OpenAI Startup Fund raises additional $5 million
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund that invests in early-stage and late-stage AI companies transferred legal control from Sam… Read More »OpenAI Startup Fund raises additional $5 million
Aplazo is using buy now, pay later as a springboard to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Buy now, pay later services have become so ubiquitous that BNPL can also It’s just another way of saying “debt.”… Read More »Aplazo is using buy now, pay later as a springboard to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Women in AI: Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
To give academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved (and overdue) time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing… Read More »Women in AI: Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
Thousands of new venture capital funds have launched over the past few years, each hoping to carve out a long-term,… Read More »A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
Why Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so wrong
Welcome to Week in Review: TechCrunch’s newsletter summarizing the week’s biggest news. This week, Apple unveiled new iPad models at… Read More »Why Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so wrong
At the AI Film Festival, humanity triumphed over technology
In the third episode of “Creative Dialogues,” an interview series produced by the film division of generative AI startup Runway,… Read More »At the AI Film Festival, humanity triumphed over technology
Meesho, an Indian social commerce with 150 million transacting users, raises $275 million in new funding
Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with around 150 million transacting users, has raised $275 million in a new… Read More »Meesho, an Indian social commerce with 150 million transacting users, raises $275 million in new funding
Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts
Barely five months after its founding, hard technology startup Layout parts has secured a $9 million funding round led by… Read More »Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts
AI Chip Startup DEEPX Raises $80M Series C at $529M Valuation
DEEPX is a South Korean AI chip-in-device (NPU or neural processing unit) startup that makes hardware and software for various… Read More »AI Chip Startup DEEPX Raises $80M Series C at $529M Valuation
Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ of buying bankrupt Synapse
TabaPay has abandoned its plans to buy the assets from troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse, TabaPay confirmed to TechCrunch today. Synapse… Read More »Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ of buying bankrupt Synapse