After Tesla and OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy’s startup aims to apply AI assistants to education
Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI native” education platform. In tech speak, that usually means built from the ground up with AI at its core. And while Eureka Labs’ AI ambitions are lofty, the company is starting with
Read moreJ.D. Vance is anti-Big Tech, pro-crypto
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images The former tech investor likes the FTC’s Lina Khan and wants to break up Google, citing its liberal bias. In February, about a hundred people gathered at Bloomberg’s Washington, DC office for a conference hosted by the startup incubator Y Combinator. It
Read moreWith the latest iOS 18 developer beta, Apple makes flashlight UI more fun
Apple initially added a new flashlight UI in iOS 18’s third developer beta, and with iOS 18 now available in public beta, you can try one of the most underrated additions to your iPhone right now. The company had already introduced a new way to control True Tone Flashlights on
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: Whistleblowers say OpenAI employs ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs
Trouble could be on the horizon for OpenAI. A group of whistleblowers accused OpenAI of requiring its employees to sign illegally restrictive non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs. The lawyers representing these whistleblowers sent a letter to SEC chair Gary Gensler, alleging that OpenAI’s contracts with current and former employees could illegally
Read moreHow to bridge the gap between Web2 skills and Web3 workflows
You’re familiar with older web and pre-web languages like JavaScript and Java. Did you know that you can use these well-known languages with Web3 technologies?
Read moreVC David Sacks delivers a fire-and-brimstone speech at the Republican National Convention
On the first night of the RNC, venture capitalist David Sacks took the stage to warn Republicans of “a world on fire.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePopular podcast player Overcast has been rebuilt from the ground up “for its second decade”
Developer Marco Arment launched the popular podcasting app Overcast a decade ago. Now, he has rebuilt and redesigned the app for the current era. While most the changes aren’t going to be visible, one main difference is that you can no longer stream podcast episodes. Instead, you have to rely
Read moreExa raises $17M from Lightspeed, Nvidia, Y Combinator to build a Google for AIs
While there’s no shortage of startups aiming to replace Google with AI-powered search, a startup called Exa has a different idea. Search for the AIs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAstor’s ‘community’ approach to financial advice aims to help women feel more confident about investing
Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFemale-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year but that’s not really good news
The reality of the situation is that startups with all women founders will still probably raise 2% of venture capital funding this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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