ODF Launches Solo Club and Solo Founders Program to Normalize Solo Founding

Over the last 6 years of building ODF we’ve helped over 1,000 companies get started and raise nearly $3B — many of them finding co-founders through the community While building ODF we noticed something important: solo founders are significantly underestimated in the startup ecosystem Despite solo-founded companies like Midjourney, Vercel and ODF startups like Loyal, … Read more

Democratizing Health: The Visionary Engineering of Anirban Chatterjee

From the intricate circuits of dark matter detectors to the miniature sensors embedded in wearables, Anirban Chatterjee has charted an unexpected but deeply impactful course through hardware and biomedical engineering. His mission? To make health sensing as intuitive and accessible as checking the weather. “I remember watching my grandfather struggle with bronchitis and thinking — … Read more

Tariffs Vs. Crypto

The announcement of new tariffs by President Donald Trump on April 9, 2025, sent shockwaves across various financial markets, including cryptocurrencies. However, Coldware (COLD) has emerged as a fighter, defying market sentiment and continuing to rise despite the broader downturn in the market. Coldware (COLD): Defying the Odds Coldware (COLD) is rapidly gaining popularity due to … Read more

How AI Judges the Accuracy of Its Own Answers

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more

Ignore The Noise: Web3 Gaming Is Making Real Progress

Blockchain introduces the promise of a decentralized video games landscape where players can earn rewards, own in-game assets and have a real say in the direction of their future development. It’s a compelling promise, and yet it’s one that many gamers strongly resist. Gamers have become some of the most vocal naysayers against crypto, labeling … Read more

How LongFact Helps Measure the Accuracy of AI Responses

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more

How SAFE Performs Compared to Human Annotations

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more

So Are Vapes Making a Comeback Under the Trump Administration?

The direction of federal vapor product regulation in the United States hangs in the balance following leadership changes within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While many vapers and industry advocates welcome the departure of certain vocal anti-vaping officials, a sense of uncertainty prevails. Meaningful policy reform is still needed to translate President … Read more

Edge AI Agents Are Apparently a Thing Now

While generative AI and LLMs dominate today’s headlines, a quieter but equally profound transformation is unfolding at the network’s edge. Edge AI agents—autonomous systems operating directly on endpoint devices—are fundamentally reshaping how we deploy intelligence. The implications for developers and architects are immediate and far-reaching. What Are Edge AI Agents? Simply put, Edge AI agents … Read more

QR Code Payment Methods: How Businesses Can Simplify Transactions and Cut Costs with Open Banking

In an increasingly cashless world, QR code payments have emerged as one of the most versatile and accessible methods for both businesses and consumers. With 94% of UK residents aged 16+ now owning a smartphone, QR payments are fast becoming a mainstream way to pay — whether you’re at a pop-up market, settling a restaurant … Read more

Ever Wanted to Run a Data Engine on Kubernetes? SeaTunnel Just Made It Weirdly Simple

SeaTunnel provides a method to run the Zeta engine in cluster mode, allowing Kubernetes to locally deploy the Zeta engine for more efficient application deployment and management. In this guide, we will explore more about running the Zeta engine in cluster mode with SeaTunnel on Kubernetes and understand how to leverage the advantages of the … Read more

This One Data Company Abandoned DataX, Upgraded to SeaTunnel, and Turbocharged Its Workflows

With the continual evolution of big data technologies, the role of data synchronization tools in enterprises has become increasingly crucial. To meet the complex and varied business demands, finding an efficient and flexible data synchronization tool is paramount. In this article, we’ll share insights from Li Hongjun, the R&D manager at JoyaData Communications, on why … Read more

fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction: The Results

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

From Brain Embeddings to Refined Images: The MindEye2 Inference Pipeline

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Image Captioning and Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules Explained

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

AI: Will You See or Be Made to See?

History doesn’t reward hesitation, it rewards adaptation. By Ramu BYIRINGIRO In every era, there are those who choose to see and those who are made to see. At the turn of the millennium, the internet was dismissed as a speculative bubble. And it was. The media called it overhyped. Economists, scholars, and self-proclaimed intellectuals argued … Read more

Gcore Super Transit Brings Advanced DDoS Protection And Acceleration For Enterprise Security & Speed

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, April 9th, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has launched Super Transit, a cutting-edge DDoS protection and acceleration feature, designed to safeguard enterprise infrastructure while delivering lightning-fast connectivity. This comes as organizations face a 56% year-on-year increase in high-volume, complex DDoS attacks that disrupt operations, increase latency, and … Read more

The Remembering Self and the Experiencing Self: A Paradox to Happiness Hackers

In the TED Talk below, Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Inventor of Behavioral Economics, explains how our happiness is determined and sometimes distorted by what he describes as our two selves. The Way a Story Ends We must be conscious of the way a story ends in our memories. A bad ending can make our Remembering Self permanently unhappy about an otherwise very … Read more

Inside VALR: Badi Sudhakaran Reveals Secrets to Crypto Exchange Success

In this edition of Behind the Startup, Ishan Pandey sits down with Badi Sudhakaran, Chief Product Officer of VALR — one of Africa’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges. In a no-holds-barred conversation, Badi shares how a spark of ambition, the right team, and bold decisions helped build VALR into a global crypto force. From product innovation to … Read more

Bootstrapping Surge: Why 57% More Founders Are Self-Funding in 2025

When my startup CEO friend Michelle (who wished to remain anonymous) launched her SaaS platform in 2023, she immediately sought venture capital. It seemed like the obvious path: raise funds, grow fast, raise more. Two years later, she’s building her second startup with a completely different approach: bootstrapping. “I’m not alone,” she tells me. “A … Read more