Duolingo ‘killed’ its mascot with a Cybertruck, and it’s going weirdly well
Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this beloved green bird on TikTok. As any fiction author could probably tell you, killing
Read moreElon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’
A senior Elon Musk staffer created a custom AI chatbot that's supposed to help DOGE "eliminate" government waste. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe Buenos Aires constant
The Buenos Aires constant is 2.92005097731613… What’s so special about this number? Let’s see when we use it to initialize the following Python script. s = 2.920050977316134 for _ in range(1, 11): i = int(s) print(i) s = i*(1 + s - i) What does this print? 2, 3, 5,
Read moreSafe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B
Safe Superintelligence, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, could be close to raising more than $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation — a higher valuation than reported just weeks ago. Bloomberg reports that VC firm Greenoaks Capital Partners is leading the deal and pledging
Read moreAmazon, Microsoft, and Exxon want to make scandal-plagued carbon markets more trustworthy
A task force, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, is hoping to improve credibility of voluntary carbon markets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThinking Machines Lab is ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new startup
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has announced her new startup. Unsurprisingly, it’s focused on AI. Called Thinking Machines Lab, the startup, which came out of stealth today, intends to build tooling to “make AI work for [people’s] unique needs and goals,” and to create AI systems that are “more widely
Read moreVC giant Insight Partners confirms January cyberattack
The VC firm has $90 billion in assets under management and invested in several unicorn cybersecurity startups © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFintech fundraising is giving me 2021 flashbacks
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at some big valuation jumps, how Stripe is eyeing another shareholder sale, a colorful conversation with an early-stage VC, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m.
Read moreThe people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe
Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk's inner circle, and how they got there. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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