SignalFire, CapitalG, and Comprehensive.io coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
As the startup landscape evolves, so do hiring strategies. With Big Tech downsizing and the labor market tightening, founders must navigate a conservative job market to attract and retain top talent. The hiring landscape in 2025 will offer challenges and opportunities for those who can adapt. Founders now hold increased
Read moreElon Musk is navigating Brazil’s X ban — and flirting with its far right
Image: Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images For more than two weeks, Brazilians have been without access to X. Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked the platform after Elon Musk failed to comply with court rulings. As X evades the ban and Musk’s companies work slowly toward a resolution, the real
Read moreHealth insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with new $193M funding round
Belfius is leading Alan’s Series F funding round of €173 million (around $193 million at current exchange rates). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe Rise of Digital Trading in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Investors
The rapid transformation of Africa’s digital space could not leave the financial sector behind either. Mobile technologies and internet accessibility have consistently improved all over the continent, enabling more and more applications of electronic trading platforms on the part of individual investors and businesspeople. Platforms such as Exness introduced users
Read more4 Ways Generative AI Can Support Small Business Growth
Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) is not new, however, the recent boom in AI tools available to anyone such as image-generation tools and AI-driven applications, while offering new opportunities, can also place small business owners in new and unfamiliar territory. GoDaddy shares some ways in which generative AI can help small
Read moreDetecting errors in AI-generated code
Ben chats with Gias Uddin, an assistant professor at York University in Toronto, where he teaches software engineering, data science, and machine learning. His research focuses on designing intelligent tools for testing, debugging, and summarizing software and AI systems. He recently published a paper about detecting errors in code generated
Read moreIndia’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation even as edtech funding remains scarce
An Indian edtech startup has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough funding environment for edtech companies in the country. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreJohn Mulaney skewers San Francisco tech crowd at Dreamforce
Attendees of the giant, annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco love being the butt of the joke. Last year, Seth Myers entertained them during a 40-minute set that poked fun at the tech industry’s liberal use of self-affirmations. “You are achieving, you are amplifying, you are accelerating,” Myers said. “‘Architect?’
Read moreIndian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma abandons human musicians for AI-generated music
Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is ditching human musicians for artificial intelligence, saying he’ll use only AI-generated tunes in future projects, a move that underscores AI’s growing reach in creative industries. The filmmaker and screenwriter, known for popular Bollywood movies including Company, Rangeela, Sarkar, and Satya has launched a venture,
Read moreHere is what’s illegal under California’s 8 (and counting) new AI laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in artificial intelligence: everything from futuristic AI systems creating existential risk, deepfake nudes from
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