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Nectar launched an AI agent to automate creator discovery; plus, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips

2026-11-1306:26

Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results. Also, Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

2026-11-1203:51

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is taking over for as an interim replacement for longtime CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads, and more

2026-11-1208:10

Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments. Also, OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development; plus, PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

2026-11-1109:41

Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation

2026-11-1006:13

While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials. Also, Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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