“Conversational AI” startup PolyAI, based out of London, has raised $14 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley’s Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors (Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital, Sands Capital Ventures, Passion Capital and Entrepreneur First). This follows their $12 million Series A, and will provide resources for further U.S. expansion beyond […]
“They say, what they like; let them say it, I don’t care…”
Guardian: “Academic finds that lines widely reproduced in the eastern Roman empire are ‘stressed’ in a way that laid the foundations for what we recognise as poetry.” The full text paper in The Cambridge Classical Journal,
Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B
How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don’t want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping? A lot, I’d bet. Today, Insurify, a startup that wants to help make it easier for people to get better rates on home, auto and life insurance, announced that it has closed $100 million […]
Golden history of Kazakhstan’s Saka warrior people revealed
Exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to tell story of little known civilization that flourished from eighth to third century BCWisdom, as Bob Marley put it, is better than gold. From next month however, the precious metal is central to a major…