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Aerodome is sending drones to the scene of the crime Response time is Aerodome’s immediate value prop for potential clients. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Aerodome is sending drones to the scene of the crime | TechCrunch

Response time is Aerodome’s immediate value prop for potential clients.

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Unify helps developers find the best LLM for the job When developers have a particular job that AI can solve, it’s not typically as simple as just pointing an LLM at the data. There are other considerations such as cost, speed and accuracy and finding w...

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Unify helps developers find the best LLM for the job | TechCrunch

Unify, an early stage UK startup, has built a tool to help companies find the best LLM for the job balancing speed, cost and accuracy.

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Humane, the creator of the $700 Ai Pin, is reportedly seeking a buyer Humane, the company behind the hyped Ai Pin that launched to less-than-glowing reviews last month, is reportedly on the hunt for a buyer. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only...

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Humane, the creator of the $700 Ai Pin, is reportedly seeking a buyer | TechCrunch

Humane, the company behind the hyped Ai Pin that launched to less-than-glowing reviews last month, is reportedly on the hunt for a buyer.

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Praktika raises $35.5M to use AI avatars to make learning languages feel more natural Praktika has secured a $35.5M Series A round to apply AI-powered avatars to language-learning apps. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Praktika raises $35.5M to use AI avatars to make learning languages feel more natural | TechCrunch

Praktika has secured a $35.5M Series A round to apply AI-powered avatars to language-learning apps.

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Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, shelves IPO plans for second time India's Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, has withdrawn its IPO application from the market regulator for the second time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, shelves IPO plans for second time | TechCrunch

India's Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, has withdrawn its IPO application from the market regulator for the second time.

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Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not hours Where Aytac Yilmaz lives in the Netherlands, the sun might not appear for days on end, which can really crimp the output of the country’s solar panels. Wind turbines might make up some of the shortfal...

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Exclusive: Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not hours | TechCrunch

Ore Energy emerged from stealth today with €10 million in seed funding. The company hopes to make grid-scale batteries that are cheaper and longe...

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Paytm counts costs of regulatory clampdown as losses swell One 97 Communications, the parent company of India’s leading digital payments platform Paytm, reported a widening of its consolidated net loss to $66.1 million in the quarter ending March, compared to...

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Paytm warns of job cuts as losses swell after RBI clampdown | TechCrunch

Paytm, a leading financial services firm in India, said its net loss widened in the fourth quarter as it grappled with a regulatory clampdown.

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In Seoul summit, heads of states and companies commit to AI safety Government officials and AI industry executives agreed on Tuesday to apply elementary safety measures in the fast-moving field, and establish an international safety research network. Nearly six month...

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In Seoul summit, heads of states and companies commit to AI safety | TechCrunch

Government officials and AI industry executives agreed on Tuesday to apply elementary safety measures in the fast-moving field and establish an

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs Copilot, Microsoft's brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs | TechCrunch

Microsoft unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it's calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features. And new Microsoft Surface ...

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Uber and Lyft’s ride-hailing deal with Minnesota comes with a cost Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota will see higher pay thanks to a deal between the state and the country’s two largest ride-hailing companies. The upshot: a new law that gives some protections to dri...

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Uber's and Lyft's ride-hailing deal with Minnesota comes at a cost | TechCrunch

Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota will see higher pay thanks to a deal between the state and the country's two largest ride-hailing companies...

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VCs wanted FarmboxRx to become a meal kit, the company bootstrapped instead Some startups choose to bootstrap from the beginning while others find themselves forced into self funding by a lack of investor interest or a business model that doesn’t fit traditional VC. FarmboxRx...

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VCs wanted FarmboxRx to become a meal kit, the company bootstrapped instead

FarmboxRx now works with approximately 90 health plans to deliver its fresh produce boxes to users with chronic conditions.

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a16z’s American Dynamism team launches program to introduce technical minds to VC Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund has established a new fellowship program aimed at introducing top engineers and technologists to venture investing, a move that could help the firm less ob...

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a16z's American Dynamism team launches program to introduce technical minds to VC | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund has established a new fellowship program aimed at introducing top engineers and technologists to ven...

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Autodesk acquires AI-powered VFX startup Wonder Dynamics 3D tools behemoth Autodesk has acquired Wonder Dynamics, a startup that let creators quickly and easily make complex characters and visual effects using AI-powered image analysis. The two companies ha...

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Autodesk acquires AI-powered VFX startup Wonder Dynamics | TechCrunch

Autodesk — the 3D tools behemoth — has acquired Wonder Dynamics, a startup that lets creators quickly and easily make complex characters and vi...

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Farcaster, a crypto-based social network, raised $150M with just 80K daily users Farcaster, a blockchain-based social protocol founded by two Coinbase alumni, announced on Tuesday that it closed a $150 million fundraise. Led by Paradigm, the platform also raised money from a16z cr...

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Farcaster, a crypto-based social network, raised $150M with just 80K daily users | TechCrunch

Farcaster, a blockchain-based social protocol founded by two Coinbase alumni, announced on Tuesday that it closed a $150 million fundraise. Led by

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Teen fintech Copper had to emergency discontinue its banking, debit products Another fintech startup, and its customers, has been gravely impacted by the implosion of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. Copper Banking, a digital banking service aimed at teens, notified its c...

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Teen fintech Copper had to abruptly discontinue its banking, debit products | TechCrunch

Another fintech startup, Copper -- and its customers -- has been gravely impacted by the implosion of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse.

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Microsoft’s new ‘Volumetric Apps’ for Quest headsets extend Windows apps into the 3D space Microsoft announced on Tuesday during its annual Build conference that it’s bringing “Windows Volumetric Apps” to Meta Quest headsets. The partnership will allow Microsoft to bring Windows 365 and loc...

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Microsoft’s new 'Volumetric Apps' for Quest headsets extend Windows apps into the 3D space | TechCrunch

Microsoft announced on Tuesday during its annual Build conference that it's bringing "Windows Volumetric Apps" to Meta Quest headsets.

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The ‘vote Trump’ spam that hit Bluesky in May came from decentralized rival Nostr The spam reached Bluesky by first crossing over two other decentralized networks: Mastodon and Nostr. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The 'vote Trump' spam that hit Bluesky in May came from decentralized rival Nostr | TechCrunch

The spam reached Bluesky by first crossing over two other decentralized networks: Mastodon and Nostr.

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There’s a real appetite for a fintech alternative to QuickBooks Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the continued fallout from Synapse’s bankruptcy, how Layer wants to disrupt SMB accounting, and much more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s b...

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There’s a real appetite for a fintech alternative to QuickBooks | TechCrunch

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the continued fallout from Synapse’s bankruptcy, how Layer wants to disrupt SMB acco...

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Bill Gates-backed wind startup AirLoom is raising $12M, filings reveal The company is hoping to produce electricity at $13 per megawatt hour, which would be more than 50% cheaper than traditional onshore wind. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use onl...

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Bill Gates-backed wind startup AirLoom is raising $12M, filings reveal | TechCrunch

The company is hoping to produce electricity at $13 per megawatt hour, which would be more than 50% cheaper than traditional onshore wind.

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Boost your startup’s growth with a ScaleUp package at TC Disrupt 2024 Hey there, Series A to B startups with $35 million or less in funding — we’ve got an exciting opportunity that’s tailor-made for your growth journey! If you’re looking to elevate your presence at Tech...

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Boost your startup's growth with a ScaleUp package at TC Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch

Hey there, Series A to B startups with $35 million or less in funding — we've got an exciting opportunity that's tailor-made for your g...