AI chip startup EnCharge has secured a $100 million Series B led by Tiger Global using this pitch deck
COO Echere Iroaga, CEO Naveen Verma, and CTO Kailash Gopalakrishnan. A startup developing efficient AI chips has secured $100 million in a funding round led by investment firm Tiger Global. California-based EnCharge AI, founded in 2022, has created an in-memory computing AI chip that it claims provides a twenty-fold improvement in energy efficiency. This allows…
A financial planner explains why you should consider getting insurance for your side hustle
Financial planner Jovan Johnson. As a freelance writer who is also expanding to organizing more in-person events and selling stickers, I’ve been hesitant to get business insurance for my side hustles. I’m not raking in a ton of income from these new ventures, so it’s hard to justify the cost of insurance for hustles that…
I live in Florida. Here are 5 things everyone should do in Orlando that have nothing to do with Disney or Universal.
There’s so much to do in Orlando outside the popular theme parks. I’m from Jacksonville, Florida, but I frequently love heading to nearby Orlando. It’s obviously home to some of the best theme parks in the world — Disney World and Universal Studios — but the city has so much more to offer. After visiting…
Apple’s Alibaba AI deal is unlikely to be a silver bullet for its China woes
China is a vital market for Apple. It looks like Apple has finally found a partner to bring its full vision of generative AI to China: Jack Ma’s Alibaba. Apple will be hoping the partnership, confirmed Thursday by Alibaba’s chairman Joe Tsai, drives more iPhone sales in China. But its success is far from guaranteed…
‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ brings back Hugh Grant and Colin Firth — but there’s a catch
Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” Renée Zellweger is back as the titular heroine in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” — this time as a widow juggling work, raising two kids, and dating. “Mad About the Boy,” the…
North Koreans are back to fighting alongside Russia, South Korean intelligence says
North Korean troops — pictured here in a state-media training image — have sustained heavy losses against Ukraine. North Korean troops have returned to fighting alongside Russia, South Korea’s spy agency said, following reports of earlier heavy losses. “Following about a monthlong lull, North Korean troops were placed back in the frontline region of Kursk…
A major AI company filed accounts months late and pointed the finger at its Big Four auditor
Charles Liang, CEO of Supermicro Computer. Supermicro, the AI server manufacturer and Nvidia partner, has met the deadline for a late filing of its annual financial reports, and is blaming its former auditor EY for the delay. The tech company, which does business as Supermicro, filed its overdue 10-K annual filing for fiscal 2024 and…
I can’t afford to buy a house where I live, so I bought one in Japan. It only cost me $30,000.
Justin Wong bought an eight-bedroom home in Japan for $30,000. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Justin Wong, who bought a house in Japan’s Nara Prefecture through Akiya Mart, a site that helps foreigners buy abandoned Japanese homes known as akiyas. Wong, 36, works in marketing in Delta, British Columbia, about 15…
75,000 federal employees took Trump’s buyout, less than the White House’s goal
75,000 federal employees took Trump’s buyout, less than the White House’s goal About 75,000 federal employees accepted President Donald Trump’s offer of a buyout, a spokesperson from the Office of Management and Budget confirmed to B-17. That’s about 3.75% of the federal workforce, shy of the White House’s original stated goal of having 5 -…
