A little more growth and help from rising multiples and Databricks could go public safely, especially if it targets a $31 billion market cap.
Databricks is proof that strong unicorns can grow their way out of a market correction by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the retailer worked for years to enroll consumers into its Prime service without their consent, while knowingly making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. The complaint, which was filed in federal court in Seattle, alleges that Amazon used “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs” […]
FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ tactics used to sign up customers for Prime by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
DeepMind says that it’s developed an AI model, called RoboCat, that can perform a range of tasks across different models of robotic arms. That alone isn’t especially novel. But DeepMind claims that the model is the first to be able to solve and adapt to multiple tasks and do so using different, real-world robots. “We […]
DeepMind’s RoboCat learns to perform a range of robotics tasks by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Data teams are overworked, meanwhile — forced to cater to the needs of disparate departments within an organization while trying to maintain data policies consistently. That’s the shared thesis of Shirshanka Das and Swaroop Jagadish, at […]
Acryl Data raises $21M to grow its enterprise data catalog platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Patreon is rolling out an expansion of its tools for digital creators. Monthly fan subscriptions are Patreon’s bread and butter, but later this year, creators will be able to sell one-off digital goods and offer free subscriptions. “The free to paid conversion path is quite successful,” said Julian Gutman, Patreon’s chief product officer. He sees […]
Patreon adds e-commerce tools, free fan membership by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch