UK retail giant Co-op warns of disruption as it battles cyberattack
Intel’s chief commercial officer and sales lead, Christoph Schell, resigns
Supio, an AI-powered legal analysis platform, lands $60M
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/supio-an-ai-powered-legal-platform-lands-60m-in-fresh-capital/
DeepSeek upgrades its AI model for math problem solving
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/deepseek-upgrades-its-ai-model-for-math-problem-solving/
Cast AI raises $108M to get the max out of AI, Kubernetes and other workloads
AI sales tax startup Kintsugi had doubled its valuation in 6 months
X is rolling out support for 4K video uploads
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/x-is-rolling-out-support-for-4k-video-uploads/
Sarah Tavel, Benchmark’s first woman GP, transitions to venture partner
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT became too sycophantic
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/openai-explains-why-chatgpt-became-too-sycophantic/
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT became too sycophant
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/openai-explains-why-chatgpt-became-too-sycophant/
Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI
Meta’s LlamaCon was all about undercutting OpenAI
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/metas-llamacon-was-all-about-undercutting-openai/
Waymo and Toyota are dating. If they get serious, a new autonomous vehicle could be created.
Figure AI sent cease-and-desist letters to secondary markets brokers
Startups launch products to catch people using AI cheating app Cluely
Snapchat abandons plans for a simplified version of its app
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/snapchat-abandons-plans-for-a-simplified-version-of-its-app/
Freepik releases an ‘open’ AI image generator trained on licensed data
Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/google-play-sees-47-decline-in-apps-since-start-of-last-year/
OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/openai-rolls-back-update-that-made-chatgpt-too-sycophant-y/
Troubled startup CaaStle is now facing two new lawsuits and more allegations