Fairly co-founders, from left: Subechya Person, Eric Breon, and Jeff Flitton. (Fairly Photo) The founder and former CEO of Vacasa is leading a new, Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform called…
After a troubling October lawsuit accused Character.AI (C.AI) of recklessly releasing dangerous chatbots that allegedly caused a 14-year-old boy's suicide, more families have come forward to sue chatbot-maker Character Technologies…
Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach…
The startup argues that its hot-water approach is not only more efficient, but also more useful. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
Robots! Huge capacitors! A pianist-programmer of impossible skill! One of Silicon Valley's formative figures takes the stage at a wild event. Source
Amazon has established a new AI-agent-focused R&D lab in San Francisco. The lab, led by David Luan, co-founder of AI startup Adept, will build "foundational" capabilities for AI agents. Source
French unicorn Mirakl is announcing its third acquisition in three years with the acquisition of Adspert, a German adtech startup focused on e-commerce advertising. Mirakl isn’t disclosing the terms of…
The co-founder of a Chinese AI startup has apparently "mocked" the effectiveness of the US restrictions on Beijing by showing the "restricted" NVIDIA H100 and H200 AI accelerators. China Still…
UK and Luxembourg-based startup Uplift360 has landed €1mn in pre-seed funding to scale up a greener method for recycling advanced materials like Kevlar. Uplift360’s patent-pending process breaks down Kevlar and…
Two families in Texas are suing the startup Character.AI and its financial backer Google, alleging that the platform's AI characters sexually and emotionally abused their school-aged children, resulting in self-harm…
David Baker, head of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. (UW Photo) Life is a little different for these days for David Baker, given that he…
The OpenAI Startup Fund discloses its biggest SPV yet, but is staying quiet on what it's for. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
The record-breaking milestone takes SpinLaunch one step closer to its goal of flinging satellites into space with a gigantic catapult. Source
Biomemory's DNA-based solutions address data storage issuesDNA storage is compact, durable, environmentally friendly$18M funding supports product development and industry partnerships Biomemory, a French startup established in 2021, has long been…
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its…
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its…
Startup Phantom Neuro is building an implant that sits under the skin and which promises to give amputees more accurate control of electronic prosthetics. Source
Do we really need another social media app for college students? With the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., a new app called Connyct seems to think so. Connyct closely…
Podcast recording platform Riverside said Monday that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Seven Seven Six, and angel investor Sam…
Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka always wanted to be founders. Djiya’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were all entrepreneurs, and even as she took a consulting job after college, she kept…