Mon Oct 15

• Pranjali Awasthi, A 16-year-old Prodigy's Delv.AI Receives $450,000 Funding

• Google's Search Generative Experience Can Now Generate Images, Write Drafts

• Character.ai Launches Group Chats Where People And AIs Can Interact

• Anysphere Raises $8m From OpenAI For An AI-Powered IDE

Pranjali Awasthi, A 16-year-old Prodigy's Delv.AI Receives $450,000 Funding: Teen prodigy Pranjali Awasthi is making waves with a whopping $450,000 funding for her AI startup, Delv.AI. Inspired by her engineer dad at a tender age, this young tech enthusiast took the AI world by storm. From diving into machine learning at Florida International University's labs to winning a spot at an AI accelerator in Miami, she's a force to be reckoned with. With Delv.AI, she's on a mission to bust data silos and help researchers navigate the digital jungle of online content. Temporarily ditching high school for a startup now valued at around $12 million? Now that's some next-level dedication! Way to go, Pranjali! 🚀👩‍💻🌟.

Google's Search Generative Experience Can Now Generate Images, Write Drafts: Google's SGE, the AI wiz behind Search, just added more feathers to its digital cap. Now, not only can it chat with you about your existential queries, but it can also conjure images from thin air with just a prompt—taking a leaf out of Bing's playbook. Want a moody Renaissance painting of a cat wearing sunglasses? SGE has got you! Plus, if you're drafting your next big novel (or just a tweet), SGE is your sidekick, letting you dictate the mood and length. Amidst all these rapid upgrades, one wonders: is it just a matter of time before SGE starts offering life advice or maybe even doodling a comic strip? Keep your prompts ready! 🎨🤔🤓🚀

Character.ai Launches Group Chats Where People And AIs Can Interact: Character.AI, an AI chatbot platform backed by a16z, is adding a spicy new group chat feature. Imagine brainstorming with Einstein, Marie Curie, and Tesla. Or perhaps having a heated debate with Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. No, it's not a peculiar dream, but the reality of Character.AI's latest feature. Users can now mix and mingle with AI personalities in group chats, either AI-only or with a cocktail of human and AI participants. While Snapchat's My AI and Meta's celebrity bots have ventured into this territory, Character.AI, which raised a cool $150 million in Series A funding, is determined to make its mark. This fresh feature, for now, is a treat for c.ai+ subscribers, with a broader rollout planned later. Ready for a chat with Cleopatra about her favorite eyeliner? 🗨️🤖👑🐍.

Anysphere Raises $8m From OpenAI For An AI-Powered IDE: Anysphere, the startup with dreams of revolutionizing the coding world, has secured a cool $8 million in seed funding. Their ambition? To make coding faster, more creative, and downright fun with their "AI-native" software, Cursor. This isn't just any old platform; it's an offspring of VS Code, Microsoft’s open-source brainchild. But Anysphere isn’t just stopping at making coding quicker. They’re also arming Cursor with AI superpowers to help developers ask the right questions and squash those pesky bugs. While Microsoft might be the big fish in the pond, Anysphere believes its nimble approach and "AI-native" focus will give it the edge. And with a growing customer base and revenue already hitting the $1 million mark, this ambitious five-person team might just be onto something big. Code on, Anysphere! 🚀👨‍💻🤖.