Connectly.ai

Connectly Raises $20 Million Series B Investment to Expand AI Conversational Commerce, Scale Business

Investment round led by Alibaba augments company’s growth, leadership in AI-powered conversational commerce space SAN FRANCISCO – Connectly, the leader in conversational commerce, today announced its $20 million Series B investment led by Alibaba, with participation from Unusual Ventures, Volpe Capital, RX Ventures, Falabella Ventures and Philippos Kourkoulos Latsis. Connectly, which was founded in 2020 by industry veterans from Facebook, Google, Uber, and McKinsey, uses … Continue reading Connectly Raises $20 Million Series B Investment to Expand AI Conversational Commerce, Scale Business

Tonal

Tonal Appoints Darren MacDonald as New Chief Executive Officer to Accelerate Growth and Expansion

Pioneering strength training company taps seasoned executive to lead next phase of growth SAN FRANCISCO – Tonal, the industry’s most advanced strength training system and a pioneer of personalized fitness technology, today announced the appointment of Darren MacDonald as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of Tonal’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Krystal Zell, who has served as CEO since January 2023, has decided … Continue reading Tonal Appoints Darren MacDonald as New Chief Executive Officer to Accelerate Growth and Expansion

Championed by Saudi Arabia

Championed by Saudi Arabia, the DCO Launches the First Global GenAi Center of Excellence

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) announced today at the Global AI Summit in Riyadh the launch of its Generative AI (GenAI) Center of Excellence (CoE) initiative. This groundbreaking initiative is designed to transform the role of DCO Member States to become key innovators in the global GenAI arena by fostering collaboration, and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth. In a statement about … Continue reading Championed by Saudi Arabia, the DCO Launches the First Global GenAi Center of Excellence

openai

Introducing OpenAI o1-preview

A new series of reasoning models for solving hard problems. Available starting 9.12 We’ve developed a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond. They can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous models in science, coding, and math. Today, we are releasing the first of this series in ChatGPT and our API. This is a … Continue reading Introducing OpenAI o1-preview