TechCrunch Sessions: AI launches in Berkeley today — here’s what you’ll miss if you’re not here
Today’s the day! TechCrunch Sessions: AI is lighting up UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall at 8 a.m. PT on the dot. The stage is set, the speakers are ready, and the AI community is gathering for one powerful day of insight, innovation, and momentum. Local to Berkeley and passionate about AI?
Read moreCollibra acquires data access startup Raito
Collibra, a data governance platform based in Brussels, is the latest enterprise to acquire a data company in order to expand its offerings in the age of AI. On Thursday, Collibra announced its acquisition Raito, a data access startup founded in 2021. Raito, also located in Brussels, helps companies manage
Read morePhone unlocking firm Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing startup Corellium for $170M
Cellebrite said the deal will help with the "accelerated identification of mobile vulnerabilities and exploits."
Read moreProfitable African fintech PalmPay is in talks to raise as much as $100M
PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what valuation it hopes to get, but its last round, in 2021, ranked it among the continent’s most
Read moreAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears, emphasizes expansion plans
In a Bloomberg interview Wednesday night in downtown San Francisco, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against concerns that AI could eventually make half the company’s 180,000-person workforce redundant. Instead, Pichai stressed the company’s commitment to growth through at least next year. “I expect we will grow from our current
Read moreNorth America takes the bulk of AI VC investments, despite tough political environment
Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion into North America-based AI and machine learning
Read moreUnlocking potential: The ultimate prompt engineering guide for true AI success
While it’s true that creativity is a key component of most ventures, having a practical playbook can often make the difference when navigating a complex problem or trying to master something that is completely new. Many of life’s more challenging endeavors don’t come with instructions or clear guidelines, leaving us
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Read moreElon Musk discovers Trump doesn’t stay bought
I have been watching, with some grim amusement, Elon Musk discovering the limits of being just another political donor. While he was at DOGE, he literally could control the Treasury and DOD - he effectively had the IT reins of the entire country, and could simply gut things he hated
Read moreReddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data
Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly using the site’s data to train AI models without a proper licensing agreement, according to a complaint filed in a Northern California court on Wednesday. Reddit claims in the complaint that Anthropic’s unauthorized use of the site’s data for commercial purposes was unlawful, and
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