PhysicsX emerges from stealth with $32M for AI to power engineering simulations
A lot of the buzz these days in artificial intelligence is around generative AI and how AI is being used to accelerate software and products for consumers. Today, a AI startup called PhysicsX, co-founded by two theoretical physicists — including a Formula One engineering superstar — is emerging from stealth
Read moreAfter two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming
ByteDance’s gaming ambition has been an expensive, short-lived pursuit. In late 2021, the TikTok parent’s plans for video games came into the spotlight after it became one of the firm’s six core business units, posing a new threat to incumbents such as Tencent and NetEase and rising star MiHoYo. Nonetheless,
Read moreByju’s taps Jiny Thattil as CTO following departure of Anil Goel
Anil Goel, the CTO of Byju’s, is leaving the edtech giant, he informed some colleagues amid a broader restructuring at the Bengaluru-headquartered startup as it looks to pare down costs and unify many of its businesses. Jiny Thattil is replacing Goel as the CTO, according to an internal communication. Goel,
Read moreIndia’s EMotorad rides high with $20M investment for global e-bike push
EMotorad, an Indian startup manufacturing electric bikes, raised $20 million in a Series B round as it aims to disrupt China’s market domination and expand its presence in global markets. The three-year-old startup has raised more than $22.5 million in total funding, with Singapore’s Panthera Growth Partners leading the latest
Read moreNumerical integral with a singularity
Richard Hamming [1] gives this nice example of an integral with a mild singularity: The integrand approaches −∞ as x approaches 0 and yet the integral is finite. If we try into numerically evaluate this integral, we will either get inaccurate results or we will have to go to a
Read moreRadius of a stretched spring
When you stretch a coiled spring, the radius decreases slightly, so slightly that you can’t see the difference unless you stretch the spring so much that you damage it. The math is essentially the same as in the previous post about wrapping Christmas lights around a tree trunk. If you
Read moreReflections on Web Summit: Out of the frying pan, and out of the fire?
“What controversy?” said the journalist from a global mainstream television outlet to me at the Web Summit Media Dinner, earlier this month in Lisbon. For all the heat and light, the gnashing of teeth, the tearing of clothes and the clutching of pearls, the big technology conference had seemingly managed
Read moreTC Startup Battlefield master class with Blumberg Capital: Make the most of your investors’ expertise
David Blumberg, founder and managing partner at Blumberg Ventures, explains how early-stage startups can look to their investors for help with solving problems, scaling, hiring, and strategic planning. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWhat startup founders need to know about AI heading into 2024
Now that the OpenAI leadership saga has died down, startup founders building with AI can get back to work building the future. If that’s you, TechCrunch+ has a pile of notes, opinion pieces and forward-looking stories with your name on them. Sure, TechCrunch+ is a lot more than AI-related coverage,
Read moreSam Altman returns to OpenAI, Apple adopts RCS, and Binance’s CEO pleads guilty to charges
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular recap of the past few days in tech. The headlines have been dominated — nay, overwhelmed — by the drama unfolding at AI startup OpenAI, but plenty else happened in the half-week leading up to Thanksgiving. So much for a
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