bunch raises $15.5M for its platform that simplifies investment management for VCs
Public market investors have a large variety of infrastructure and software that helps them keep track of, analyze and manage their investments, but that’s not the case for investors in private companies — such as venture capitalists. Indeed, a lot of private market investors have to manage and upload information
Read moreJio partners with Taiwan’s MediaTek to tap into two-wheeler EV market
India's Jio has partnered with Taiwanese semiconductor giant MediaTek to launch its 4G smart dashboards for electric two-wheelers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHacker claims theft of Piramal Group’s employee data
A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of India's Piramal Group. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCRED launches personal finance manager for India’s affluent
CRED, an Indian fintech startup, has rolled out a new feature that will help its customers manage and gain deeper insights into their cash flow, as startup seeks to drive engagement by providing much-needed personal finance tools. Known primarily for its credit card bill payment and consumer lending service, the
Read moreA new Chinese video-generating model appears to be censoring politically sensitive topics
A powerful new video-generating AI model became widely available today — but there’s a catch: The model appears to be censoring topics deemed too politically sensitive by the government in its country of origin, China. The model, Kling, developed by Beijing-based company Kuaishou, launched in waitlisted access earlier in the
Read moreStar Catcher wants to build a space power grid to supercharge orbital industry
Our growth as a civilization is tightly coupled to our ability to sufficiently generate ever-increasing amounts of electricity. Could the same be true in space? Star Catcher Industries, a startup just emerging from stealth today, is betting that might be the case. The company is developing a space-based energy grid
Read moreMistral’s Large 2 is its answer to Meta and OpenAI’s latest models
For frontier AI models, when it rains, it pours. Mistral released a fresh new flagship model on Wednesday, Large 2, which it claims to be on par with the latest cutting edge models from OpenAI and Meta in terms of code generation, mathematics, and reasoning. The release of Mistral Large
Read moreResearchers are training home robots in simulations based on iPhone scans
Researchers at MIT CSAIL this week are showcasing a new method for training home robots in simulation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreApple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps
Apple announced on Wednesday that Apple Maps is now available on the web via a public beta, which means you can now access the service directly from your browser. The launch puts Apple Maps in direct competition with Google Maps, which has long been available on the web. Maps on
Read moreAlternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling
AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few months after the company launched an updated version of its app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL arrived as a response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA),
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