Tutor Intelligence announced a $75 million Series B led by a16z. The event featured interviews with multiple AI leaders and announcements including a $30 million Series A for Larridin and OpenAI's LifeVal benchmark.
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Tutor Intelligence Series B funding: $75 million led by a16z
Larridin Series A funding: $30 million
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AI swarms found $787 million in billing anomalies
AI swarms found ~$787 million in government billing that made no sense. The work was done over the past 10 days.
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AI agent swarm used public & private records
Found ~$787 million in government billing that made absolutely no sense
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Pittsburgh third-best city to work in tech ranking
Pittsburgh is listed as the third-best city in America to work in tech, ranking behind Washington, DC and St. Paul. The top five cities are Washington, DC; St. Paul; Pittsburgh; Miami; Irvine.
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Rank: Pittsburgh placed third in the list of best tech work cities.
Top five: Washington, DC; St. Paul; Pittsburgh; Miami; Irvine.
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SaaStr AI pitch deck filter tool launches analysis
SaaStr AI pitch deck filter tool launches analysis that reads decks and shows where you lose VCs in the first 3-minute pass. The tool treats a deck as a filter, not a story, to help secure meetings.
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Pitch deck is a filter, not a story
VC decides in about 3 minutes whether to take the meeting
SaaStr AI reads your deck and tells you where you lose them
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- saastr.ai - Linked in the post
1.7B model fine-tuned for car repair diagnostics – side-by-side demo
1.7B model fine-tuned to walk through car repair diagnostics, with each step grounded and cited. Former mechanic built the project and shared a side-by-side video.
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Fine-tuned a small 1.7B model for car repair diagnostics.
Provided a side-by-side comparison video of base vs. tuned model.
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- Original post
- youtu.be - Linked in the post