Quilt is building AI assistants for solutions teams
The job of so-called “solutions professionals” — people like sales engineers, solutions architects and consultants — revolves around pitching complex enterprise tech to potential customers. It’s impor...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/18/quilt-is-building-ai-assistants-for-solutions-teams/
Fisker pauses production with just $121 million in the bank
EV startup Fisker is pausing production of its electric Ocean SUV for six weeks as it scrambles for a cash infusion. The company said in a Monday morning regulatory filing that it had just $121 millio...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/18/fisker-production-pause-going-concern-cash-raise/
Rebecca Whiting will break down SAFEs, notes, and series seed financing at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Raising capital sounds simple: You hand over shares, investors hand over cash, and everyone then gets back to work. The reality is a little bit more complicated. If you are selling equity, are you doi...
Tech giant Fujitsu says it was hacked, warns of data breach
Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. “We confirmed the presence of malw...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/18/fujitsu-tech-giant-hacked-customer-data-breach/
Want to see an NHS doctor? Prepare to cough up your data first.
To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure fro...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/18/want-to-see-an-nhs-doctor-prepare-to-cough-up-your-data-first/
Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
African financial institutions typically scale their solutions using a mix of local and foreign tech. Appzone is one of the standout local fintech software providers for banks and fintechs, providing ...
Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones
Apple is looking to team up with Google for a mega-deal to leverage the Gemini AI model for features on iPhone, Bloomberg reported. This will put Google in a commanding position as the company already...
Poseidona is removing invasive algae from oceans and turning it into food
Poseidona is a Barcelona-based developer of sustainable food technology. It takes invasive seaweed and algal side-streams to make proteins. In this case, it's a soy protein alternative.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/17/poseidona-seaweed-protein-food/
xAI open-sources base model of Grok, but without any training code
Elon Musk’s xAI has open-sourced the base code of Grok AI model, but without any training code. The company described it as the “314 billion parameter Mixture-of-Expert model” on GitHub. In a blog pos...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/17/xai-open-sources-base-model-of-grok-but-without-any-training-code/
Another autonomous vehicle startup shutters, Zoox expands driverless testing and investor fervor for AI escalates
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for ...
VC Arjun Sethi talks a big game about selling his company-picking strategies to other investors; he says they’re buying it
Arjun Sethi speaks with the confidence of someone who knows more than other people, or else who knows that sounding highly confident can shape perception. Either way, when he tells me over Zoom that “...
Griffin Bank has a license to thrill
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! I’m filling in for Mary Ann, who is on a much deserved break. This week, we look at Griffin Bank getting its license ahead of some heavy hitte...
SpaceX doc leaks, TikTok ban gains steam, and Grok to go open-source
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping noteworthy happenings in tech over the past few days. This week, TechCrunch viewed leaked documents out of SpaceX...
LinkedIn wants to add gaming to its platform
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social platform, has made a name for itself primarily as a platform for people looking to network and pick up knowledge for professional purposes, and for recruitment — a...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/16/linkedin-wants-to-add-gaming-to-its-platform/
Aaron Levie leads Box into its third era focused on workflow automation and AI
The content management industry is shifting from pure management to AI and workflow automation to put the content to work.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/16/aaron-levie-box-workflow-automation-ai/
This Week in AI: Midjourney bets it can beat the copyright police
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable resear...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/16/this-week-in-ai-midjourney-bets-it-can-beat-the-copyright-police/
AI is keeping GitHub chief legal officer Shelley McKinley busy
GitHub’s chief legal officer, Shelley McKinley, has plenty on her plate, what with legal wrangles around its Copilot pair-progammer, as well as the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which was voted th...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/16/ai-is-keeping-github-chief-legal-officer-shelley-mckinley-busy/
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked
Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing restrictions from payment processors like Stripe and PayPal. For creators who sell adult art,...
Starbucks ditches its Odyssey NFT program
Starbucks launched Starbucks Odyssey in 2022 as its initial foray into the web3 world.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/starbucks-odysseys-nfts-brand-loyalty/
India drops plan to require approval for AI model launches
India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from many local and global entrepreneurs and investors. The Ministry of Electronics and IT shared an updated AI advisory with in...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/india-drops-plan-to-require-approval-for-ai-model-launches/