Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: Dutch online grocery store Picnic raised €355M from the Gates Foundation, Germany’s largest supermarket group Edeka, and others to expand in France and Germany  —  Dutch online grocery store Picnic has raised 355 million euros ($388.02 million) from its investors and plans to further expand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A profile of OpenAI VP of Global Affairs Anna Makanju, who helped transform Sam Altman from a startup darling to an AI ambassador and worked in Obama’s admin  —  This summer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a pilgrimage to India to discuss the artificial intelligence revolution with a towering figure: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Luma, which is building AI models that generate 3D models from text prompts, raised a $43M Series B, a source says at a valuation between $200M and $300M  —  A couple of years ago, Alex Yu and Amit Jain came together to found a company that’d let people capture objects in 3D using their smartphones — no additional equipment required. Lees verder op Tech Meme