Watch SpaceX launch a Northrop Grumman resupply mission to the ISS
SpaceX is teaming up with Northrop Grumman today to deliver more than 8,000 pounds of cargo, fresh food and scientific experiments to astronauts on the International Space Station. The NG-20 resupply mission will take-off from the Space Force’s Cape Canaveral in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at around
Read moreWhat if Christensen was wrong about disruption?
If you build a truly great product, people will happily pay for it. Just check out how well Apple and Tesla have done. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAirfocus bags $7.5M for its take on project management software
In 2017, Malte Scholz, then a project manager at a 200-person startup, was struggling to find a product management tool that worked both for him and the teams under his purview. After piloting a few solutions, he eventually decided to create his own — and built a business around it.
Read moreUbiquity Ventures secures $75M for Fund III to invest in ‘software beyond the screen’
Sunil Nagaraj describes “software beyond the screen,” as using software to navigate, perceive, understand and control the real physical world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreInference.ai matches AI workloads with cloud GPU compute
GPUs’ ability to perform many computations in parallel make them well-suited to running today’s most capable AI. But GPUs are becoming tougher to procure, as companies of all sizes increase their investments in AI-powered products. Nvidia’s best-performing AI cards sold out last year, and the CEO of chipmaker TSMC suggested
Read moreHaven Energy lands $7M Series A 9 months after its seed round
The startup's platform helps speed the installation of batteries to back up home and small commercial solar installations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreKore.ai, a startup building conversational AI for enterprises, raises $150M
In the midst of a wave of tech industry layoffs, it’s heartening to see some startups succeeding despite the dour market outlook. Kore.ai, a company developing enterprise-focused conversational AI and GenAI products, today announced that it raised $150 million in a funding round led by FTV Capital, Nvidia, Vistara Growth,
Read moreBlueLayer is building the operating system for carbon project developers
Meet BlueLayer, a new European startup that is building a software platform specifically designed for carbon project developers. In particular, BlueLayer wants to help these companies manage their carbon credits at scale. While the best way to prevent carbon emissions is by decarbonizing supply chains, carbon credits will also play
Read moreProductivity platform ClickUp acquires calendar startup Hypercal
Tiger Global and a16z-backed productivity company ClickUp has acquired the calendar app Hypercal to boost its platform offering, TechCrunch has learned. As part of the acquisition, the app’s founder Ricardo Clerigo is also joining ClickUp as Head of Calendar. UK-based Hypercal was founded in 2022 as an app for Mac
Read moreSemron wants to replace chip transistors with ‘memcapacitors’
A new Germany-based startup, Semron, is developing what it describes as “3D-scaled” chips to run AI models locally on smartphones, earbuds, VR headsets and other mobile devices Co-created by Kai-Uwe Demasius and Aron Kirschen, engineering graduates from the Dresden University of Technology, Semron’s chips use electrical fields to perform calculations
Read more