Top 10 financial services stories of 2020

December 30, 2020

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Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy

Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain and Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents. [...]

Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round

On Thursday, AI app Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. [...]

Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee data as government seeks takedowns

The social networking site is facing criticism for blocking access to the site, which identifies thousands of ICE agents and other employees working for Homeland Security. [...]

DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17B

The acquisition would bring two major players in on-demand delivery under one roof, combining DoorDash’s dominance in restaurant takeout with Instacart’s reach in grocery delivery. [...]

Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure

Deepgram said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source. [...]

Anduril now says its BlueChip laptop will meet Buy American standards at launch

On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They also announced a [...]

Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is ‘going to get worse’

Asked about AI and the trend of college students booing tech CEOs at graduation ceremonies, Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged in an interview that a lot of people really don't [...]

A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records

A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of [...]

Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source MPC

The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace [...]

Readwise is taking on Kindle and Kobo for ebook supremacy

For the last several years, Readwise has been building tools for power readers. There's the eponymous product, Readwise, which stores and categorizes your Kindle highlights to help you remember what [...]

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