It’s strange times we’re living in when a blockchain billionaire, not the usual Big Tech suspects, is the one supplying the compute capacity needed to develop generative AI.
It was revealed yesterday that Jed McCaleb, the co-founder of blockchain startups Stellar, Ripple and Mt Gox and aerospace company Vast, launched a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that purchased 24,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to build data centers that’ll lease capacity to AI projects.
Meta on Tuesday announced the latest version of its Llama artificial intelligence model, dubbed Llama 3.1. The newest Llama technology comes in three different versions, with one variant being the biggest and most capable AI model from Meta to date. Like previous versions …
Google is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity firm Wiz for $23 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter who said a deal is expected to close “soon.” Wiz was founded in 2020, and has grown at a rapid clip under …
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 from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. It’s the No. 1 …