by Aria Alamalhodaei | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
CesiumAstro alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that a former executive disclosed trade secrets and confidential information about sensitive tech, investors, and customers to a competing startup. Austin-based Cesium develops active phased array and software-defined radio...
by Devin Coldewey | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
How many AI models is too many? It depends on how you look at it… but 10 a week is probably a bit much. That’s how many we had in the last few days, or close to it, and it’s increasingly hard to say whether and how these models compare to one another...
by Robert Frawley | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Validating consumer demand is a crucial step for any startup, and TechCrunch Early Stage is offering a golden opportunity to learn how to do it right. Peter Gladstone, senior adviser for startups at Harvard Innovation Labs, is set to lead an engaging roundtable titled...
by Amanda Silberling | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
Post was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and tech commentator, but the platform never disclosed how much it raised. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
by Haje Jan Kamps | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. After years of booming growth, the AI industry is now experiencing a significant slowdown in investment, as...
by Annie Njanja | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
Kenyan B2B e-commerce company MarketForce is winding down its B2B e-commerce business that served informal merchants (mom-and-pop stores) after a turbulent two-year period that saw it scale down operations severely. The shutdown of the B2B e-commerce arm dubbed...
by Ron Miller | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
Amid rumors that Salesforce is interested in buying Informatica, investors aren’t taking kindly to the potential pairing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
by Mike Butcher | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
Midas, a fintech startup that allows people in Turkey to invest in U.S. and Turkish equities, says it has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Portage Ventures of Canada. The startup is aimed at Turkey’s retail investor market and claims to have more than 2...
by Haje Jan Kamps | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
While Geodesic.Life’s deck impresses with its aesthetic design, featuring a tasteful color palette, appealing illustrations and a concise text, it does have some crucial shortcomings. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
by Alex Wilhelm | Apr 19, 2024 | Business Enhancements
New AI models from Meta are making waves in technology circles. The two new models, part of the Facebook parent company’s Llama line of artificial intelligence tools, are both open-source, helping them stand apart from competing offerings from OpenAI and other...