Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive AI Health assistant has a bare-bones demo

[ad_1] In a splashy op-ed in Time published this summer, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Thrive AI Health, a venture with the goal of building an AI-powered assistant to promote healthier lifestyles. Backed by Huffington’s mental wellness firm Thrive Global and the OpenAI Startup Fund, Thrive AI Health would seek … Read more

Mega Drive / Genesis Fan Port “Mega Splatterhouse” Just Got A Demo For Halloween

Image: Namco Update [Thu 31st Oct, 2024 10:00 GMT]: The first demo has been released for Monster Bath Games’ fan port of Namco’s arcade Splatterhouse to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. The demo contains the first two levels from the arcade title recreated on the 16-bit console and is currently playable on the emulator … Read more

The Space Development Agency taps 19 companies for future defense demo missions

[ad_1] The Space Development Agency has selected 19 companies to compete for future contracts under a new program designed to rapidly onboard new contractors for defense demonstration missions. Each company will receive an initial $20,000 to cover administrative expenses.  These companies have essentially been preapproved to bid on future prototype missions to support the SDA’s Proliferated … Read more

Our favorite startups from Pear VC’s invitational demo day

[ad_1] Pear VC, a prominent pre-seed and seed-focused venture firm, has been running an accelerator for about a decade with about 10 startups in each batch. Over those years, the small but mighty program has helped launch numerous companies like Viz.ai, whose FDA-approved AI can diagnose strokes (and was valued at $1.2 billion in 2022), … Read more