Bolt reportedly threatens legal action against Silverbear Capital
In the latest twist in Bolt’s aggressive fundraising efforts, the fintech company’s CEO appears to have made a veiled threat of legal action against Silverbear Capital, the investment bank whose involvement in the deal remains in some dispute. “We believe there was some internal miscommunication at Silverbear Capital, one of
Read moreBluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X
A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app chart in
Read moreAncient accurate approximation for sine
This post started out as a Twitter thread. The text below is the same as that of the thread after correcting an error in the first part of the thread. *** The following approximation for sin(x) is remarkably accurate for 0 < x < π. The approximation is so good
Read moreIs OpenAI worth $100B?
OpenAI could reportedly increase its valuation to $100 billion. Nvidia and Apple are apparently in talks to contribute to the company’s next fundraising round, and Thrive Capital would lead the deal should it happen, according to The New York Times. OpenAI’s annualized revenue reportedly eclipsed $3.4 billion early this year,
Read moreAmazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant
Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees. It’s also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch that Covariant is building
Read moreGrammy CEO says music industry also has AI concerns
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Read moreBefore Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking
Learn about NightCafe's origins, some of the challenges the platform faces, and where NighCafe will evolve from here. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAI brings a whole new dimension to the challenge of organizational transformation
Organizations are people and people are messy, and you have to look beyond the tech to the end goal: implementing new software that could transform the business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWatch out for these 10 hot startups from South Korea
Most of the biggest South Korean tech startups intend to pursue public offerings in either South Korea or the United States as part of their exit strategy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMentally multiply by π
This post will give three ways to multiply by π taken from [1]. Simplest approach Here’s a very simple observation about π : π ≈ 3 + 0.14 + 0.0014. So if you need to multiply by π, you need to multiply by 3 and by 14. Once you’ve multiplied
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