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61 US startups became unicorns in 2024: Here’s the full list
The list included Elon Musk’s xAI, as well as a good number of other AI startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleInside the Humane acquisition: HP offers big raises to some, others immediately laid off
Hours after the acquisition was announced, several Humane employees received job offers. Others were not so lucky. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleCherryrock Capital raises new $172M fund from all-star investors to back diverse founders
Cherryrock Capital, founded by ex-TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot, announced Wednesday the closing of its $172 million Fund I with an all-star limited partner list that includes JPMorgan, Goldman S...
View the articlePerplexity AI “Uncensors” DeepSeek R1: Who Decides AI’s Boundaries?
In a move that has caught the attention of many, Perplexity AI has released a new version of a popular open-source language model that strips away built-in Chinese censorship. This modified model, dub...
View the articleShikhil Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO of Astra Security – Interview Series
Shikhil Sharma is the Founder of Astra Security – a continuous pentesting platform. At the very onset of his career, Shikhil consulted a number of businesses, startups & banks on cyber security....
View the articleFigure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision...
View the articleDeepSeek’s R1: A Useful Reminder
As a college educator and former IT industry veteran, I find that the hype around China’s DeepSeek R1 model is a useful reminder of three things. The first is that generative AI is no longer just ab...
View the articleSmartSuite Secures $38 Million to Drive Global Expansion and Transform Work Management
SmartSuite, the next-generation work management platform, has announced a significant global expansion, fueled by a total of $38 million in funding. The investment includes a newly secured $13 million...
View the articleInstagram’s new ad format lets creators get paid for testimonials in comments
Instagram is introducing a new way for creators to work with brands to make money by recommending products. On Thursday, Meta introduced an addition to its Partnership Ads called Testimonials, which a...
View the articleSpotify partners with ElevenLabs to expand its library of AI-narrated audiobooks
On Thursday, Spotify announced that it now accepts audiobooks narrated using ElevenLabs’ AI voice technology. Given that ElevenLabs is currently among the most recognized AI audio providers, this ne...
View the articleArize AI hopes it has first-mover advantage in AI observability
The AI observability platform has raised $70 million in Series C funding. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleSubstack now lets creators monetize videos and post them directly from its app
As TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains uncertain, Substack tries to lure creators to its platform by doubling down on video. The company announced on Wednesday that it’s now allowing creators to m...
View the articleCalifornia privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
The California agency said National Public Data failed to register in the state as a data broker. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleTwitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads
Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit. The company said it’s introducing the c...
View the articleOpenAI now serves 400M users every week
OpenAI is increasingly looking like a consumer company, telling CNBC that it now has 400 million weekly active users. Usage is still growing at a rapid pace as the AI developer behind the AI chatbot, ...
View the articleGoogle’s AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Tool: Revolutionizing Biomedical Research
In the field of biomedical research, transforming a hypothesis into a tangible discovery is often a lengthy and expensive process. On average, developing a new drug can take over a decade and cost bil...
View the articleUK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data
The prolific Medusa ransomware group claims to have stolen troves of data from HCRG, including patients’ sensitive health data © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View the articleMercor, an AI recruiting startup founded by 21-year-olds, raises $100M at $2B valuation
Mercor, the AI recruiting startup founded by three 21-year-old Thiel Fellows, has raised $100 million in a Series B round, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Menlo Park-based Felicis led the round, ...
View the articleSmartSuite raises $38M to be the final word on enterprise collaboration
Three founders who built out one of the bigger startups in risk management are scaling a new company to take on another pain point in the world of work. SmartSuite‘s platform lets teams collaborate ...
View the articleAmazon is shutting down its app store on Android
Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store. The compa...
View the articleValar Atomics comes out of stealth with $19M and a pilot reactor site
Companies developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) have raised more than $1.5 billion in the past year, as tech companies hunger for power to train AI models and governments decide to commit t...
View the articleI’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists
WIRED’s advice columnist considers whether some AI tools are more ethical than others, and if developers can make AI wiser.
View the articleHow One AI Startup Founder Cornered Microsoft Into Finally Taking Down Explicit Videos of Her
Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web.
View the articleTether backs stablecoin liquidity provider Mansa in $10M seed round
As payment companies increasingly explore stablecoins for cross-border payments and real-time settlement, some startups are tapping into the zeitgeist by providing liquidity via a revolving line of cr...
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