Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana co-founded WSO2 in 2005, recently selling it for more than $600M. He sometimes drives for Uber, too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWhy Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and other investors are scouring universities for founders
Investors are assisting startup founders earlier than ever in an effort to help them bridge the first climate tech valley of death. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEvaluating a class of infinite sums in closed form
The other day I ran across the surprising identity and wondered how many sums of this form can be evaluated in closed form like this. Quite a few it turns out. Sums of the form evaluate to a rational number when k is a non-negative integer and c is a
Read moreDSA vs. DMA: How Europe’s twin digital regulations are hitting Big Tech
While both the DSA and DMA aim to achieve distinct things, they are best understood as a joint response to Big Tech's market power. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable
A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. voters' information. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSelf-driving truck startup Aurora Innovation raises $483M in share sale ahead of commercial launch
Self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation was hoping to raise hundreds of millions in additional capital as it races toward a driverless commercial launch by the end of 2024. The company, which had arranged to sell up to $420 million worth of shares, exceeded its goal and raised $483 million. The newly
Read moreFTC and Justice Department sue TikTok over alleged child privacy violations
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are suing TikTok and ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, with violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The law requires digital platforms to notify and obtain parents’ consent before collecting and using personal data from children under the age of 13.
Read moreAcquiring AI talent wholesale
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. This week we are looking at acquisitions of small startups, two new unicorns, wearable AI devices, and VCs who are supporting Kamala Harris. Let’s get into it. Most interesting startup stories from
Read moreCharacter.AI CEO Noam Shazeer returns to Google
In a big move, Character.AI co-founder and CEO Noam Shazeer is returning to Google after leaving the company in October 2021 to found the a16z-backed startup. In his previous stint, Shazeer spearheaded the team of researchers that built LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), a language model that was used for conversational AI
Read moreAdept Materials’ dehumidifying paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors
The startup developed a two-material system that helps homes self-regulate their internal humidity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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