TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is the must-attend event for startup founders aiming to make their mark in the tech world. This year, founders have three exciting ways to participate, each tailored to maximize exposure, networking, and growth opportunities. Here’s how founders can join...
Google’s newest startup program, announced on Wednesday, aims to bring AI technology to the public sector. The newly launched “Google for Startups AI Academy: American Infrastructure” will offer participants hands-on training from AI experts and other support for companies solving problems in areas like agriculture,...
Google’s newest startup program, announced on Wednesday, aims to bring AI technology to the public sector. The newly launched “Google for Startups AI Academy: American Infrastructure” will offer participants hands-on training from AI experts and other support for companies solving problems in areas like agriculture,...
eBay’s newest AI feature allows sellers to replace image backgrounds with AI-generated backdrops. The tool is now available for iOS users in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. It’ll gradually roll out to Android users over the coming months. Following in Amazon’s and Google’s footsteps, the...
If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried every to-do list app and productivity system, only to find yourself giving up sooner than later because sooner than later, managing your productivity system becomes another drain on your productivity. Hoop, a productivity startup founded by a group...
After growing 500% year-over-year in the past year, Understory is now launching a product focused on the renewable energy sector. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Asana is using its work graph to train LLMs with the goal of creating AI assistants that work alongside human employees in company workflows. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Spun out of Bosch, Dive wants to change how manufacturers use computer simulations by both using modern mathematical approaches and cloud computing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
The startup is hoping its durable filters can make metals refining and battery recycling more efficient, too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Taloflow, an early stage startup changing the way companies evaluate and select software, has raised $1.3M in a seed round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
In 1816, French physician René Laennec invented an instrument that allowed doctors to listen to human hearts and lungs. That device — a stethoscope — eventually evolved from a simple wooden tube to a lightweight two-earpiece version most doctors today wear on their necks. Eko...
Google’s AI feature bumped my article down on the results page, but the new AI Overview at the top still referenced it. What gives?...
During a tour of Silicon Valley, EU vice president Věra Jourová said she expects tech giants to prioritize stamping out content that could distort democracy....
Apple is hoping to make WWDC 2024 memorable as it finally spells out its generative AI plans. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
We just announced the breakout session winners last week. Now meet the roundtable sessions that really “rounded” out the competition for this year’s Disrupt 2024 audience choice program. With five stellar sessions securing their spot among thousands of votes from across the globe, these finalists...
It's unusual for three major AI providers to all be down at the same time, which could signal a broader infrastructure issues or internet-scale problem. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Data on how often Google’s new AI Overviews feature appears on search results suggests that the company reduced its visibility even before recommendations like adding glue to pizza sauce went viral....
True Fit, the AI-powered size-and-fit personalization tool, has offered its size recommendation solution to thousands of retailers for nearly 20 years. Now, the company is venturing into the generative AI space with “Fit Hub,” a new tool that aims to improve the way online shoppers...
An open letter signed by former and current employees at OpenAI and other AI giants calls for whistleblower protections as the artificial intelligence rapidly evolves....
The early victors in the AI gold rush are selling the picks and shovels needed to develop and apply artificial intelligence. Just take a look at data-labeling startup Scale AI — and its long and diverse list of customers and investors. The San Francisco-based startup,...
Try to imagine the number of parts that go into making a rocket engine. Now imagine requesting and comparing quotes for each of those parts, getting approvals to purchase the part you eventually do select, and tracking those parts until they arrive at your HQ....
Raspberry Pi has released a $70 AI extension kit with a neural network inference accelerator that can be used for local inferencing, for the Raspberry Pi 5. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Raspberry Pi has released a $70 AI extension kit with a neural network inference accelerator that can be used for local inferencing, for the Raspberry Pi 5. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
When Stacklet’s founders, Travis Stanfield and Kapil Thangavelu, came out of Capital One in 2020 to launch their startup, most companies weren’t all that concerned with constraining cloud costs. But in the ensuing years, as they experienced economic headwinds, first from the pandemic, and then...
Lance Riedel and Nigel Daley both spent decades in search discovery, but it was while working at Pinterest that they began trying to understand how to use search engines to do personalized searches for online shopping. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
GetWhy helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
AI-powered virtual physical therapy platform Sword Health has seen its valuation soar 50% to $3 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
AI-powered virtual physical therapy platform Sword Health has seen its valuation soar 50% to $3 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa, along with three general partners, manage $1.5 billion in assets today through their Build, Venture and Seed strategies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa, along with three general partners, manage $1.5 billion in assets today through their Build, Venture and Seed strategies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....