OpenAI’s chatbot store is filling up with spam
When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPTs, custom chatbots powered by OpenAI’s generative AI models, onstage at the company’s first-ever developer conference in November, he described them as a way to...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/openais-chatbot-store-is-filling-up-with-spam/
Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers’ data was used for Gemini
In a never-ending saga between Google and France’s competition authority over copyright protections for news snippets, the Autorité de la Concurrence announced a €250 million fine against the tech gia...
Meet the first roundtable roster at TC Early Stage 2024
You won’t have to search very hard or go very far to engage in compelling conversations next month at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024. One of the most popular attractions at Early Stage are roundtables. T...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/meet-the-first-5-roundtables-at-tc-early-stage-2024/
Casper’s co-founder is helping launch an incubator for climate tech startups
The new firm follows the startup studio model, hoping to tap into a likely wave of climate-related investments.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/montauk-climate-launch-exclusive/
Volunteer your time for a free ticket to Early Stage 2024
Join us for an unforgettable opportunity at TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston on April 25! We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to be part of this exciting event. If you’ve ever wondered wh...
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Healthcare platform Anima brings Salesforce-like capabilities to clinics, raises $12M
Globally, healthcare IT systems are groaning under the weight of legacy platforms. Thankfully, there’s a new wave of startups entering the arena: UK startup Anima is a “care enablement” platform that ...
Audio platform Pocket FM bags $103M in funding as it eyes global expansion
India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from Stepstone Group. The company, which counts Tencent and Times Intern...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/pocket-fm-bags-103m-in-funding-as-it-eyes-global-expansion/
White House proposes up to $8.5B to fund Intel’s domestic chip manufacturing
Well before President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law back in August 2022, Intel has been a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to increase domestic chip manufacturing. This morning, the W...
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman has its eye on Oura’s crown
India’s Ultrahuman is prepping for a growth tear. Today it’s announcing the close of $35 million in Series B* funding, a mix of equity ($25M) and debt. The smart ring startup is a less familiar name t...
PocketHealth eases doctor-patient communications with easy image exchange
Have you ever needed a copy of your medical imaging to take to your doctor or another healthcare provider and received the images on a CD? Many radiologists still use this ancient format to transfer p...
Cure51 raises a €15M Seed round aiming to crack the code on cancer survival
Rather than grimly assembling data about cancer deaths to predict outcomes in treatment, the founders of Cure51 had another idea. They decided to turn the model around 180 degrees. Instead, the compan...
India’s electric two-wheeler startups surge to over 150 players as government revs up EV push
The number of startups in India’s electric two-wheeler market has surged to over 150 from 54 in 2021, driven by government incentives to promote clean vehicles and cut oil imports, according to a new ...
The Carevoice raises $10M Series B, bucking the funding slowdown in health tech
The field of insurance technology has had a rough time. About 7 years ago, early insurtech companies promised to disrupt the insurance industry with new tech, but today, most of those companies have e...
Cowboy launches all-road electric bike to attract riders beyond European city centers
Cowboy is better known for its sleek electric bikes that you can see in many major cities across Europe. And if you look at the persons riding those Cowboy bikes, most of the time, you’ll see a young ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/cowboy-launches-all-road-electric-bike/
What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the app trying to replace Twitter
Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alter...
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI hallucinations are solvable, artificial general intelligence is 5 years away
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) — often referred to as “strong AI,” “full AI,” “human-level AI” or “general intelligent action” — represents a significant future leap in the field of artificial ...
Pokemon resets some users passwords after hacking attempts
The Pokemon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokemon’s official support website, which sai...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/pokemon-resets-some-users-passwords-after-hacking-attempts/
Nvidia’s keynote at GTC held some surprises
Nvidia's keynote at GTC on Monday held some surprises. In a way, it was a return to the company's original mission.
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Astera Labs IPO will reveal how much investors want in on AI
While the technology world breathlessly awaits Reddit's public debut, another company you might never have heard of is about to go public: Astera Labs.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/will-astera-labs-ipo-attract-ai-investors/
Threads is rolling out trending topics to all users in the US
Threads, the Twitter-like app from Instagram, is rolling out its “trending now” feature widely to all users in the U.S. The official rollout comes a month after the app started testing the feature wit...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/threads-trending-topics-all-users-us/