Valued at $1B, Kai-Fu Lee’s LLM startup unveils open source model
Kai-Fu Lee, the computer scientist known in the West for his bestseller AI Superpowers and in China for his bets on artificial intelligence unicorns, has a new venture — and a great ambition. In late March, Lee launched a company called 01.AI with the vision to develop a homegrown large language
Read moreBefore you found a startup, think about your personal goals
If you're looking to make a significant difference in the world, your startup could be the vehicle that drives that change. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe circular economy promises to remake retail. Why is it so hard to trust?
Even if sustainability isn’t a key differentiator, brand-owned resale sites can help capture some of the value that would otherwise go to secondhand markets. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWhy last week felt like 2021 in fintech
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! Last week, we chronicled some big rounds in the fintech space, Intuit’s decision to shutter
Read moreDiscord file links will expire after a day to fight malware
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anyone using Discord to host files will want to change that, as links to those files will begin to refresh every 24 hours by the end of this year. The company told Bleeping Computer that doing so will help the company fight malware
Read moreTech layoffs return with a vengeance, Gaza internet collapses and Apple hosts a Halloween event
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the past week in happenings around the tech sphere. Winter’s finally arrived, judging by the NYC weather outside my window — and a winter of a sort might be descending on the tech industry, too, as it unfortunately
Read moreA new breed of companies expand in San Francisco’s prime areas
Ten years ago, Pear VC, then a tiny new venture firm, operated out of a nondescript office in Palo Alto that was enlivened by bright, computer-themed art. Last week, the outfit — which closed its largest fund to date in May — quietly inked a deal to sublease 30,000 square
Read moreAndroid’s new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps
Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in October the new real-time app scanning feature built into Google Play Protect that the
Read moreWill this former future unicorn be sold for parts?
While Luko could still sell itself, it seems less likely to receive a "very competitive offer." © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow engineering leaders can use AI to optimize performance
Alex Circei Contributor Share on X Alex Circei is the CEO and co-founder of Waydev, a development analytics tool that measures engineering teams' performance. More posts by this contributor Track the right metrics to improve your developers’ work experience Use DORA metrics to support the next generation of remote-work models
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