Category: AI Tools
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Venice AI Becomes a Unicorn With $65M Series A — Privacy-First AI Is the Next Big Thing
TL;DR: Venice AI raised a $65M Series A at a $1B valuation led by Dragonfly, its first external capital. The privacy-first platform serves 3M+ active users, processes 1.7M API calls/day across 200+ models, and is already profitable with $70M+ annualised revenue. If you’ve been ignoring the privacy angle in AI, this is the wake-up call.…
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Chainything: The Open-Source No-Code Workflow Automation Tool That’s Giving Zapier a Run for Its Money
TL;DR: Chainything is a free, open-source DAG-based workflow automation tool written in Rust. It combines a visual no-code node editor with an AI assistant that generates pipelines from natural language prompts. If you’re paying $30+/month for Zapier or Make and want full control over your automation logic — including offline, self-hosted execution — Chainything might…
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: What to expect on 22 July
Is Your Phone Slowing Your Business Down? Your phone is probably the most-used tool in your business. If it’s lagging, your team is losing time every day. The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is launching on 22 July 2026, and early adopters can claim eVouchers worth up to RM700. But should you rush to…
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U Mobile ULTRA5G Tourist SIM: 100GB +RM186 vouchers for RM15
What the ULTRA5G Tourist SIM Means for Your Business If your business relies on tourist customers, the launch of the ULTRA5G Tourist SIM by U Mobile might be more relevant than you think. This SIM, which offers 100GB of data bundled with a Grab travel pass, is tailored for Visit Malaysia 2026. The takeaway? Tourists…
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Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos | The Verge
Did Meta Just Make Your Next Product Photoshoot Obsolete? If you run an SME in Malaysia, you probably spend more time than you’d like trying to get that one good photo for your feed. Meta just dropped a new AI feature across Instagram and WhatsApp that feels like it might change the game for local…
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Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos | TechCrunch
Wait, Meta Can Do What With Your Customers’ Photos? Your customer posts a photo enjoying your product on Instagram. It is great user-generated content. Now, imagine a stranger takes that photo, runs it through Meta’s new AI generator, and creates something entirely different — an image you never approved, a mashup, something that hurts your…
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Apple Silicon Mac Mini and Mac Studio as AI Agent Machines — What This Means for Your Business
TL;DR: Apple Silicon-powered Mac Mini and Mac Studio are becoming go-to machines for running AI agents locally. For small businesses, this means enterprise-grade AI inference without cloud subscriptions — running entirely on hardware you already own. You’ve been told that AI requires cloud infrastructure. Monthly bills, API keys, per-token costs, latency from round-tripping data to…
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Rivian (RIVN) launches 75M-share sale to raise ~$1.5B for R2 push | Electrek
Rivian Just Did Something Smart. Here Is What Malaysian SMEs Can Learn From Their R2 Bet. If you follow business news, you might have seen Rivian pop up this week. The electric vehicle maker made a bold strategic move right after their stock jumped. Why should a Malaysian SME owner care? Because this story isn’t…