AI enhances breast cancer detection
Quick Hits
Accountable AI: Researcher launches lab.
Chat challenge: Reddit unveils AI Answers.
Code talker: Google launches Jules AI.
Cruise out: GM halts robotaxis.
Delivering India: AMZ pilots quick commerce.
EV surge: Tesla’s China sales soar.
Fossil fortune: NYC displays dinos.
Game changer: YouTube goes multiplayer.
Is romance dead?: Dating apps struggle.
Kit trick: Fans design Manchester City uniforms.
Quantum leap: Google introduces Willow chip.
Robot rescue: Canine robot joins Denver police.
Reusable rockets: Europe takes on SpaceX.
Search swap: Google loses to AI chatbots.
Smarter AI: Google launches Gemini 2.0.
Startup spark: Amazon invests in Indian statups.
Text-to-video: OpenAI launches Sora.
VCs fund data centers—in space
Venture capitalists are over the moon about Washington’s Lumen Orbit, which raised $11M to build data centers in space.
AI improves cancer detection 21%
AI can improve cancer detection rates by 21% in mammograms, according to findings of an AI company backed by radiology giant RadNet.
YC retreat spells opportunity in Africa
As Y Combinator steps back from Africa, alumni are launching accelerators to support local startups.
India mints 6 tech unicorns
Moneyview and Krutrim AI are 2 of the 6 tech unicorns minted in India in 2024—3X more than the year before.
AI-cyber funding soars
AI cybersecurity startups raised over $2.6B this year, with Cyera leading the pack.
Company Spotlight: Tremendous
This week on the Wellfound LinkedIn, we spotlighted the fast-growing company, Tremendous. 👥 Open roles include:
-Digital Marketing Manager
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-Senior Product Manager
-Sales Development Representative
📢 Explore 10+ open roles and join the team. 🎥 Full interview with co-founder and CEO Kapil Kale and Wellfound CEO, Amit Matani
Weekly Pulse
Startups We Love: Riverside.FM
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Blog of the week
Coinbase is one of the most improbable success stories in the tech industry today. Learn how Coinbase used the divisive, high-risk nature of its industry to its advantage. | Read more
What we're reading
The Complete Guide to Hiring Your First Engineer (Wellfound)
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip (Google)
The Unknown Entrepreneur Arc (David Cummings)
Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’ (The Verge)
Finding the Midnight Snacker: Agentic Marketing (Tomasz Tunguz)
Secret to AI Profitability Is Hiring a Lot More Doctorates (Bloomberg)
A.I. Will Transform the Global Economy (NYT)
How Elon Musk Made One of the Best Hires in Tech History (Wellfound)
From the CEO
Podcasts of the Week
Retaining Top Talent Through the Power of Mentorship with Clint Pulver (HR Superstars)
How to Pinpoint What Powers Your Growth with Avishai Abrahami of Wix (For Starters with Alexa von Tobel)
Fivetran CEO George Fraser - data for the AI revolution (World of DaaS)
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