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Salesforce AI chatbot goes live and DuckDuckGo making more investments in privacy startups 🤝

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October 30, 2024

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Wiz CEO explains why he turned down a $23 billion deal | TechCrunch

Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from Google was “the toughest decision

techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/wiz-ceo-explains-why-he-turned-down-a-23-billion-deal

Vinod Khosla calls SB 1047 author 'clueless' and 'not qualified' to regulate the real dangers of AI | TechCrunch

Vinod Khosla said the author of California's recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, was clueless about the real dangers of AI, and not qualified to have an

techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/vinod-khosla-calls-sb-1047-author-clueless-and-not-qualified-to-regulate-the-real-dangers-of-ai

Salesforce AI chatbot Agentforce hits general availability | TechCrunch

Salesforce on Tuesday announced the general availability of its AI agent development platform called Agentforce. The offering is, in essence, a low- or

techcrunch.com/2024/10/29/salesforce-ai-chatbot-agentforce-hits-general-availability

GMI Cloud secures $82M in Series A for its GPU cloud infrastructure | TechCrunch

The AI boom has spurred massive demand for graphics processing units (GPUs). As many enterprises seek to integrate AI technology into their systems,

techcrunch.com/2024/10/29/gmi-cloud-secures-82m-in-series-a-for-its-gpu-cloud-infrastructure

DuckDuckGo will be making more early-stage investments in privacy-focused startups | TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo is pledging to invest in privacy-focused startups -- both in a venture capital capacity, and through acquisitions.

techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/duckduckgo-will-be-making-more-early-stage-investments-in-privacy-focused-startups

Andreessen Horowitz is renting a bunch of Nvidia GPUs to its portfolio companies | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has a massive cluster of Nvidia H100 GPUs to help its portfolio of AI startups meet their compute needs, the venture capital firm

techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/andreessen-horowitz-helps-founders-meet-compute-needs-with-oxygen-private-gpu-cluster

Benchmark is raising $170M for its latest partners-only fund | TechCrunch

While fund sizes of many venture capital firms have ballooned into billions of dollars over the last decade, Benchmark Partners, one of Silicon Valley's

techcrunch.com/2024/10/21/benchmark-is-raising-170m-for-its-latest-partners-only-fund

Investments in generative AI startups topped $3.9B in Q3 2024 | TechCrunch

VCs continue to show great enthusiasm for generative AI startups, data from funding database Pitchbook shows.

techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/investments-in-generative-ai-startups-topped-3-9b-in-q3-2024