Buzzy, well-funded U.K. startup Wayve is starting to test its self-learning automated driving software in San Francisco, and it’s celebrating that entry into the U.S. by also opening an office…
Police surveillance startup Flock Safety announced that it had bought drone software startup Aerodome for over $300 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK.…
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search alternative to Google, wants to put money into startups that have a similar focus on privacy. The company says that it’s actively seeking startups looking for…
News Corp announced Monday that it is suing AI startup Perplexity over allegations of copyright infringement on a massive scale. Source
Granola’s notepad app has become a popular tool among venture capitalists who use it to record meetings and augment notes using AI technology. That made it easier for the startup…
Fintech lending startup SoLo Funds is facing a new class action lawsuit according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
Federal regulators have cleared the path for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to share U.S. airspace with planes and helicopters – a win for the burgeoning industry and a…
Furno’s micro-kilns promise to reduce pollution and eliminate transportation costs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
The E.U. has been heavily criticised for not doing enough to bridge the technological gap between it and other global superpowers. Source
Almost exactly two years after releasing the Orba 2, Artiphon is completing the trilogy. The newly announced Orba 3 finds the Nashville-based startup baking live sampling into its clever handheld…
The fundraising landscape is shifting fast, and in 2025, the old rules no longer apply. Startups navigating flat, down, or extension rounds must be more strategic than ever in securing…
Here are some of the AI tools that Canva is increasing prices for. | Image: Canva Canva has added a bunch of new AI features to its web-based design platform,…
Earlier this year, Medal, a startup known for its video game clipping features, launched a cross-platform AI assistant called Highlight. Now, the company is spinning off Highlight into a new…
The Wall Street Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, and the New York Post are suing AI-powered search startup Perplexity for using their content to train its large language models. Both…
As the creator economy is growing rapidly, brand partnerships remain one of the prime ways creators can earn money. Other services like link-in-bio apps with affiliate links or Pateron-like subscriptions become…
Staten Island's wackiest vampires venture out for one last season. Source
In a new copyright lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity, Dow Jones and the New York Post argue that hallucinating fake news and attributing it to real papers is illegal. Source
Elon Musk just contributed a little bit more to the AI zeitgeist.Musk's AI startup xAI, which supplies the Grok chatbot that is integrated into X (formerly Twitter), officially started offering…
While fund sizes of many venture capital firms have ballooned into billions of dollars over the last decade, Benchmark Partners, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors, has stuck to…