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Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source data-validation framework
A U.K.-based, open-source startup is launching its first commercial product with the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most renowned venture capital firms. Pydantic on Monday launched an observability platform called Logfire, five months after trialing it in open beta, and announced $ 12.5 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia. However, the company […]
Zeno emerges from stealth to crib Tesla’s master plan for Africa and beyond
When Elon Musk published Tesla’s first “master plan” in 2006, it seemed a bit far-fetched that batteries would end up changing the automotive industry, much less global power production and consumption. Today, as electric vehicles continue to gain market share and massive batteries displace smoke-spewing power plants from the electrical grid, that notion seems less […]
Is Arch Manning a freshman? Explaining Texas' QB's year, eligibility in 2024 and beyond
As one of college’s football’s most talked-about prospects, plenty were hoping Arch Manning would make a splash as soon as he landed on a college campus. In the court of public opinion, the Texas QB was tasked with revitalizing a program that had fallen far from the championship-level standards it had established for itself throughout […]
Want to branch out beyond Google? Here are some search engines worth checking out
Google has dominated the search space for so long that a U.S. District Court judge recently found that it has acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search. You have probably used Google Search for as long as you can remember; it’s what replaced things like phone books and encyclopedias. But just because Google […]