by Christine Hall | Mar 25, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Maju Kuruvilla is no longer CEO of one-click checkout company Bolt. He is replaced by Justin Grooms, Bolt’s global head of sales, who is now interim CEO, according to Grooms’ LinkedIn profile. Kuruvilla didn’t have much to say about the change but did confirm it...
by Kyle Wiggers | Mar 25, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Noisy recordings of interviews and speeches are the bane of audio engineers’ existence. But one German startup hopes to fix that with a unique technical approach that uses generative AI to enhance the clarity of voices in video. Today, AI-coustics emerged from...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Mar 22, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
On Monday, the Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to fight the proliferation of commercial spyware, sold by companies such as NSO Group or Intellexa. Now, some investors have announced that they too are...
by Robert Frawley | Mar 22, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Don’t miss out on your chance to shine at “So You Think You Can Pitch,” our highly anticipated segment at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024, happening in Boston on April 25. Pitching is pivotal for securing funding and attracting early customers, yet...
by Mike Butcher | Mar 21, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
After a three-year fund-raise, World Fund has finally closed a €300 million first fund, €50 million short of it’s target in 2021, but still a considerable number given a background of war and economic uncertainty. The VC originally emerged from the founders of the...
by Julie Bort | Mar 21, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Exactly how much Microsoft is paying all the investors of Inflection AI as part its oddly structured deal to abscond with the co-founders, much of the staff, and the rights to use the tech hasn’t been publicly revealed. And Microsoft declined comment when asked....