Startups & Ventures

⚡️ BYD rolls out ultra-fast EV chargers in China with 9–12 min full charge

BYD is launching a charging network in China with peak power up to 1500 kW. The system can charge an EV to 100% in 9–12 minutes. Up to 20,000 stations are planned across the country by year end.

Only a few models can currently use the full power. The rollout still moves charging closer to refueling time.

BYD is also preparing to expand the network into Europe.


📊 @tech

🔍 Google launches Stitch to generate UI from text

Google introduced Stitch, an AI tool that generates interfaces and interactive prototypes from text prompts.

Users describe ideas, and the agent builds UI and updates it in real time based on feedback.

The workflow shifts from manual design to iteration through prompts, with the tool handling layout and changes.

https://stitch.withgoogle.com/

📊 @tech

🤖 Perplexity launches Comet AI browser on iPhone

Perplexity released its Comet browser for iOS. It includes a built-in AI assistant that can summarize pages, run follow-up research, help with shopping, and plan schedules.

The app uses Apple’s Liquid Glass design and can be set as the default browser. Extensions are not supported due to iOS limits.

Perplexity says it collects user data for targeted ads. Comet is already available on Android, Windows, and Mac.

📊 @tech

⚙️ Benz built the first gasoline car in 1886 with just 0.75 hp

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen, created by Karl Benz in 1886, is considered the first car with an internal combustion engine. It had three wheels and a top speed of about 16 km/h.

The vehicle produced around 0.75 horsepower and was controlled with two levers, one for steering and one for throttle.

Only 25 units were built, and none of the originals survived. The footage shows a replica.

Benz later merged with Gottlieb Daimler’s company to form Mercedes-Benz.

📊 @tech

🤖 OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini and nano models

OpenAI introduced GPT-5.4 mini and nano, focused on speed and low-latency tasks. Mini improves on GPT-5 mini with stronger coding and reasoning performance, while nano is the smallest and most cost-efficient version.

Both models are designed for fast responses in high-volume workloads, including coding assistants and simple automation tasks.

GPT-5.4 mini is available via API, Codex, and ChatGPT. GPT-5.4 nano is available only through API.

📊 @tech

🛠 $96 3D-printed manpads rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor and piano wire

Its called Project Canard.

It integrates with distributed camera nodes to triangulate airborne targets and update flight paths in real-time.

It proves the barrier to advanced hardware has completely collapsed, moving precision weapons from defense labs to consumer garages.

The entire launcher and interceptor frame is 3D printed in PLA and runs off a standard off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller.

It even spins up a local Wi-Fi network so you can monitor live telemetry and arm the system directly from your laptop.

📊 @tech

📊 Karpathy maps US jobs by AI automation risk

Andrej Karpathy released an open-source dataset scoring 342 US occupations by exposure to AI, using an LLM-based scale from 0 to 10.

Jobs with digital output and remote workflows rank highest. Software developers and analysts score 8–9, while roles like roofers and janitors stay near 0–1. Medical transcriptionists reach 10.

The average exposure across all jobs is 5.3.

The full pipeline, including data, scoring, and visualization, is open source.

📊 @tech

🦞 Nvidia launches NemoClaw to support OpenClaw environments

Nvidia introduced NemoClaw as part of its push into OpenClaw infrastructure. The system provides isolated environments for running agents and helps prevent unintended actions like data deletion.

The platform also offers free generation with the LLM model nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.

Usage costs are tied to the OpenClaw virtual environment, priced at about $0.12 per hour.

Nvidia is starting to package agent infrastructure as a managed service.

📊 @tech

👨‍🔧 Nvidia shows DLSS 5 that turns low-quality graphics into photorealistic visuals in real time

Nvidia introduced DLSS 5, a new version of its rendering tech that can convert simple low-quality graphics into photorealistic output.

Similar approaches have been used in photo and video generation pipelines for about a year, but Nvidia brings this into real-time rendering.

The system can take schematic 3D scenes and upscale them to near-photoreal quality during runtime.

This could extend to AI workflows, where simple generated scenes are later refined into high-quality visuals.

📊 @tech

📹 ByteDance delays global launch of Seedance 2.0 video generator

ByteDance postponed the international release of its video generation model Seedance 2.0.

The model drew attention for producing high-quality videos featuring Hollywood actors. Studios and industry groups in Hollywood filed complaints over the technology.

Seedance 2.0 will remain available only in China for now.

📊 @tech

📷 Photoshop Beta added a new AI feature that lets users rotate 2D layers in 3D space

📊 @tech

🇨🇳 Chinese startup builds RTX 4060-level GPU from scratch

Shanghai startup Lisuan Tech unveiled the G100, a GPU built on its own architecture. The company launched in 2021 by three former S3 Graphics engineers who designed everything from the instruction set to the compute cores.

The chip uses a 6 nm TSMC process, 12 GB GDDR6, and about 24 TFLOPS. Benchmarks place it close to NVIDIA’s RTX 4060.

Lisuan has raised $132M at a valuation near $580M. Preorders open March 17 with release planned for June 18.3

📊 @tech

🧪Founder uses AI to build a cancer vaccine for his dog

Tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham created a personalized cancer vaccine after his dog Rosie was diagnosed with aggressive cancer that kept growing despite treatment.

He sequenced Rosie’s DNA and used AI tools to identify cancer mutations. The results went into AlphaEvolve to find protein targets, and researchers at the UNSW RNA Institute turned that analysis into a custom mRNA vaccine.

After injections in late 2025, one of Rosie’s largest tumors shrank by about 50%. Scientists are now preparing a second version of the vaccine to target the remaining tumors.

📊 @tech