Perceptron: AI mixes concrete, designs molecules, and thinks with space lasers

by | 30 April, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, america, artificial intelligence, concrete, EPFL, Facebook, katharine hayhoe, Libor Michalek, Miley Cyrus, Mustafa Suleyman, perceptron, Pileus, TC

Welcome to Perceptron, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup of AI news and research from around the world. Machine learning is a key technology in practically every industry now, and there’s far too much happening for anyone to keep up with it all. This column aims...

Affirm’s CTO talks transparency and the tech that makes BNPL possible

by | 30 April, 2022 | 2022, Adre's IT Blog, africa, Alex Danco, Apple Card, Chrys Chrysanthou, digital banking, DNA testing, eCommerce, Edinburgh, expectful, Finance, Kafene, Kubera, Nelo, NVCA, rewards, Startups, Third Prime Ventures, valuation, wisetack, Yes Health

BNPL is not a new concept; it’s just taken off in recent years and become far more mainstream. Buy now, pay later lets people do exactly what its name suggests — buy something and pay for it later. The difference between BNPL and credit cards is that rather than...

If the earliest investors keep going earlier, what will happen?

by | 30 April, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, Chain Chain reaction, Earnings, evolution, mobile game developer, real estate agents, Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020, TC

There’s a clash happening in the early-stage market. In one world, late-stage investors are reacting to tech stonk corrections by clamoring toward the early-stage investment world, forcing seed investors to go even earlier to defend ownership and potential returns....