French startup Dust has raised a $16 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. With Dust, companies can create custom AI assistants and share them with their employees so that they can work more efficiently. But what’s interesting with Dust is the differences...
There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets....
Shunning Swatch Group's existing solution for Omega and Rado, the patented Bathyscaphe Quantieme Complet Phase de Lune has an expertly engineered strap that is as tough as it is supple....
What is AI good for? Automating repetitive tasks for the very busy people running small businesses, reckons Berlin-based startup Synthflow, which is announcing a $7.4 million seed round for its SME-focused no code platform for AI voice assistance. Since being founded around spring last year,...
What is AI good for? Automating repetitive tasks for the very busy people running small businesses, reckons Berlin-based startup Synthflow, which is announcing a $7.4 million seed round for its SME-focused no code platform for AI voice assistance. Since being founded around spring last year,...
Members of the activist group No Tech for Apartheid interrupted a senior Amazon executive's speech at a conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday over the company's Project Nimbus cloud contract....
Can chatbots replace human therapists? Some startups — and patients — claim that they can. But it’s not exactly settled science. One study found that 80% of people who’ve used OpenAI’s ChatGPT for mental health advice consider it a good alternative to regular therapy, while...
Can chatbots replace human therapists? Some startups — and patients — claim that they can. But it’s not exactly settled science. One study found that 80% of people who’ve used OpenAI’s ChatGPT for mental health advice consider it a good alternative to regular therapy, while...
At this early stage, Persona’s pitch doesn’t stray far from the various humanoid firms with which it’s set to compete. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, music labels accused two startups developing AI-powered song generators, Udio and Suno, of copyright infringement. The RIAA, the trade organization representing the music recording industry in the U.S., announced lawsuits against the...
You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam engine” of the fourth industrial revolution, there’s little doubt that “GenAI” is shaping up to transform just...
The European Union has announced the winners of a “Large AI Grand Challenge” it kicked off earlier this year in a bid to accelerate the pace of homegrown innovation by large-scale AI model makers. Four startups will share €1 million in prize money and —...
The European Union has announced the winners of a “Large AI Grand Challenge” it kicked off earlier this year in a bid to accelerate the pace of homegrown innovation by large-scale AI model makers. Four startups will share €1 million in prize money and —...
Formation Bio, a startup focused on applying AI to drug discovery with backing from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has raised over a quarter-billion dollars to support its ambitious product roadmap. Formation today announced that it raised $372 million in a Series D funding round led...
Retool's focus is on business apps, not the next social network. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
When Napster emerged in the late 1990s, it made it easy for people to grab music files without compensating the content owners.The iPod and the iTunes music store changed that by allowing artists or publishers to get paid for reusing their content in a digital...
Hyperplane focused on allowing banks to train their own models to power tools across their risk, collections and marketing departments. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
When Napster emerged in the late 1990s, it made it easy for people to grab music files without compensating the content owners.The iPod and the iTunes music store changed that by allowing artists or publishers to get paid for reusing their content in a digital...
As consumers increasingly demand environmentally friendly and sustainable products, companies strive to seek alternative solutions, which creates a market ripe for growth for some environmental tech companies’ offerings. One example is Samsara Eco, an Australia-based startup that makes and sells fossil-free polymer resins to its...
Video editing app Captions, which is backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia Captial, has launched a new feature that takes an existing unedited video and adds custom graphics, zooms, music, sound effects, transitions, and motion backgrounds based on the content. There are a few...
Rainforest, a startup that embeds payment processing into other software platforms, has raised $20 million in Series A funding — less than a year after announcing the close of its seed financing. Raising back-to-back rounds was more common in 2021 but we don’t see it...
Artificial intelligence startups continue to dominate the headlines when it comes to VC mega-rounds, but there’s also an interesting opportunity out there for those building tools that enable working with data-heavy apps like AI in the first place – especially for organizations that may still...
Creatio CEO Katherine Kostereva argues that what sets her company apart is that it was always architected to work at an enterprise scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
In a push to bolster profits, more airlines are turning to controversial dynamic pricing tech, which prices fares and amenities variably based on a traveler's willingness to pay for them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
In a push to bolster profits, more airlines are turning to controversial dynamic pricing tech, which prices fares and amenities variably based on a traveler's willingness to pay for them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Older adults increasingly want to age in their homes rather than nursing facilities. A study by the American Association of Retired People (AARP) found that nearly 90% of people over 65 want to stay in their homes as they grow older. That means there is...
The group's new autonomous ride-hailing service has a 43-inch widescreen, 17-speaker audio system, and five-position reclining seats. But will it beat Tesla's rival coming in August?...
EasyTranslate is headed in a new direction with a new, generative AI-driven platform that it calls HumanAI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Microsoft's AI CEO has a cozy relationship with the man who used to be his rival, he said on Tuesday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....