https://techcrunch.com/feed/
-
![]()
Creators of Sora-powered short explain AI-generated video’s strengths and limitationsOpenAI’s video generation tool Sora took the AI community by surprise in February with fluid, realistic video that seems miles ahead of...
-
![]()
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete themEyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its...
-
![]()
Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is freeMeta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and...
-
![]()
So are we banning TikTok or what? Also: Can an influencer really tank an $800M company?Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every...
-
![]()
The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seemsAt a quick glance, the IBM-HashiCorp deal seems like a good one for both sides, but upon closer inspection, perhaps not. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
-
![]()
Curio raises funds for Rio, an ‘AI news anchor’ in an appAI may be inching its way into the newsroom, as outlets like Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNET and others have experimented...
-
![]()
TechCrunch Minute: Rabbit’s R1 vs Humane’s Ai Pin — which had the best launch?After a successful unveiling at CES, Rabbit is letting journalists try out the R1 — a small orange gadget with an AI-powered voice interface. This...
-
![]()
Disrupt 2024 speaker applications close at midnightAct fast! Applications for our Call for Content close today, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’re a seasoned startup pro ready to lead a session...
-
![]()
Pitch Deck Teardown: NOQX’s $200K pre-seed deckAside from the crucial omission of an Ask and Use of Funds slide, just about every slide in the deck felt almost very good — but then stumbled by...
-
![]()
OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15MThe OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically...
-
![]()
Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skillsGoogle is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. The company told...
-
![]()
Area man, Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, buys The OnionJeff Lawson, co-founder and recently departed CEO of Twilio, is the proud new owner of satirical online newspaper The Onion. © 2024 TechCrunch....
-
![]()
Despite complaints, Apple hasn’t yet removed an obviously fake app pretending to be RockAutoApple’s App Store isn’t always as trustworthy as the company claims. The latest example comes from RockAuto, an auto parts dealer...
-
![]()
Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok and medium news for early-stage startupsRubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to the perspective that the public markets...
-
![]()
Tesla Autopilot investigation closed after feds find 13 fatal crashes related to misuseThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system...
-
![]()
Shein to face EU’s strictest rules for online marketplacesUltra-fast fashion ecommerce giant Shein will be subject to an additional layer of governance rules targeted at very large online platforms...
-
![]()
Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internet’s cash instead of raising a new fundGlobal Founders Capital, the Berlin-based early stage VC firm with close ties to the German startup factory Rocket Internet, is going to become...
-
![]()
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholdersxAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one...
-
![]()
Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than...
-
![]()
The FTC’s ban on noncompete clauses could be good for startups. But it also might be struck down.The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban the use of most noncompete agreements on Tuesday. This ruling means companies can’t require...
-
![]()
Boeing’s Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6This will mark Starliner’s second flight to the ISS: The first, an uncrewed mission called Orbital Flight Test-2, took place in May 2022. © 2024...
-
![]()
Snap says total watch time on its TikTok competitor increased more than 125%As part of its Q1 2024 earning release, Snap revealed that total watch time on its TikTok competitor, Spotlight, increased more than 125%...
-
![]()
It’s a sunny day for Google CloudGoogle Cloud had a blockbuster quarter, driving parent company Alphabet's revenues — and stock price — to impressive highs. © 2024 TechCrunch....
-
![]()
Rubrik’s shares end trading up almost 16% on the company’s public debutThis share price gives Rubrik a fully diluted valuation of $6.6 billion, up 88% from its last primary valuation of $3.5 billion in 2019. © 2024...
-
![]()
Why Meta is looking to the fediverse as the future for social mediaMeta’s move into the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is puzzling. Does the Facebook owner see open protocols as the future?...
