Memorial today for Softimage founder and partner to be broadcast online; two charged in their murder
Police in Dominica have charged two American men, Jonathan Scott Lehrer and Robert Snyder Jr., with the murders of Softimage founder Daniel Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand, whose bodies were found in a burned-out car on Friday. Lehrer and Snyder are alleged to have murdered Langlois and Marchand at
Read more5 secondaries investors tell us what’s hot and what’s not heading into 2024
Secondary activity is expected to return to normal in 2024. Five investors tells us where they are interested and where they are not. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe venture landscape may be on the ‘cusp’ of explosive growth after years of macro strain
The crypto industry is facing the same macroeconomic headwinds as others, with the added bonus of regulatory uncertainty. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTumblr tests ‘Communities,’ semi-private groups with their own moderators and feeds
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would hone in on the parts of Tumblr’s service that worked, and kill those that didn’t — as it did with the subscription offering, Post+ last month. Now, the company
Read moreEverything you know about the podcast industry is a lie
It seems like the writing is on the soundproofed wall: The podcast boom is over, and this week’s news is evidence. Spotify laid off 17% of the company – its third round of layoffs this year – and canceled two highly acclaimed shows, including a winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Read moreZelda Ventures’ new pre-seed fund backs serial entrepreneurs
Suzanne Fletcher invested in 10 companies from the new fund, so far, and plans to invest in 40 companies in total. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreDataCebo launches enterprise version of popular open source synthetic data library
Long before most of us were thinking about large language models, DataCebo co-founders Kalyan Veeramachaneni and Neha Patki were creating an open source library called Synthetic Data Vault or SDV for short. The company’s roots go back to 2018 when both were working in the MIT Data Lab. They had
Read moreAs a new AI-driven coding assistant is launched, the battle for AI-mindshare moves to developers
With the news that Microsoft’s Copilot is getting OpenAI’s latest models and a new code interpreter, it’s clear the battle over the future of AI is increasingly being fought at the developer and engineering level. If you can get developers hooked on “your” AI Copilot, then you will be able
Read moreAvail rolls out its AI summarization tool to help Hollywood execs keep up with script coverage
Avail is tackling one of the many time-consuming tasks in film and TV development: script coverage. The new ChatGPT-powered summarization tool is designed to summarize scripts and books within minutes, producing detailed summaries, loglines, synopses, character breakdowns and tonal assessments. Avail also built a Q&A assistant to help production companies
Read moreWhy in-house platforms can undermine your business strategy
While the allure of absolute control is compelling, technical leaders must critically reassess its long-term viability. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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