Is it just me, or was that an earthquake?
For just a brief moment, this was the internet at its best. I stared at a vase of dried out Trader Joe’s flowers, rumbling on my table for maybe thirty seconds, but I was too shocked to even process w...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/was-that-an-earthquake-twitter/
Apple lays off over 600 employees in California after abandoning electric car project
Apple is laying off 614 employees in California after abandoning its electric car project. According to the WARN notice posted by California, Apple notified the affected employees on March 28 and the ...
Varda Space’s orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding
Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. The company’s $90 million Series B round marks an inflection p...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/varda-space-closes-90m-to-scale-on-orbit-pharma-manufacturing/
From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta
What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator cohort’s launch was far from the only big story in startup-land. Today on TechCrunch’s E...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/from-yc-to-ipo-winter-2024-demo-day-rubrik-and-ibotta/
Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000
Tesla is dropping prices of unsold Model Y SUVs in the U.S. by thousands of dollars in an attempt to clear out an unprecedented backlog of inventory. Many long-range and performance Model Ys are now s...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/tesla-slashes-model-y-inventory-prices-cut/
Rubrik’s IPO filing reveals an AI governance committee. Get used to it.
Rubrik, the data management company that filed for IPO this week, has an AI governance committee, per its IPO filing. The detail is worth noting because it could soon be the new normal.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/rubrik-ai-governance-committee/
Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort
Cross-border is hot right now, so it’s no surprise that one of the trends among Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch of nearly 30 fintech startups is how to more easily move money globally.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/cross-border-fintech-y-combinator-demo-day/
The Complete Side Events Lineup At TC Early Stage 2024
Get ready to amplify your Early Stage 2024 experience with the electrifying lineup of Side Events taking Boston by storm during the week of April 22–28. As the countdown to TechCrunch Early Stage begi...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/the-complete-side-events-lineup-at-tc-early-stage-2024/
Belgian computer vision startup Robovision eyes U.S. expansion to address labor shortages
Robovision has raised $42M to industrialize deep learning tools and make them more accessible to businesses that are not tech companies at their core.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/robovision-computer-vision-belgium/
Meet the powerhouse pitch judges at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Get ready for an electrifying showdown as the “So You Think You Can Pitch” startup pitch competition at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is set to be judged by an esteemed panel of industry experts. We’ve ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/meet-the-powerhouse-pitch-judges-at-techcrunch-early-stage-2024/
US and EU commit to links aimed at boosting AI safety and risk research
The European Union and United States put out a joint statement Friday affirming a desire to increase cooperation over artificial intelligence — including in relation to AI safety and governance — as w...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/eu-us-ttc-joint-statement-ai/
As deal rumors fly, Alphabet and HubSpot would be a strange pairing
Reuters reported on Thursday that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is exploring the possibility of buying Boston-based HubSpot, a CRM and marketing automation company with a market cap of over $33 b...
Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality
Ford is unusual in that it performs best when thinking like a startup, something it appears to have taken to heart recently, EV delays notwithstanding.
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Against games industry doldrums, Bitkraft Ventures raises $275M to back studios and platforms
Bitkraft Ventures — a games investor based out of Denver, Colorado, but with European founders — has raised its third fund, coming in at $275 million. The fund will make seed and Series A investments ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/bitkraft-raises-275m-for-games-production/
Facebook’s Oculus acquisition turns 10
Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of this job is that true, game-changing inventio...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/facebooks-oculus-acquisition-turns-10/
Meet the startup pitch finalists at TC Early Stage 2024: ChargeBay, GovGPT, Ti¢ker
TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is gearing up to showcase the next wave of innovation. Among the standout finalists for the highly anticipated “So You Think You Can Pitch” segment are three groundbreaking...
YC’s latest Demo Day shows fascinating wagers on healthcare, chip design, AI and more
As we did on Wednesday, a number of the TechCrunch crew watched the entire run of presentations, picking out a handful of favorites to highlight.
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X warns that you might lose followers as it does another bot sweep
X is warning users they may see a reduction in their follower counts as the company attempts to clear the network of some spammers and bots in a large sweep. Via an announcement published by X’s Safet...
Net neutrality won’t survive a Trump presidency
Net neutrality’s long trip toward (then away from, then toward again, then away, and now once more toward) federal protections against broadband meddling may be entering its final chapter, either to d...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/net-neutrality-wont-survive-a-trump-presidency/
OpenStack improves support for AI workloads
OpenStack allows enterprises to manage their own AWS-like private clouds on-premises. Even after 29 releases, it’s still among the most active open-source projects in the world and this week, the Open...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/openstack-improves-support-for-ai-workloads/