With Affinity acquisition, Canva should be able to compete better with Adobe’s creative tools
Canva, the high-flying Australian design and visual communication startup, announced today it was acquiring Affinity (formerly Serif), a creative tools company based in the U.K. Bloomberg reported that the deal was worth several hundred million pounds (approximately $380 million U.S.), and the company confirmed to TechCrunch that the number was
Read MoreEvari turns to rocket science to solve problems with heat pumps
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreHallucinations of AI Science Models
AlphaFold 2, FourCastNet and CorrDiff are exciting. AI-driven autonomous labs are going to be a big deal [1]. Science codes now use AI and machine learning to make scientific discoveries on the world’s most powerful computers [2]. It’s common practice for scientists to ask questions about the validity, reliability and
Read MoreYC-backed SigmaOS browser turns to AI-powered features for monetization
Web browsers have realized they are one of the best ways for users to access the present set of AI tools, so they are working on being the first-choice containers for that. SigmaOS, a Y Combinator-backed company, is now banking on users’ desire to utilize AI tools and pay for
Read MoreConfetti, a team-building platform used by Apple, Google and Microsoft, raises $16M
Not many startups can claim Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta as paying customers, but Confetti can. And the list doesn’t stop at a quintet with a collective market value of $10 trillion — the New York-based company says it works with Zoom, Netflix, Stripe, TikTok, Shopify, Adobe, LinkedIn, HubSpot
Read MoreTesla is pushing a free one-month trial of its FSD Beta driver-assistance software to US customers
Tesla is about to start giving every customer in the U.S. a one-month trial of its $12,000 driver-assistance system, which it calls Full Self-Driving Beta, provided they have a car with the compatible hardware. The company is also reportedly mandating, at CEO Elon Musk’s request, that prospective buyers are given
Read MoreFormer Nextdoor exec raises $25 million for PipeDreams, a startup rolling up HVAC companies
Dan Laufer swore off ever founding a startup again after he sold apartment rental platform RentLingo in 2021, but Laufer also couldn’t ignore the potential to solve a problem he saw unfolding as the head of product and marketing at Nextdoor. “The top use of Nextdoor is people looking for
Read MoreIonobell is turning to recycled silicon to boost EV range
Ionobell, a seed stage startup, claims its silicon material will be cheaper than the established competition. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreAERC Appoints Prof. Victor Murinde as New Executive Director
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Board has appointed Prof. Victor Murinde as the organization’s new Executive Director. Prof. Victor Murinde as Executive Director Prof. Murinde joins AERC from SOAS University of London, where he served as an AXA Professor of Global Finance. Murinde is a distinguished financial economist with
Read More0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain
As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm,” has raised $35 million in a pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. If $35 million sounds like a lot for a pre-seed round, it really is. “In order to build
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