EU publishes election security guidance for social media giants and others in scope of DSA
The European Union published draft election security guidelines Tuesday aimed at the around two dozen (larger) platforms with more than 45M+ regional monthly active users that are regulated under the ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/eu-election-security-guidance-for-vlops/
Apple WWDC 2024 set for June 10-14, promises to be ‘A(bsolutely) I(ncredible)’
Apple SVP Greg “Joz” Joswiak just confirmed via the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that the company’s annual World Wide Developer Conference is set for June 10-14. In what is no doubt...
Evari turns to rocket science to solve problems with heat pumps
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating.
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With Affinity acquisition, Canva should be able to compete better with Adobe’s creative tools
Canva, the high-flying Australian design and visual communication startup, announced today it was acquiring Affinity (formerly Serif), a creative tools company based in the U.K. Bloomberg reported tha...
Instagram co-founders’ AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all
Artifact, the well-received AI-powered news app from Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, may not be shutting down as planned. The company announced in January the award-winning ap...
TechCrunch Minute: What Stability AI’s CEO departure means for other AI startups
What do you call an AI company that is suffering from very public gyrations regarding its business health, place in the market, and leadership structure? Well, you might call it Stability AI. And no, ...
Adobe’s GenStudio brings brand-safe generative AI to marketers
Brands want to use generative AI to personalize their marketing efforts — but they are also deathly afraid of AI going off message and ruining their brand. At its annual Summit conference in Las Vegas...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/adobes-genstudio-brings-brand-safe-generative-ai-to-marketers/
YC-backed SigmaOS browser turns to AI-powered features for monetization
Web browsers have realized they are one of the best ways for users to access the present set of AI tools, so they are working on being the first-choice containers for that. SigmaOS, a Y Combinator-bac...
Former Nextdoor exec raises $25 million for PipeDreams, a startup rolling up HVAC companies
Dan Laufer swore off ever founding a startup again after he sold apartment rental platform RentLingo in 2021, but Laufer also couldn’t ignore the potential to solve a problem he saw unfolding as the h...
Tesla is pushing a free one-month trial of its FSD Beta driver-assistance software to US customers
Tesla is about to start giving every customer in the U.S. a one-month trial of its $12,000 driver-assistance system, which it calls Full Self-Driving Beta, provided they have a car with the compatible...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/tesla-fsd-beta-free-trial-promotion-driver-assistance/
Confetti, a team-building platform used by Apple, Google and Microsoft, raises $16M
Not many startups can claim Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta as paying customers, but Confetti can. And the list doesn’t stop at a quintet with a collective market value of $10 trillion — th...
Ionobell’s is turning to recycled silicon to boost EV range
Ionobell, a seed stage startup, claims its silicon material will be cheaper than the established competition.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/ionobell-fundraise-exclusive/
Picogrid scores new funding to connect the military’s stovepipe systems
Autonomous systems have become essential to military operations around the world, but there’s almost no infrastructure available to unify these systems at scale. As a result, operators in the field ar...
Fireworks.ai open source API puts generative AI in reach of any developer
Just about everyone is trying to get a piece of the generative AI action these days. While the majority of the focus remains on the model vendors like OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere, or the bigger compa...
Evoloh bets hydrogen won’t happen without better manufacturing
The startup is attempting to solve hydrogen's supply problem by focusing not on novel materials, but on manufacturing.
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Food-as-medicine startup Chiyo helps postpartum moms with nutrition after raising $3 million
Unlike other meal service providers that want you to be customers for life, Chiyo’s goal is to get you off of its program.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/chiyo-startup-helps-new-moms-postpartum-nutrition/
Viam looks beyond robotics with its no-code automation platform
Since the last time we spoke, Viam didn’t pivot exactly, according to founder and CEO Eliot Horowitz — it’s more of a “rebrand.” Roughly six months ago, the Manhattan-based startup made a concerted ef...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/viam-looks-beyond-robotics-with-its-no-code-automation-platform/
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Thoras.ai automates resource allocation for Kubernertes workloads
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Thoras.AI founders Nilo Rahamani and Jennifer Rahamani weren’t even a twinkle in their parents’ eyes, but their parents were forced to flee along wit...
0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain
As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm,” has raised $35 million in a pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. If $35 milli...