Titan AI leverages generative AI to streamline mobile game development
Generative AI is attracting a significant level of investment, including in the gaming space. Titan AI, a new mobile games studio, raised over $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Berkeley SkyDeck. Titan AI joins several other generative AI gaming startups that aim to reduce the cost and speed of creating 2D
Read MoreHashtag Trending Dec. 6- Mass produced humanoid robots coming soon; U.S. government warns NVIDIA not to ship AI chips to China, Time to rethink the Turing test?
Mass produced humanoid robots are coming, the U.S. government is warning NVIDIA not to ship AI chips to China. HP’s printer lock-in strategy is unpopular but profitable and is it time to rethink the Turing test? These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your host Jim
Read More‘Mega-deals’ could be inflating overall AI funding figures
A recent report from Pitchbook shows that 'mega-deals' could be inflating AI startup funding totals, giving a misleading picture of the sector's health. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreTwitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees
Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world’s largest esports markets is “prohibitively expensive.” In a blog post, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said the firm undertook a “significant effort” to reduce the network costs
Read MoreAvenir seeks to raise $800M for new fund
Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it began the paperworks for raising its IV fund. It ended up raising about $780 million for the fourth fund, it disclosed in a filing earlier this year.
Read MoreDiscord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features
Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of small improvements that users have been asking for. Inspired by user feedback, the redesigned app tailors the mobile Discord experience for on-the-go use compared to its popular desktop app, while changing things
Read MoreMigrate to Ampere on OCI with Heterogeneous Kubernetes Clusters
Step-by-step instructions for an incremental migration of a full-stack cloud native application to OKE Ampere A1 instances with no downtime. Continue reading Migrate to Ampere on OCI with Heterogeneous Kubernetes Clusters on SitePoint.
Read MoreDid you attend Google’s K&I Black Summit this summer?
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Read MoreElon Musk is looking to raise $1 billion for xAI
Elon Musk is looking to raise 1/44 of a Twitter for his AI company, xAI. In other words, the man behind Tesla, SpaceX and X is seeking $1 billion in funding for his next venture. According to an SEC filing, Musk has raised about $135 million so far from four
Read MoreExpense management startup Navan cuts staff to find profitability ahead of delayed IPO
Navan, an expense management startup once known as TripActions, has laid off 5% of its staff, or 145 people, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch today. The Information first broke the news. “Navan has recorded strong growth over the past three years despite the challenges affecting our industry,” the spokesperson wrote
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