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Instagram is distancing itself (and you) from political content | TechCrunch Minute
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- Instagram is distancing itself (and you) from political content | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 13 hours ago
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- Meta’s Instagram and Threads apps now filter out political content from people you don’t follow by default. During a U.S. election year, Instagram's billions of users now won’t be able to see anything the algorithm deems political unless they purposefully change their settings.
Some users find the changes alarming as Instagram has become a key tool for community organizing and disseminating information. Instagram’s definition of political content is broad, including "laws, elections or social topics," and the change is just one of many recent content decisions by Instagram and Meta to distance itself from politics and reduce user exposure to news.
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- Robinhood’s first credit card is here to compete with Apple | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Robinhood is looking to catch up to the Apple Card. The consumer trading service announced its long-anticipated credit card, the Gold Card, to compete with Apple’s offering. Open only to subscribers of Robinhood Gold, the Gold Card features 3% cash back on all purchases and the ability for users to transfer cash earned to their brokerage accounts.
As Apple expands into more fintech services, Robinhood is racing to eat a portion of the same market — users who prefer a tech-first option over a traditional banking relationship.
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- The departure of Stability AI’s CEO is a message to AI startups | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Why would the CEO of a billion-dollar AI startup jump ship? Last week, Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque announced he is leaving the company to work on decentralized AI. Despite raising a lot of capital thus far, the maker of AI image generator Stable Diffusion has been faced with departures and other issues. The company’s hurdles reveal that while the costs of building AI models are clear – the revenue side is much less so.
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- Only AI can prevent forest fires with Allison Wolff from Vibrant Planet
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Every wildfire season seems to be getting more intense than the last but today’s guest is here to tell us that wildfires actually have a good side. Today on Found, we’re joined by Allison Wolff (https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/05/vibrant-planet-series-a/) , the co-founder and CEO of Vibrant Planet (https://www.vibrantplanet.net/) , a cloud-based planning and monitoring tool for adaptive land management. Wolff discusses why the wildfires we’re seeing today are hotter and spreading more quickly than we can contain and how proper land management can help create the environment needed for the lower, slower burning fires forrest need.
They also talked about:
• How Wolff’s previous experience working with leaders at tech giants like Facebook and Netflix helped shape her leadership style
• The importance of working with indigenous groups to learn how people have been managing the land for centuries
• The key role AI places w...
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- Palma e-reader from Boox | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Boox’s latest e-reader combines a quiet, compact style with big customization.
Boox has a wide array of devices to choose from, but the Palma makes a good case for a powerful, compact alternative to Kindle and Kobo.
#TechCrunch #technews #ereader #Boox
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- Spotify tests video courses to throw its hat in the edtech ring | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- On this episode, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm discusses how stocks around the world are in retreat while crypto prices have themselves given back some recent gains, the exit of Stability AI’s CEO, and why Spotify’s next push is another non-musical effort.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Astera Labs goes public and the Inflection-Microsoft AI saga | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- On this episode of Equity, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm dives into Astera Labs going public after pricing above-range, TigerEye’s $35 million round, and the Inflection AI-Microsoft-saga.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- A $700M SAFE, more IPOs, and how one venture fund is transcending borders | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- On this episode, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm, Mary Ann Azevedo, and Rebecca Szkutak discuss the upcoming Saudi AI push, how some VCs are holding back an IPO rush, and Reddit's IPO debut.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- The company behind Truth Social is now a public entity | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Trump Media and Technology Group, the social media company behind Truth Social, has merged with its chosen SPAC and started to trade. Trump Media as a company is not a super great business, according to SEC filings, but with that and great debuts from Reddit and Astera Labs in the same week, it could signal good news for the IPO window.
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- Foldimate home laundry folding robot | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Would you rather have a laundry folding robot or an Apple Vision Pro headset?
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- Does Apple run its iPhone business like a monopoly? U.S. regulators think so | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- The U.S. Department of Justice, along with sixteen state attorneys general, are suing Apple over alleged monopolistic smartphone practices. The DOJ alleges Apple reduces competition for the iPhone and within iOS by suppressing third party apps and digital wallets, among other things, that makes it more difficult to switch from an iPhone to a competitor. Though a quick resolution is unlikely, it comes on the heels of earlier rulings in the EU against Apple’s business practices and an ongoing investigation into Google, echoing the days of Microsoft’s antitrust trials.
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- Carnegie Mellon's LeCar Lab's Human-to-Humanoid tech | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- This robot seems aggressive, but that's only because it's mirroring human actions.
Carnegie Mellon's LeCar Lab's Human-to-Humanoid tech is what lets this humanoid robot mirror human actions like boxing, walking, and moving objects.
Learn more about their work at https://human2humanoid.com/
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- Microsoft's big AI push is all about acquiring talent, avoiding antitrust | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Microsoft just hired the leads at the hot startup Inflection AI, after being the lead investor in their $1.3 billion effort ot build a "more personal AI." Its two co-founders will now work at Microsoft's newly-formed AI division, as Inflection tries to keep going without Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simon.
Microsoft's investing in AI in a huge way, but it's doing so with a very clear goal beyond capitalizing on the AI boom: avoiding the kinds of antitrust actions that have hounded the company in the past. But the question remains: can it actually do that while investing so heavily in OpenAI and scooping up other companies' talent?
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- Solana is bringing back the memecoin. How long can it last? | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Blockchain is back and Bitcoin is hot. But Solana, a memecoin entering the mainstream, is making the biggest waves in crypto right now. Solana’s rapid ascent is ushering in a new wave of memecoin mania. Price pumps are popular, but without a new central innovation, it’s time to worry that the current crypto summer has less substance to it than prior booms that were at least built atop something new.
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- Why Fisker's woes are a part of a pattern for EV makers | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- In a market where even the biggest automakers are struggling to see major growth in their EV efforts, with many dialing back on their electric ambitions, smaller EV makers are in an even more precarious spot. Fisker announced earlier this year they were facing a challenging year, cutting 15 percent of their workers. And now, Fisker has announced they're pausing production entirely and could end operations altogether unless they can get a much-needed cash infusion.
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- Finding longevity in Fintech with Eric Glyman from Ramp
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Of all the work tasks you could automate with AI, submitting expenses would probably be high on the list. Today on Found, we’re talking to Eric Glyman, the CEO and cofounder of Ramp, a spend management platform that is building AI tools to make financial workflows easier for employees and employers. In this episode they talk about what Glyman and his co-founder learned from their first startup and how they see AI changing fintech forever.
They also talked about:
• What Glyman and his co-founder learned from their first startup and from their time working at Capital One
• The white space that still exists in fintech
• How Ramp is implementing security measures while ramping up their use of AI
(0:00) intro
(2:20) SImplifying financial processes
(8:41) Automation expense management
(13:46) AI could take over tedious work tasks
(1...
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- LinkedIn wants a piece of Wordle’s success | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm breaks down why Apple might explore a partnership with Google for AI features, Grok going open source, and LinkedIn bringing gaming to its platform.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Why NVIDIA's GTC event is such a big deal for the AI community | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- NVIDIA has gone from leading the GPU industry to being at the center of the AI boom's hardware needs. And this week, their GTC event kicks off with a keynote from CEO Jensen Huang, offering further detail on the company's roadmap. But what exactly is it that makes NVIDIA so vital to the AI industry, and how did all of that lead to its ascent into being the third biggest company in the world by market cap? We break it all down in the latest TechCrunch Minute.
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- AI could be the solution for bureaucracy with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Applying for government benefits is a slow, tedious process that often leaves applicants in limbo for several months. Advocate (https://www.joinadvocate.com/) looks to help. Today on Found Becca and Dom are talking with Advocate’s founder Emilie Poteat, the company that helps Americans engage with federal benefits programs through its technology-enabled services platform. In this episode they discuss how the Advocate team is using AI to automate advocacy and get the wait time for people seeking aid to nearly nothing.They also talked about:
• Where Poteat ultimately found fundraising success
• How the government has reacted to a small startup seeking to automate such an embedded bureaucratic process
• Why AI is the best tool in the technological shed to work with the mass amounts of rules and data required to navigate the social security system
• How the team is implementing the security measures needed when dealing with s...
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- Training AI-powered recycling robots with Rebecca Hu from Glacier
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Recycling is one facet to solving the climate crisis, but most of us are doing it wrong. Today on Found, Becca and Dom are talking with Rebeca Hu, the CEO and cofounder of Glacie (https://endwaste.io/) r, an AI robotics company (https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/19/recycling-robotics-firm-glacier-emerges-from-stealth-with-4-5m/) that is building robots to accurately sort recycling. They talk about how many of us are wish-cylers who hopefully throw non-recyclables into the bin and how Glacier’s robots are sorting the recycling and making sure all of our recycling mistakes are corrected.
They also talked about:
• What it takes to train an AI-powered sorting robot
• What the reception has been like in recycling facilities
• How the robots are tracking the kind of waste we’re creating as they sort
• How Rebecca told this story to fundraisers who have very likely never stepped foot in a recycling center.
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- The TikTok ban is looking more and more like it could actually happen | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- After a House subcommittee gave its assent to a bill that would force the divestment of TikTok or ban it in the United States, the House itself voted in the affirmative, albeit with a few dozen votes of dissent. Now it’s off to the Senate, where high-profile support has already been marshaled.
But while the talk of a possible ban is getting all the press, what about the potential of TikTok simply being divested from its parent company, Bytedance? That would resolve the United States’ government’s issues, right? Well, the Chinese government has made noise that it will allow now such sale. So, the bill may have two tracks in it for TikTok, but it could really just be a single-issue law in practice.
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- Will TikTok be banned in the US? | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Rebecca Szkutak break down the push to ban TikTok in the US, Peak XV’s new fund vehicle, and AI getting booed at SXSW.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Blockchain tech is working to combat AI-based deepfakes (w/ Melody Hildebrandt and Mike Blank)
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Melody Hildebrandt, CTO of Fox Corporation and Mike Blank, COO at Polygon Labs.
Why these two companies? Well, Polygon Labs, the layer-2 blockchain focused on scaling Ethereum, and Fox Corporation, the well-known media conglomerate, joined forces in January to tackle deepfakes as artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent.
Fox released Verify, an open source technical protocol for media companies to register content and grant usage rights to AI platforms, while also allowing consumers to verify content through Polygon’s tech.
This episode is a part of Chain Reaction’s monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. This month we’re focusing on blockchain and AI integrations.
They discuss:
- The Fox and Polygon partnership
- Protecting content from misuse
- What role blockchain technology can play with verifying news
- How deepfakes...
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- Why Rivian and Telo's smaller EVs could spark an EV rebound | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- The EV market has been in a tough spot lately, with sales decreasing and production by some companies scaling back. But instead of this being the start of an EV winter, this cold actually be a dip before a rebound, with cars like Rivian's R3 leading the way.
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- Why TikTok could actually be banned, or sold to an American bidder | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- The TikTok ban, or at least the sale of TikTok by its parent company ByteDance, keeps gaining steam in Washington, DC. What started as a seemingly-unlikely proposal years ago, that sparked several state-level legislative efforts, has been passed by a House subcommittee.
And now TikTok has found an unlikely supporter in former President Donald Trump, who has flip-flopped to defend it as a part of his ongoing vendetta against Facebook. As the debate continues, plenty of potential suitors for a TikTok spin-off and political players in DC are starting to prep for the possibility that the TikTok we know today becomes a thing of the past.
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- Startups are hiring fewer workers and paying out less in equity comp | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm dives into new data from Carta, a startup profiting off of death, and moderation changes to BlueSky.
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- Baliston by STARCK Smart Shoe | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Would you wear smart shoes that track your every step?
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- The Reddit IPO is coming...can it live up to years of hype? | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Reddit's IPO is coming, making it the first major social platform in years to take the plunge into public markets. Reddit's initial stock price of $31 to $34 a share and valuation of up to $6.4 billion has been revealed in a new S-1 filing, as we find out more details about what's to come. But as it looks to leverage its own community to build hype around the stock a la GameStop and AMC, could Reddit be setting itself up for disappointment?
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- Why billionaires like Elon Musk, Sam Altman are fighting over the future of AI | TechCrunch Minute
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- AI is still the hottest topic in tech and within the startup community. But with Elon Musk suing OpenAI, alleging that it's abandoning its mission to help humanity and focusing too much on profits, a new element of drama has been added to the mix. TechCrunch Senior Reporter Alex Wilhelm dives into ongoing debate over OpenAI's leadership and how it conducts itself, which is core to the future of AI and whose vision for its development will win out.
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- Elon Musk’s Grok goes open-source and Reddit updates its IPO filing | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- On today's show, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm breaks down the big gains in crypto, Reddit's updated IPO filing, and Elon Musk's plans to open-source the Grok AI chatbot.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- How many startups shut down last year compared to the year before? A lot. | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- This week, Mary Ann Azevedo interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better part of a decade building tools for employees and employers alike. They discussed the business of shutting down and why investors are lining up to back startups in the space.
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- The global companies taking on Carta | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode, TechCrunch's Mary Ann Azevedo and Alex Wilhelm dig into Mews' massive new round, Deel's purchase of PaySpace, and why VCs are playing musical chairs.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Vay's Teledriver Service in Las Vegas | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- German startup Vay's teledrivers control all vehicle functions including steering, braking and throttle, and make all driving decisions
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- Blockchain could be the answer to getting AI artists paid (w/ Dee Goens)
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Dee Goens, the co-founder of Zora.
Zora is a platform and protocol that helps developers and creators bring their ideas on chain and on Ethereum through an open and shared environment. The platform has minted over 4 million NFTs, has over $300 million in secondary sales and about 1 million unique collectors, according to its website.
Dee previously worked at Coinbase for 2.5 years doing risk management, operations and brand partnerships. Before that, he analyzed emerging technologies’ risk with a focus in blockchains at KPMG.
Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. This month we’re focusing on blockchain and AI integrations.
As we just wrapped up our NFT series for February, Dee is the perfect guest to transition from that topic to AI and blockchains given Zora’s focus on bringing AI on-chain.
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- OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode of Equity, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm breaks down OpenAI's response to Elon Musk's lawsuit, Monzo's $430M round and the latest from OpenView.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Apple’s €1.84B fine, new AI rules in India, and the latest pre-IPO round | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- On today's episode of Equity, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm dives into Apple's massive fine in the EU, India's new rules AI regulation, and Waymo being able to charge for its self-driving service in more markets.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Why some investors are sticking it out in LatAm | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode of Equity, TechCrunch's Mary Ann Azevedo talked to David Vélez, the co-founder and CEO of Nubank, about how Nubank managed to increase its market cap, and which startups in LatAm have been the most resilient and what other regions can learn from them.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- The future of defense funding with Founders Fund’s Trae Stephens | StrictlyVC LA
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Founders Fund partner Trae Stephens is also the co-founder and chairman of Anduril Industries, a company that's taking a non-traditional approach to defense contracting to create more effective solutions to state actors using inexpensive, but effective, tactics.
In his discussion with TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos, he also broke down how that fund differs from more traditional venture funds culturally and structurally, and how the state of the defense industry is shifting to more effectively tackle nations using inexpensive weapons and tactics to fuel a Cold War-like effort. Stephens also showcased the Sol Reader, a wearable eReader for reading in VR.
StrictlyVC brings together the most important insights and most notable figures across a wide range of tech companies, and it's now a part of TechCrunch. Throughout the year, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief and StrictlyVC host Connie Loizos is joined by members of the TechCrunch team and founders, VCs, lead...
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- Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu on the high-risk, highly-hyped r1 AI companion | StrictlyVC LA
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Rabbit’s r1, a handheld AI-powered assistant, took CES 2024 by storm, selling out two initial waves of 10,000 units in just two days after it became one of the most talked-out devices of the event. With the r1 starting to be shipped out March 31 and 100,000 units already preordered, Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu joined TechCrunch Senior Writer Devin Coldewey to talk about the device’s creation, how it operates and what’s next for the Rabbit team.
If you want another early look at the Rabbit in action, and are curious how its promise of supporting “large action models” actually works, look no further.
StrictlyVC brings together the most important insights and most notable figures across a wide range of tech companies, and it's now a part of TechCrunch. Throughout the year, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief and StrictlyVC host Connie Loizos is joined by members of the TechCrunch team and founders, VCs, leaders and innovators across the technology industry, pulled toge...
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- Waymo’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on steering through autonomous car challenges | StrictlyVC LA
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Waymo has taken the lead in the race to advance autonomous driving within the US, and its co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana joined TechCrunch Senior Editor Kirsten Korosec to break down their recent successes and challenges. Within Phoenix, Arizona, Waymo has long operated their ride-hailing service, but recent backlashes in San Francisco have highlighted the opposition the company still faces.
Mawakana honed in on the company’s particular opportunity in Los Angeles, with a $2 billion transportation market opportunity, as it ramps up its push for expansion in the city and opens up rides to the public ahead of its next expansion into Austin.
StrictlyVC brings together the most important insights and most notable figures across a wide range of tech companies, and it's now a part of TechCrunch. Throughout the year, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief and StrictlyVC host Connie Loizos is joined by members of the TechCrunch team and founders, VCs, leaders and innovators across the ...
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- Why Signal’s Meredith Whittaker thinks OpenAI isn’t that open | StrictlyVC LA
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, joined TechCrunch Senior Reporter Devin Coldewy for a conversation about the threats facing Signal and its mission, how Signal beat Apple in raising the bar on encryption and why NVIDIA is a “giant, core dependency” for the AI industry.
Whittaker has previously spoken at TechCrunch events, including Disrupt 2023, where she expressed her concerns around AI as a surveillance technology, though at StrictlyVC she honed in on the difficulty in monetizing and the centralization of power within the AI field.
StrictlyVC brings together the most important insights and most notable figures across a wide range of tech companies, and it's now a part of TechCrunch. Throughout the year, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief and StrictlyVC host Connie Loizos is joined by members of the TechCrunch team and founders, VCs, leaders and innovators across the technology industry, pulled together from around the world.
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- How AI can empower startups, with Lightspeed Ventures partner Faraz Fatemi | StrictlyVC LA
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- In many ways, AI seems poised to help incumbent companies retain their status and build an additional moat around themselves as startups seek to challenge them. But in a discussion with TechCrunch’s Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos, Lightspeed Ventures partner Faraz Fatemi breaks down how he looks at the opportunity AI grants startups who can successfully use it to make their offerings irresistible.
StrictlyVC brings together the most important insights and most notable figures across a wide range of tech companies, and it's now a part of TechCrunch. Throughout the year, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief and StrictlyVC host Connie Loizos is joined by members of the TechCrunch team and founders, VCs, leaders and innovators across the technology industry, pulled together from around the world.
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- The ideal case for a VC | Trae Stephens, Founders Fund | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Trae Stephens, General Partner at Founders Fund, shared the ideal case for a VC at last night's StrictlyVC event
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- Meaning behind Founders Fund's name | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- At last night's StrictlyVC event, Trae Stephens, General Partner at Founders Fund, explained the meaning behind the firm's name
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- Motorola's Rollable Concept Phone | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Would you rather use Motorola’s Rollable Concept phone or a foldable smartphone?
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- Will we reach AGI before Stripe goes public? | Equity Podcast
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- On today's episode of Equity, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo discuss Stripe's recovering valuation, Fervo Energy's $200M+ round, and why VCs are investing in companies that shut down companies.
Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Is rabbit's r1 device profitable? | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Is rabbit Inc. losing money by selling the r1?
Founder and CEO Jesse Lyu explains how the company is making a profit from the device at tonight's StrictlyVC event
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- rabbit Inc. Founder and CEO talking about the r1 | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- At tonight's StrictlyVC event, Jesse Lyu, Founder and CEO of rabbit Inc., explains how footage of hundreds of humans interacting with apps enables the r1 to perform the same actions
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- President of Signal Meredith Whittaker on Signal's promises | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- President of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, speaking on Signal's security promises to users at tonight's StrictlyVC event
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- Brain.ai's Generative AI Smartphone | TechCrunch
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- This app-less smartphone from Brain.ai is powered by generative AI to predict “the next interface contextually, flowing with your thoughts”