I finally received the rabbit r1 (the company insists on this lowercase styling) I’ve been writing about since its debut at CES in January. And I was able to tell within about 30 seconds of turning it on that it was shipped a couple months...
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While many recent mental health-focused startups are digital first, Amae Health focuses on the importance of in-person care. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
RAG is being pitched as a solution of sorts to generative AI hallucinations. But there's limits to what the technique can do. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their...
Iconiq Capital has raised $5.15 billion across two funds associated with the seventh growth fund family, according to SEC filings. The firm, which launched in 2011 as a private office managing capital of some of the most prominent and wealthiest people in tech, including Mark...
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Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s 10-month-old baby, xAI, is closing in on a whoppin’ $6 billion funding round. The social...
Despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Experts say macroeconomic factors including the upcoming election and the current state of the economy will deter too many IPOs this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
WSO2, a company that provides API and identity management services for enterprises, has been acquired by EQT for more than $600M. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Allozymes uses a method in which millions of enzymes can be tested per day, rather than just a few hundred. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
The numbers are in, and the cloud infrastructure market grew at a brisk pace this quarter driven by increasing interest in generative AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
It's hard for early-stage founders to say no to revenue from a large customer, whose needs might not align with the broader customer base. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Y Combinator's founder matching tool has quietly become one of most powerful offerings. That's how medical records AI startup Hona was founded. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Y Combinator's founder matching tool has quietly become one of most powerful offerings. That's how medical records AI startup Hona was founded. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
The downturn in venture capital funding has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up its operations for some time now, leading to a number of departures. TechCrunch got curious about what happened, so we...
The downturn in venture capital funding has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up its operations for some time now, leading to a number of departures. TechCrunch got curious about what happened, so we...
WeWork’s controversial former CEO tried to acquire the bankrupt company he left in crisis. After being rebuffed, Adam Neumann will have to pivot to something new....
Entrepreneur Jeff Lawson’s plan to revive venerable satirical outlet The Onion involves borrowing from the playbook of the founders of WhatsApp....
CoreWeave, once a small player in crypto, is now a $19 billion unicorn that provides GPUs to AI developers. Its frenetic culture and rising competition now pose challenges, former employees say....
A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals....
Apple on Thursday reported a 10% drop in iPhone sales for the second fiscal quarter, dropping from $51.3 billion to $45.9 billion, year-over-year. The slowdown was fueled, in part, by an 8% drop in China. Apple’s slow adoption of AI versus competitors like Google and...
Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite — a critical technology validation for the company, potentially opening the door to connecting millions more devices anywhere in the world. The Seattle-based startup launched its first...
Microsoft has changed its policy to ban U.S. police departments from using generative AI through the Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI technologies. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service prohibits integrations with Azure OpenAI...
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter Thursday. Concern...
Lacey Hunter thought all was well as she put her startup through the three-month Newchip accelerator. Then the organization filed for bankruptcy in May 2023. Things went from bad to worse later that year when she discovered warrants of her company — rights to buy...
It's not building any startup, but building a defensible AI startup presents its own set of unique challenges. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
It's not building any startup, but building a defensible AI startup presents its own set of unique challenges. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
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