Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder and CPO at Mysten Labs, announced that he and his wife, Gloria, are launching a $1.3 million endowment fund to help upskill aspiring tech talent in Nigeria. “It’s a milestone we’ve dreamed of, and now it’s real,” he wrote on X. “By 2040, Africa is set to have half the world’s working-age population. To really unleash that power, young people need access to quality training and opportunities, especially in fast-growing fields like AI and blockchain,” he adds. Helping young Nigerians upskill Nigeria is currently experiencing a shortage
SymbyAI has raised $2.1 million in seed funding with participation from Drive Capital and CharacterVC, among others, as reported by TechCrunch. The AI-driven platform accelerates the research lifecycle from hypothesis to published paper, making scientific research faster and easier. “It’s also important to note that SymbyAI is built on a proprietary AI solution, so users don’t have to worry about accidentally sending confidential information to OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other company,” co-founder Ashia Livaudais told TechCrunch. SymbyAI is making science research easier Ashia Livaudais and Michael House launched SymbyAI last year
This article is sponsored by TripleTen. For many, the path to a successful tech career is anything but linear. Colburn Sanders, now a Senior Software Engineer at New Balance, knows this all too well. From film student to software engineer Before becoming a software engineer, Sanders studied film, balancing creativity with the struggle for financial stability. That all changed when a programming elective shifted his focus. While Sanders had been fascinated by computers since childhood, “from the early days of AOL dial-up to tinkering with Myspace and experimenting with HTML
Y Combinator-backed startup DryMerge has raised $2.2 million in seed funding to bring automation to non-technical users through plain English chat. Expanding Automation Beyond Programmers Founded just a year ago, DryMerge initially focused on using AI to automate API integrations for developers. Now, the company aims to simplify repetitive tasks for users without coding experience. DryMerge allows users to automate workflows via plain English chat, bypassing the complexities of traditional no-code tools like Zapier or Make, which are still primarily used by people with coding experience. “We’re making the process
Every year, MIT highlights young leaders worldwide who are making a difference through research and entrepreneurship. This year’s innovators are tackling issues in biotechnology, the climate sector, robotics, and more. Chosen from hundreds of nominees by expert judges and the MIT Technology Review editorial team, these trailblazers are changing the future of science and technology. Here, we’ve highlighted some of the Black and Brown innovators featured on the MIT 2024 Under 35 List. Mireille Kamariza, University of California, Los Angeles Mireille Kamariza, 35, developed a groundbreaking test that detects tuberculosis
Intuit is hiring on POCIT. Dishanta Kpatrick is a Full Stack Software Engineer at Intuit Mailchimp with an unconventional career journey. When she’s not at work, she’s learning to roller skate, renovating her house, and finishing her Cybersecurity degree at Kennesaw State University. Dishanta first discovered her computing talent in high school but explored other paths before returning to it in 2012. She taught herself web design and development online, starting in Intuit’s tech support team and working her way up to an engineer. Now, she balances her job with
Wray & Nephew held their Wray Forward Pitch Night this week featuring a number of Black-owned businesses from AI music sampling to the world’s first Nigerian tapas restaurant in London. Wray Forward The Wray Forward Pitch Night saw six Black founders take to the stage to showcase their businesses and pitch to a panel of expert judges to secure grants to help their businesses grow. Part of the brand’s ongoing Wray Forward activity is in partnership with Foundervine – a program supporting Black businesses through funding, educational workshops, mentorship and
Luther C. McClellan, a member of the Memphis State Eight and the first Black graduate of the institution has passed away at the age of 83. A Historic Achievement McClellan made history in 1962 when he became the first African American to graduate from Memphis State University, now known as the University of Memphis. He was part of the Memphis State Eight, a group of African American students who integrated the university in 1959. This group included Rose Blakney-Love, Eleanor Gandy, Sammie Johnson, Marvis Kneeland Jones, Bertha Rogers Looney, Ralph
