Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’
Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination....
12 abril, 2024
India’s Exponent Energy brings 15-minute charging to passenger three-wheelers
India is getting an electric three-wheeler passenger vehicle that charges from 0 to 100% in 15 minutes. The launch of the new EV — a collaboration between auto manufacturer Omega Seiki Mobility and battery-tech startup Exponent Energy — comes amid India’s ambition to electrify 80%...
12 abril, 2024
WhatsApp trials Meta AI chatbot in India, more markets
WhatsApp is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with users in India and some other markets, signalling its intentions to tap the massive user base to scale its AI offerings. The company recently began testing the AI chatbot, until now available in limited...
12 abril, 2024
OpenAI makes ChatGPT ‘more direct, less verbose’
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, just got a big upgrade. OpenAI announced today that premium ChatGPT users — customers paying for ChatGPT Plus, Team or Enterprise — can now leveraged an updated and enhanced version of GPT-4 Turbo, one of the models that powers the...
12 abril, 2024
Virtual physical therapist Hinge Health lays off 10% of its workforce
The 9-year-old Hinge Health offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and was last valued at $6.2 billion in October 2021. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Walmart will deploy robotic forklifts in its distribution centers
The story of warehouse robotics is a story of attempting to keep up with Amazon. It’s been more than a decade since the online giant revolutionized its delivery services through its Kiva Systems acquisition. As Walmart works to remain competitive, it’s taking a more piecemeal...
11 abril, 2024
Introducing the ScaleUp Startups Program at Disrupt 2024 for Series A to B startups
We are thrilled to unveil our latest innovation: ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Tailored specifically for startups in Series A to B funding stages with $35 million or less in funding, this program offers unparalleled access to 10,000 tech leaders, invaluable networking...
11 abril, 2024
UK’s antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech’s grip on GenAI
The UK's competition watchdog has sounded a warning over Big Tech's entrenching grip on the advanced AI market, with CEO Sarah Cardell expressing "real concerns" over how the sector is developing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Airtree Ventures already returned its first fund thanks to Canva while maintaining the majority of its stake
Airtree Ventures uses the secondary market to slim down its stakes while waiting for its portfolio companies to exit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Cendana, Kline Hill have a fresh $105M to buy stakes in seed VC funds from LPs looking to sell
Fund-of-funds investor Cendana Capital has joined with Kline Hill Partners for a new oversubscribed fund to buy out stakes from seed LPs looking for liquidity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky....
11 abril, 2024
Humane’s $699 AI Pin is now available
Humane today announced the availability of its first product, the AI Pin. The Bay Area-based hardware startup has been kicking around since 2017, a year after cofounders Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri left Apple. Since then, the company has been well-funded, to the tune of...
11 abril, 2024
How PayJoy built a $300M business by letting the underserved use their smartphones as collateral for loans
Lerato Motloung is a mother of two who works in a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. After her phone was stolen, Motloung had to go without a mobile phone for nine months because she could not afford a new one. Then, in February 2024, she...
11 abril, 2024
European car manufacturer will pilot Sanctuary AI’s humanoid robot
Sanctuary AI announced that it will be delivering its humanoid robot to a Magna manufacturing facility. Based in Austria, Magna manufacturers and assembles cars for a number of Europe’s top automakers, including Mercedes, Jaguar and BMW. As is often the nature of these deals, the...
11 abril, 2024
Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step
Meta has announced it’s testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This includes a feature called Nudity Protection in DMs, which automatically blurs images detected as containing nudity. The tech giant will also nudge teens...
11 abril, 2024
The complete TC Early Stage 2024 agenda is here!
We’re excited to reveal the complete agenda, packed with keynote stage speakers and interactive roundtable sessions. From fundraising insights to growth strategies, join us as we navigate the startup landscape together at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 on April 25 in Boston. Don’t miss out —...
11 abril, 2024
Google’s Gradient backs Patlytics to help companies protect their intellectual property
Patlytics, an AI-powered patent analytics platform, wants to help enterprises, IP professionals, and law firms speed up their patent workflows from discovery, analytics, comparisons, and prosecution to litigation. The fledgling startup secured $4.5 million in seed funding, oversubscribed and closed in a few days, led by...
11 abril, 2024
Google’s Gradient backs Patlytics to help companies protect their intellectual property
Patlytics, an AI-powered patent analytics platform, wants to help enterprises, IP professionals, and law firms speed up their patent workflows from discovery, analytics, comparisons, and prosecution to litigation. The fledgling startup secured $4.5 million in seed funding, oversubscribed and closed in a few days, led by...
11 abril, 2024
Humane’s Ai Pin considers life beyond the smartphone
Nothing lasts forever. Nowhere is the truism more apt than in consumer tech. This is a land inhabited by the eternally restless — always on the make for the next big thing. The smartphone has, by all accounts, had a good run. Seventeen years after...
11 abril, 2024
Humane’s Ai Pin considers life beyond the smartphone
Nothing lasts forever. Nowhere is the truism more apt than in consumer tech. This is a land inhabited by the eternally restless — always on the make for the next big thing. The smartphone has, by all accounts, had a good run. Seventeen years after...
11 abril, 2024
Simbian brings AI to existing security tools
Simbian is a cybersecurity platform that effectively controls other cybersecurity platforms as well as security apps and tooling. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Simbian brings AI to existing security tools
Simbian is a cybersecurity platform that effectively controls other cybersecurity platforms as well as security apps and tooling. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Voltpost wants to bring curbside charging to a lamppost near you
The New York City-based startup has been working on a product that retrofits existing street lampposts to enable EV charging. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
11 abril, 2024
Amazon, eyeing up AI, adds Andrew Ng to its board; ex-MTV exec McGrath to step down
If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon’s just made an interesting move to change up its direction. The company has just announced that Andrew Ng — a prominent figure in the world of AI, and specifically...
11 abril, 2024
Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It
Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt's pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest....
11 abril, 2024
Checkr, the background-screening platform last valued at $5B, cuts 32% of workforce
Checkr, a 10-year-old startup that offers employee background checks, has laid off 382 employees — 32% of its workforce. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
10 abril, 2024
Y Combinator’s latest cohort had only one LatAm startup in large part because of AI
Brazilian startup Salvy, a mobile carrier for businesses, was the only company based in Latin America in Y Combinator's latest batch, the accelerator confirmed to TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
10 abril, 2024
TechCrunch Minute: Google’s Gemini Code Assist wants to use AI to help developers
Can AI eat the jobs of the developers who are busy building AI models? The short answer is no, but the longer answer is not yet settled. News this week that Google has a new AI-powered coding tool for developers means that competitive pressures between...
10 abril, 2024
Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free
Google Photos is getting an AI upgrade. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that a handful of enhanced editing features previously limited to Pixel devices and paid subscribers — including its AI-powered Magic Editor — will now make their way to all Google Photos users...
10 abril, 2024
Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up
Meta, hell-bent on catching up to rivals in the generative AI space, is spending billions on its own AI efforts. A portion of those billions is going toward recruiting AI researchers. But an even larger chunk is being spent developing hardware, specifically chips to run and...
10 abril, 2024
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