Month: January 2025

ElevenLabs, the hot AI audio startup, confirms $180M in Series C funding at a $3.3B valuation

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ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million, valuing the company at $3.3 billion post-money. a16z and ICONIQ Growth are co-leading investment. Rumors of the fundraise were first reported by TechCrunch. The final numbers confirm some but … Read more

How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape

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Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025 after releasing open versions of AI models that compete with the best technology OpenAI, Meta, and Google have to offer. DeepSeek claims to have built its models highly efficiently and quickly (though some are skeptical of these claims), and is providing these models … Read more

Inside Microsoft’s quick embrace of DeepSeek

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The Chinese startup DeepSeek shook up the world of AI last week after showing its supercheap R1 model could compete directly with OpenAI’s o1. While it wiped nearly $600 billion off Nvidia’s market value, Microsoft engineers were quietly working at pace to embrace the partially open- source R1 model and get it ready for Azure … Read more

Telecom’s Future Lies in Decentralized Networks

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The telecommunications industry stands at a critical juncture. As global data consumption skyrockets, traditional telecom operators face a perfect storm of challenges: stagnant subscriber growth, costly infrastructure maintenance and an insatiable demand for bandwidth. This capacity crunch is not just a problem for carriers; it’s a looming crisis for consumers who increasingly rely on seamless … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Profit-hungry Corporations Own Your Most Intimate Data (1/30/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 30, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Charles I, King of England, was executed in 1649, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist. Gandhi in … Read more

Ex-Autodesk execs snag $46M to build the next gen of architecture design

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Talk to many architects, and they’ll likely tell you that Autodesk’s software, including AutoCAD and Revit, has been indispensable to their work for decades. But despite their widespread use, Autodesk’s former co-CEO and chief product officer Amar Hanspal says that the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is using 20th century tools to design 21st … Read more

Design Shifts at HackerNoon: Streamlined Top Nav, Quick Search and Settings Dashboard 🚀

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Hey there! We’ve been busy at HackerNoon, rolling out some slick design updates to make your experience even better. Let’s dive into the revamped Top Nav, Quick Search, and the all-new Settings Dashboard. Let’s dive in! Streamlined Top Navigation Navigating our top menu is now simpler than ever! All primary navigation options are conveniently available … Read more

Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Ownership vs. ETF

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In today’s issue, Miguel Kudry from L1 Advisors breaks down direct ownership of cryptocurrency vs. exchange-traded and wrapped funds and how they are expected to evolve through 2025. Then, Crews Enochs from Index Coop answers questions on the topic in Ask and Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that … Read more

AI prompt results aren’t protected by copyright, says US Copyright Office

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Generative artificial intelligence output based purely on text prompts — even detailed ones — isn’t protected by current copyright law, according to the US Copyright Office. The department issued this guidance in a broad report on policy issues regarding AI, focused on the copyrightability of various AI outputs. The document concludes that while generative AI may … Read more