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North American Marvel Rivals team laid off by NetEase
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 21:55
Despite massive success, the team-based shooter from NetEase was unable to stave off layoffs on its North American side.
Elon Musk just released an AI that's smarter than ChatGPT -- here's why that matters
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 21:51
Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 3, outperforming ChatGPT and Google Gemini in benchmarks with 200,000 GPUs and advanced reasoning capabilities, intensifying AI competition days after failed OpenAI bid.
Out-analyzing analysts: OpenAI's Deep Research pairs reasoning LLMs with agentic RAG to automate work -- and replace jobs
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 21:14
OpenAI's Deep Research pairs advanced reasoning LLMs with agentic RAG, delivering automated reports that rival human analysts -- at a fraction of the cost. This breakthrough AI tool could redefine knowledge work across i...
Paperplane Therapeutics raises $1.5M to treat anxiety and pain with medical VR
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 16:30
Paperplane Therapeutics has raised $1.5 million to treat patients for pain and anxiety using virtual reality.
How Skydance devs straddled the massive performance gap between Meta Quest and PSVR 2 | Shawn Kittelsen interview
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 16:30
Shawn Kittelsen of Skydance Interactive knows there are a lot of tradeoffs between performance and graphics fidelity in making good virtual reality games. Last December, Skydance released its Behemoth game, where playe...
Talus integrates Sui to power AI agents
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 16:00
Talus, the next-gen platform for onchain AI agents, is joining forces with Sui, the blockchain which says it's built for mass adoption.
Aomni just raised $4M to prove AI can boost sales without replacing humans
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 16:00
Aomni raises $4M to help sales teams close more deals with AI-powered research agents that provide real-time, deep prospect intelligence--boosting close rates by up to 40%.
Niantic and Capcom will launch update of Monster Hunter Now tied to Monster Hunter Wilds
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2025 03:40
Niantic and Capcom unveiled that the location-based game Monster Hunter Now will get an update with new content and a monster related to Monster Hunter Wilds.