Investors are optimistic about 2024
After a mediocre 2023, investors are optimistic about exit and M&A activity picking back up in 2024. Some think we will see the IPO market bounce back. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreVCs are optimistic that AI investing will move beyond the hype in 2024
Investors are hoping for more enterprise adoption and vertical AI solutions this year as the AI startup market starts to grow up. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreUber testing flexible pricing service in over a dozen Indian cities
Uber has quietly been testing a flexible pricing service in more than a dozen cities in India, a move that could help it expand its consumer base in the South Asian nation and put pressure on rival ride-hailing platforms, including Ola and InDrive. The flexible pricing service, called Uber Flex,
Read moreThe global venture capital market is not done retreating yet
The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreNabla raises another $24 million for its AI assistant for doctors that automatically writes clinical notes
Paris-based startup Nabla just announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round led by Cathay Innovation, with participation from ZEBOX Ventures — the corporate VC fund of CMA CGM. This funding round comes just a few months after Nabla signed a large-scale partnership with Permanente Medical
Read moreAre megafunds squeezing out small VCs and distorting the seed market?
This is our Friday show, and today, Mary Ann Azevedo and Alex Wilhelm took on the week's biggest tech, startup and venture capital news. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePitch Deck Teardown: Pepper Bio’s $6.5M seed deck
This week, we are taking a closer look at Pepper Bio's seed pitch deck that landed the company $6.5 million. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe Five Safes data privacy framework
The Five Safes decision framework was created a couple decades ago by Felix Ritchie at the UK Office for National Statistics. It is a framework for evaluating the safe use of confidential data, particularly by government agencies. You can find a description of the Five Safes, for example, in NIST
Read more5 steps to ensure startups successfully deploy LLMs
LLMs are exciting, but developing and adopting them requires overcoming several feasibility hurdles. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAurora and Continental pass first major hurdle in commercial self-driving trucks deal
Aurora and automotive supplier Continental have wrapped up the first phase of a more than $300 million project to mass produce autonomous vehicle hardware for commercial self-driving trucks. The two companies said Friday that the design and system architecture of an autonomous vehicle hardware kit is now complete. The blueprint
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