Why one founder thinks the Apple Vision Pro is going to make it
Skyflow CEO and co-founder Anshu Sharma joins Equity to discuss Apple's Vision Pro and how it fares against the Innovator's Dilemma. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreIzote Biosciences takes in $2.6M to develop a fermentation process sans oxygen
The startup is developing a proprietary method that enables bacteria to "breathe without oxygen" inside a bioreactor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle releases GenAI tools for music creation
As GenAI tools begin to transform the music industry in incredible — and in some cases ethically problematic — ways, Google is ramping up its investments in AI tech to create new songs and lyrics. The search giant today unveiled MusicFX, an upgrade to MusicLM, the music-generating tool Google released
Read moreCast your votes for TC Early Stage Audience Choice Roundtables
A not-so-humble brag here, so brace yourself. The programming at TechCrunch Early Stage — April 25 in Boston, Massachusetts — is gonna be off the proverbial hook. How do we know? We read hundreds of applications from experienced founders and startup ecosystem experts eager to participate in Audience Choice for
Read moreFNB eBucks Welcomes SPAR as Newest Retail Lifestyle Partner
FNB eBucks proudly announces a partnership with SPAR, offering up to 15% eBucks back for FNB Private clients, Private Wealth, and RMB Private Bank clients when shopping at SPAR, SUPERSPAR, KWIKSPAR, and TOPS with their qualifying virtual cards. This collaboration aims to enhance clients’ financial and lifestyle management through FNB
Read moreMessageBird rebrands as Bird, and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio
No, don’t think Bird Scooters. Think Bird, formerly MessageBird. For the Amsterdam-based unicorn is now re-branding as such after reportedly acquiring the Bird.com domain name a couple of years ago, allegedly for many millions. Founded in 2011 by Adriaan Mol and Robert Vis, the cloud communications platform for enterprises is
Read moreAI and blockchains might need one another to evolve, according to new report
Even though the two sectors are reaching different levels of mainstream adoption, they are also facing challenges that the other could potentially help alleviate. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSignalling more consolidation may come, smart-bus startup Zeelo acquires Kura, a smaller player
A small UK startup which combined a school bus service with a software platform to safeguard pupils has been acquired by ‘Smart buses’ startup Zeelo, which last year raised a $14 million war chest for expansion. Founded in the UK in 2010, Kura, which had previously raised £3.8 million in
Read moreByju’s investors seek to remove edtech group’s founder
A group of large investors in Byju’s has called for an extraordinary general meeting where they seek to change the leadership at Byju’s days after the edtech group launched a rights issue at $25 million pre-money valuation. The consortium of investors said it has called for the EGM following “many
Read moreCARPL guides healthcare providers through the growing market of radiology AI apps
There’s an acute shortage of radiologists around the world, which means it is harder for medical teams to get imaging studies done. As a result, more than 200 companies have sprung up to create applications that use AI to automate different parts of the radiology process. CARPL, a radiology marketplace
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