Durable cements $14M to build bots and other AI tools for small businesses in service industries
Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup that’s building AI-powered business tools specifically for them — and the thousands of other categories that make up the world
Read MoreCES 2024: TechCrunch wants to meet your startup
The temperature is plummeting, the stockings are hung by the fireplace with care, the sixth candle is soon to be lit and Santa Con is now, mercifully, little more than distant vomit stains. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: CES is almost upon us. TechCrunch is making its
Read MoreComun channels local banking approach to serve Latino immigrants
Comun offers digital banking services, including instant payments, check deposits and early paychecks and provides customers with access to native Spanish-speaking reps seven days a week. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreBeReal adds private groups and Live Photo-like features; Pew estimates 13% of US teens use app
The up-and-coming social app BeReal continues to vie for users’ attention with more and more bells and whistles. Next week, BeReal is rolling out two major new features: Behind the Scenes and RealGroups. Behind the Scenes functions like an iOS Live Photo, showing a few seconds of video recorded right
Read MoreThree breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A
A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourth Power. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreHashtag Trending Dec.12- Telepathic communication with ChatGPT; BlackBerry not spinning off IoT business; Microsoft agrees to union contract terms
A company claims it’s achieved telepathic communication with ChatGPT. BlackBerry backs down on spinning off its IoT business. One in five teenagers is using social media almost “constantly.” And did you ever think you see a union at Microsoft? And one that is negotiating the use of AI? These
Read MoreWhat Gemini means for the GenAI boom
The home team talks about Google’s new AI model, Gemini; the problems with regulating technology that evolves as quickly as AI; how governments can spy on their citizens via push notification; and more.
Read MoreChina’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerates global ambition
After years of aggressive expansion at home, China’s autonomous vehicle upstarts are now setting their gaze on overseas markets. WeRide, in particular, has been on a licensing spree. On Monday, WeRide announced it has obtained two licenses from Singapore that will allow its robobuses to test on public roads on
Read MoreLego Fortnite’s debut builds momentum with 2.4M people playing at once
If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of Epic’s true ambitions. Fortnite’s big, chaotic fight to the death matches may still get top billing, but Epic has steadily been expanding the horizons of its marquee game
Read MoreOmidyar Network to pull out of India market
Omidyar Network, backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is shutting down its India operations, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in a stunning development for the impact venture firm that has backed nearly 75 startups in the South Asian market. TechCrunch couldn’t determine why Omidyar had decided to
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