South Africa’s Yoco expands beyond payments with AI deal
On Techpoint Digest, we talk about SA’s Yoco expanding beyond payments with an AI deal, the CBN’s data localisation rule, which raises fintech concerns, and Visa’s AI plan to shop…
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – MTN’s AI cables
In today’s edition: The DRC is building a stock exchange || WapiPay is in Canada || Zimbabwe eases crypto restrictions || MTN is turning its cables into ears
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large…
Nigeria’s Carbon Economy Could Become a Multi-Billion-Dollar Engine for Jobs – Ibiyode
The Founder and CEO of Carbon AI, Debola Ibiyode, has unpacked the immense economic, environmental, and employment opportunities that lie at the intersection of climate technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)….
Google’s Alex Okosi on what’s holding back Africa’s AI startups
This year’s cohort arrives amid growing debate over whether Africa can turn AI adoption into sustainable, venture-scale businesses.
Artificial Intelligence boom across Africa | BBC News
Although Africa is home to a huge proportion of the world’s languages, many are missing when it comes to the development of AI. Most AI tools, such as ChatGPT, are…
What Ancestral Intelligence Can Teach Us About AI | Nanjira Sambuli | TED
There’s a common African proverb: “When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.” Policy researcher Nanjira Sambuli says we must apply this thinking to today’s AI evolution, asking: When tech…
Building Anthropic | A conversation with our co-founders
The co-founders of Anthropic discuss the past, present, and future of Anthropic. From left to right: Chris Olah, Jack Clark, Daniela Amodei, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown, Dario Amodei, and Jared…
The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here
Bryant Chou co-founded Webflow, which today powers around 1% of all websites on the internet. Now he’s back in the current YC batch with Ploy, an AI-powered website and marketing…
AI Engineering in 76 Minutes (Complete Course/Speedrun!)
Buy the AI Engineering book here to continue your learning! https://amzn.to/42kjXb2 All images are from the book AI Engineering unless otherwise credited. ⏰ Timestamps 00:00 What is AI Engineering? 01:49…