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Tech Crunch – Kyron Learning secures $14.6M to expand its conversational AI technology
Kyron Learning, an AI-based learning startup, announced today its $14.6 million Series A funding round plus a $850,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new capital will further develop…
El Paso Matters – Special Election: City Council District 2 race slow to draw donors, voters
The race to represent District 2 on the El Paso City Council has proved challenging for candidates both at the polls and in their campaign coffers: Only about 750 people have voted…
Tech Crunch – Meta and IBM form an AI Alliance, but to what end?
Meta, on an open source tear, wants to spread its influence further and wider in the ongoing battle for AI mindshare. This morning, the social network announced that it’s teaming up with…
KTSM News – 1 seriously injured after crash on Transmountain
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A person was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries after a vehicle crash on Transmountain early Tuesday morning, Dec. 5. Special Traffic Investigators are responding…
Tech Crunch – EnCharge raises $22.6M to commercialize its AI-accerating chips
Around a year ago, TechCrunch wrote about a little-known company developing AI-accelerating chips to face off against hardware from titans of industry — e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Meta, AWS and Intel. Its…
Tech Crunch – Vancouver’s Fantuan raises $40M to deliver real Chinese food at your doorstep
For those who move abroad from China, one thing they miss dearly is the convenience of food delivery apps. Fantuan, a Vancouver-based company, has been working on replicating the experience of Chinese…
Tech Crunch – Foretellix raises $85M to build and test scenarios for self-driving systems
On their way to building fully-autonomous vehicles, self-driving car makers are facing a tall task: training their AIs to be able to respond reliably to any and all scenarios that a car,…
KTSM News – Tuesday 9-Hour Forecast: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy today
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)- Christmas day is approaching and if you haven’t gone Christmas shopping, today is a great day. 🎁 We’re forecasting mostly sunny skies across the Borderland. ☀️ Northeast winds…
El Paso News El Paso City Council District Two Campaign Finance Reports For The Saturday Election
Yesterday, the latest campaign finance reports for the District 2 election were posted by the City Clerk’s office. The reports were due on Saturday, December 1. These are the last financial reports…