Meta supports FICCI’s XR Open Source Fellowship Program, NeGD joins as the technical partner
The National e-Governance Division, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), will be the technical partner to the program.
https://www.mediainfoline.com/education/meta-xr-open-source-fellowship-program-negd
By Madhushree Chakrabarty
Open Source Internships Program in 2024
January 4, 2022
https://blog.saintmalik.me/open-source-internships-program/
OpenAI: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Sam Altman’s new AI supergroup
by Colm Gorey
14 Dec 2015
A researcher’s dream
Essentially, with all the vast sums of money these people have at their disposal, the research team led by one of Google’s top machine-learning researchers, Ilya Sutskever, will get free rein to research what they feel is important, rather than what they can achieve under a limited budget, a researcher’s dream, without question.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/openai-elon-musk-peter-thiel-ai
Over 20,000 founders applied to Y Combinator's Winter 2023 cohort. We analyze the 20 healthcare companies that made the cut.
Y Combinator (YC) is an early-stage startup accelerator that has invested in over 4,000 companies including Airbnb, Stripe, and Reddit.
Within the digital health space, YC has backed nearly 300 companies. Altogether, YC-backed digital health companies have raised approximately $5B in pre-exit funding.
Y Combinator’s most recent cohort (its Winter 2023 batch) included over 270 companies, with roughly 7% (20) operating in healthcare.
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/y-combinator-healthcare-winter-2023-investment-strategy/
Sam Altman’s Investment Web: Where the OpenAI CEO is investing in AI, biotech, energy, and more
second link…. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/sam-altman-investments/
Y Combinator’s Investment Syndicate Map: Who backs the most YC startups?
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/y-combinator-investment-syndicate-map-vc-relationships/
Peter Thiel’s Tech Giant Palantir Extends its Reach into Local and National Government
David Hencke with more detail on the Government contract with Palantir and the involvement of the data science team behind the Vote Leave campaign
https://bylinetimes.com/2021/01/06/peter-thiels-tech-giant-palantir-extends-its-reach-into-local-and-national-government/
>.5 trillion in private sector investment