Ryan Breslow’s $450M Bolt deal said to involve a restraining order now
Ryan Breslow’s plan to get himself reinstalled as CEO of fintech company Bolt — and push through a $450 million fundraising deal that would value the startup at a staggering $14 billion — has apparently stalled. According to Forbes, Breslow sent an email to shareholders thanking them for signing off on the deal.
Read moreShort series app My Drama takes on Character.AI with its new AI companions
Maybe a lack of AI characters is what Quibi got wrong. At least, that’s what one startup appears to believe. My Drama is a new short series app with more than 30 shows, with a majority of them following a soap opera format in order to hook viewers. The app
Read moreThis Week in AI: VCs (and devs) are enthusiastic about AI coding tools
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week in AI, two startups developing tools to generate and suggest code — Magic and Codeium — raised nearly half a billion dollars combined. The rounds were high even by
Read moreThe Cosmos Institute, whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, launches grant programs and an AI lab
The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and former Defense Department technologist Brendan McCord, has announced a venture program and research initiatives to — in the organization’s words — “cultivate a new generation of technologists and entrepreneurs equipped with deep philosophical thinking to navigate
Read moreBest practices for cost-efficient Kafka clusters
In today's data-driven world, Apache Kafka has emerged as a cornerstone of modern data streaming, particularly with the rise of AI and the immense volumes of data it generates.
Read moreTinder update targets college students as dating apps struggle
For the college students who are satisfied with dating apps, which may not be many, Tinder announced Wednesday a series of updates to Tinder U, its in-app feature that caters to current college students ages 18 to 24. This includes new badges to add to their profiles, such as graduation
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: X lost 40 million monthly active users after Brazil ban
Bluesky has gained 2 million new users over the last week, which can only mean one thing: something fishy is going on at X. And, indeed, X was banned in Brazil, which means the platform will lose an estimated 40 million monthly active users. The dispute between X and the
Read moreYouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens
Once linked, parents will be alerted to their teen's channel activity, including the number of uploads, subscriptions and comments. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read more