Generative artificial intelligence (AI) start-up HeyGen has raised US$60 million in its series A funding round, months after dissolving its mainland Chinese operation amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. …
Synthesia launched an option to make AI-generated avatars by recording footage of yourself with a webcam or your phone. Synthesia Synthesia, a British artificial intelligence startup, on Monday showed off …
When former YouTube product manager Kevin Xu, known as “Sir Jack A Lot” on Reddit, turned $35,000 into $8 million trading stocks between 2020 and 2022, many people thought his …
Elon Musk speaking during the Tesla Annual Shareholder’s meeting in Austin, Texas on June 13th, 2024. Source: Tesla Inc. Tesla’s hefty downsizing in 2023 has reduced its global headcount to …
Venture firms raised $9.3 billion in Q1 according to PitchBook data, which means this year likely won’t match or surpass 2023’s $81.8 billion total. While emerging managers are feeling the …
China plans to roll out new measures to coax venture capital (VC) – including funds based overseas – into the country’s technology sector, according to a notice from the State …
Kinetic cofounders: CEO Nikhil Naikal, CTO Sander Marques, COO Chris Weber Courtesy: Kinetic Automation While electric vehicle demand is still increasing in the U.S., the sales growth rate for cars …
30-year-old Caspar Lee was once a YouTube megastar and is now a serial entrepreneur. Caspar Lee Caspar Lee belongs to a crop of content creators who found early success on …
The U.K. is the No. 1 country in Europe for tech by many accounts. In 2023, British startups raised $21.3 billion, their third-highest total on record, according to a report …
Shen, 56, retired from that role owing to “other business commitments”, and there is no disagreement between him and the Beijing-based company’s board, according to Meituan’s filing to the Hong …