AI to anti-fraud platform
Oracle has introduced advanced AI agents and agentic workflows to its Investigation Hub Cloud Service, enabling financial institutions to streamline financial crime investigations. The agentic AI capabilities help FIs: Analyze…
Steve Blank Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us…
Simular Releases Agent S2: An Open, Modular, and Scalable AI Framework for Computer Use Agents
In today’s digital landscape, interacting with a wide variety of software and operating systems can often be a tedious and error-prone experience. Many users face challenges when navigating through complex…
UiPath keeps eye on agentic AI prize
Software giant UiPath is focused on developing agentic AI solutions and is working with large enterprises for its mass deployment. “Agentic automation is transforming the way businesses operate,” Chief Executive…
Minimalist Light Phone III launches March 27
Light, the maker of a minimalist phone designed to help consumers disconnect from smartphone distractions and social media, will launch its newest model, the Light Phone III, on March 27.…
Lenders lean into AI, automation
AI and automation can unlock greater access to capital for underserved clients, lenders and venture capitalist investors agree. The rise of automated lending solutions was a recurring theme at the…