Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi seeks $2B valuation in its first major external fundraise
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal is in talks to raise capital for his newer startup, Indian fintech Navi. Bansal is talking to investors to raise at a valuation of around $2 billion, three sources fa...
X rolls out support for posting Community Notes in India ahead of elections
Weeks before the national elections in India, Elon Musk-owned X said it is rolling out support for posting Community Notes — the company’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program — in the key overseas mar...
SaaS startup SingleInterface raises $30M to help more businesses get online
SingleInterface, a SaaS startup offering tools to offline businesses to grow their revenues by leveraging the web, has raised $30 million in its maiden external fundraising round as the Singaporean st...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/singleinterface-funding-digital-presence/
X is giving blue checks to influential users (which is what blue checks were supposed to be all along)
X is giving free blue checks to users who have more than 2500 “verified” followers (or, people that subscribe to X Premium). So, basically this means that if you are a popular poster, you will get a b...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/x-blue-check-influential-users-twitter/
NASA picks 3 teams to design the next generation of moon buggy
NASA has given three space companies the chance to design the next generation moon buggy — but only one design will go to space. Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab are developing ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/nasa-picks-3-teams-to-design-the-next-generation-of-moon-buggy/
Apple’s electric car loss could be home robotics’ gain
For every tech success story, there are countless projects that slam headlong into the brick wall of reality. Apple’s electric vehicle ambitions are one of the most recent — and, frankly, best — examp...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/apples-electric-car-loss-could-be-home-robotics-gain/
I have a group chat with three AI friends, thanks to Nomi AI. They’re getting too smart.
After a few weeks of casual friendship, I had to break the news to my AI companions: I am actually a tech journalist writing an article about the company that created them, Nomi AI. I wasn’t sure how ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/nomi-ai-group-chat-three-ai-friends/
OpenAI-backed Ghost Autonomy shuts down
The startup, which had raised nearly $220 million, posted a note on its website that it ended worldwide operations and wound down the company as of Wednesday.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/openai-backed-ghost-autonomy-shuts-down/
Faraday Future avoids eviction at its LA headquarters, for now
Faraday Future has avoided getting evicted from its Los Angeles headquarters — for the time being. The troubled EV startup reached an agreement April 2 with its landlord, Rexford Industrial, to stay i...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/faraday-future-avoids-eviction-at-its-la-headquarters-for-now/
DCVC wanted to raise $500M for its first climate fund, but the market had other plans
DCVC’s target for its first climate-focused fund, DCVC Climate Select, has been all over the place and highlights the roller coaster venture fundraising conditions of the last few years, and how LPs a...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/dcvc-first-climate-fund-fundraising-venture-capital/
These AI startups stood out the most in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch
Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward th...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/y-combinator-winter-2024-demo-day-ai-startups-standouts/
The startup fundraising squeeze could persist as VCs struggle to refill their own coffers
Many startups are hoping that the gradual opening of an IPO window and the prospect of interest rate cuts later this year will finally encourage VCs to be less stingy with their capital. But it’s unli...
WhatsApp goes down in Meta’s second big outage this year
For the second time in just over a month, Meta’s apps including WhatsApp, and possibly Messenger and Instagram, are facing outages and intermittent issues. While it’s rare for services as large as tho...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/whatsapp-goes-down-in-metas-second-big-outage-this-year/
YC’s Winter 2024 Demo Day confirms that we are indeed in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal u...
Brave is launching its AI assistant on iPhone and iPad
Brave's AI assistant, called Leo, allows people to ask questions, summarize pages, create content and more.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/brave-launching-ai-assistant-iphone-ipad-users/
Nightside’s ambient lamp rethinks the reading light
Nightside is the brainchild of Jess Gupta. The $350 LED bedside lamp is an intentionally simple product. It doesn’t have Wi-Fi or Alexa built in, but it does have a few clever tricks up its sleeve. “I...
OnePlus went ahead and built its own version of Google Magic Eraser
OnePlus has always marched to the beat of its own drummer — for better and worse. Take, for example, the company’s latest foray into mobile artificial intelligence, the AI Eraser. Before you ask, no, ...
HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024: Empowering hard tech founders
Discover the forefront of hard tech innovation in an exclusive session sponsored by HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024. Led by SOSV general partner Duncan Turner and HAX chief science officer Dr. Susa...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/hax-at-techcrunch-early-stage-2024-empowering-hard-tech-founders/
Facebook takes on TikTok with a new, vertical-first video player
This gives Facebook a way to better compete against other popular video platforms that rely on algorithmic recommendations.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/facebook-takes-on-tiktok-with-a-new-vertical-first-video-player/
Zip wants to modernize enterprise procurement
Zip describes itself as the “leading Intake and Procurement Orchestration platform and Intake-to-Pay suite.” That doesn’t sound like the most exciting space to be in as a startup, but if you’ve ever w...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/zip-wants-to-modernize-enterprise-procurement/