Pioneer Manon Rheaume continues to build legacy as PWHL GM
Manon Rhéaume became emotional when she watched the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League draft online and heard Taylor Heise’s name called first in 2023. “I was so interested to see…
ONE Championship: “A pioneer of the sport”
Christian Lee shared some sage advice to the younger generation to emulate Shinya Aoki if they want to succeed in mixed martial arts and grappling. The reigning ONE lightweight and…
Fair-code pioneer n8n raises $60M for AI-powered workflow automation
Developer tooling is changing rapidly with AI. So companies that are making it easier to adopt AI in their workflows are seeing a boom of attention. After a startup called…
Commercetools, a pioneer in ‘headless commerce’, lays off dozens of staff
Commercetools — a “headless commerce” platform that provides APIs to companies building online storefronts — saw a major boost in its business just a few years ago, raising money at…
ICON, a pioneer in 3D home printing, raises $56M led by Norwest, Tiger Global
ICON, which builds homes using 3D printing, has closed on $56 million in Series C funding co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch…
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li warns policymakers not to let sci-fi sensationalism shape AI rules
Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford researcher who also founded World Labs, was invited to the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday to give the opening speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action…
Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form
Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, Pebble abruptly ended. The hardware startup closed 2016 by filing for insolvency, before being sold off to…
AI pioneer Francois Chollet leaves Google
Francois Chollet, a leading figure in the AI world, is leaving Google after close to a decade. In a post on X, Chollet said that he’s starting a new company…
Author Andrew Erdman enlightens us on a forgotten pioneer in the art of female impersonation
Former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants have joined forces to create the Drag PAC, an organization that educates and encourages the LGTBQ community to go out to the polls and vote…
MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI
When Rodney Brooks talks about robotics and artificial intelligence, you should listen. Currently the Panasonic Professor of Robotics Emeritus at MIT, he also co-founded three key companies, including Rethink Robotics,…