Source: TechCrunch

Every fusion startup that has raised over $300M

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Tim De Chant
Sept. 14, 2024, 8:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI could shake up its nonprofit structure next year

It’s looking increasingly likely that OpenAI will soon alter its complex corporate structure. Reports earlier this week suggested that the AI company was in talks to raise $6.5 billion at…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 14, 2024, 8:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

‘Hot Ones’ could add some heat to Netflix’s live lineup

Netflix has never quite cracked the talk show formula, but maybe it can borrow an existing hit from YouTube. According to Bloomberg, the streamer is in talks with BuzzFeed to…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 14, 2024, 7:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Why ORNG’s founder pivoted from college food ordering to real-time money transfer

Alex Parmley has been thinking about building his latest company, ORNG, since he was working on his last company, Phood.  Launched in 2018, Phood was a payments app that let…
Dominic-Madori Davis
Sept. 14, 2024, 6:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Sam Bankman-Fried appeals conviction, criticizes judge’s ‘unbalanced’ decisions

Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX CEO and co-founder who was convicted of fraud and money laundering late last year, are seeking a new trial. Following crypto exchange FTX’s collapse,…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 14, 2024, 6:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI previews its new Strawberry model

OpenAI this week unveiled a preview of OpenAI o1, also known as Strawberry. The company claims that o1 can more effectively reason through math and science, as well as fact-check…
Cody Corrall
Sept. 14, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

DeepWell DTx receives FDA clearance for its therapeutic video game developer tools

There’s something oddly refreshing about starting the day by solving the Wordle. According to DeepWell DTx, there’s a scientific explanation for why our brains might feel just a bit better…
Amanda Silberling
Sept. 14, 2024, 4:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

These two friends built a simple tool to transfer playlists between Apple Music and Spotify, and it works great

Soundiiz is a free third-party tool that builds portability tools through existing APIs and acts as a translator between the services.
Maxwell Zeff
Sept. 14, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Shrinking teams, warped views, and risk aversion in this week’s startup news

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week…
Rita Liao
Sept. 14, 2024, 3:50 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now

In early 2018, VC Mike Moritz wrote in the FT that “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead,” noting the pace of work at tech companies was “furious”…
Connie Loizos
Sept. 14, 2024, 1:50 a.m.
5 min read
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