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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B from Valor, a16z, and Sequoia
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round, it said today, in one of the largest deals in the red-hot nascent space, as he…
Ivan Mehta
May 27, 2024, 7:05 a.m.
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Indian EV startup Zypp Electric secures backing to fund expansion to Southeast Asia
Indian startup Zypp Electric plans to use fresh investment from Japanese oil and energy conglomerate ENEOS to take its EV rental service into Southeast Asia early next year, TechCrunch has…
Jagmeet Singh
May 27, 2024, 5:35 a.m.
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Indian EV startup Zypp Electric secures ENEOS backing to fund expansion to Southeast Asia
Indian startup Zypp Electric plans to use fresh investment from Japanese oil and energy conglomerate ENEOS to take its EV rental service into Southeast Asia early next year, TechCrunch has…
Jagmeet Singh
May 27, 2024, 3:35 a.m.
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A venture capital firm looks back on changing norms, from board seats to backing rival startups
Last month, one of the Bay Area’s better-known early-stage venture capital firms, Uncork Capital, marked its 20th anniversary with a party in a renovated church in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood,…
Connie Loizos
May 27, 2024, 1:35 a.m.
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Source: TechCrunch
Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Activision and Meta
The families of victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas are suing Activision and Meta, as well as gun manufacturer Daniel Defense. The families bringing the…
Anthony Ha
May 26, 2024, 5:05 p.m.
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies
Like most Silicon Valley VCs, what Garry Tan sees is opportunities for new, huge, lucrative businesses.
Christine Hall
May 26, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
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How Maven’s AI-run ‘serendipity network’ can make social media interesting again
Everything in society can feel geared toward optimization – whether that’s standardized testing or artificial intelligence algorithms. We’re taught to know what outcome you want to achieve, and find the…
Rebecca Bellan
May 26, 2024, 3:05 p.m.
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Women in AI: Miriam Vogel stresses the need for responsible AI
Miriam Vogel, profiled as part of TechCrunch’s Women in AI series, is the CEO of the nonprofit responsible AI advocacy organization EqualAI.
Kyle Wiggers
May 26, 2024, 2:05 p.m.
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What are Google’s AI Overviews good for?
Google has been taking heat for some of the inaccurate, funny, and downright weird answers that it’s been providing via AI Overviews in search. AI Overviews are the AI-generated search…
Anthony Ha
May 26, 2024, 12:35 p.m.
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Source: TechCrunch
The ups and downs of investing in Europe, with VCs Saul Klein and Raluca Ragab
When it comes to the world of venture-backed startups, some issues are universal, and some are very dependent on where the startups and its backers are located. It’s something we…
Connie Loizos
May 25, 2024, 11:35 p.m.
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