February 6, 2025

Superlogic raises $13.7M at a $200M valuation to help consumers use reward points toward cool ‘experiences’

Superlogic, a startup that helps give consumers a way to apply rewards points toward experiences, has raised $13.7 million at a $200 million valuation, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively. Lin Dai, CEO and co-founder of Miami-based Superlogic, said his company’s technology is designed to “enhance the value of rewards points” by giving consumers a broader […]

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July 2023

Chinese hackers raided US government email accounts by exploiting Microsoft cloud bug

July 12, 2023

Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in Microsoft’s cloud email service to gain access to the email accounts of U.S. government employees, the technology giant has confirmed. The hacking group, tracked as Storm-0558, compromised approximately 25 email accounts, including government agencies, as well as related consumer accounts linked to individuals associated with these organizations, according to […]

Chinese hackers raided US government email accounts by exploiting Microsoft cloud bug by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Proton brings its encrypted cloud storage service to desktop

July 12, 2023

Proton, the Swiss company behind various privacy-focused online services, has brought its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage service to desktop for the first time. Following an extended beta testing phase, Proton Drive is available on Windows from today, with the Mac incarnation expected to hit beta testing “soon.” Founded in 2014, Proton was initially focused […]

Proton brings its encrypted cloud storage service to desktop by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Kakao ups its game in generative AI with Karlo 2.0, an AI image generator

July 12, 2023

South Korean tech giant Kakao wants a piece of the action in the generative AI race, and today it made a bid for it, with big updates to its AI image generator Karlo and its KoGPT large language model and a new fund to back AI image generating startups. Kakao’s AI division Kakao Brain‘s launch […]

Kakao ups its game in generative AI with Karlo 2.0, an AI image generator by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Bedrock’s autonomous ocean-mapping ambitions score $25M as renewables rise

July 12, 2023

The demand for offshore wind has skyrocketed, like all renewable energy sources — but the necessary work of surveying, inspecting, and mapping coastal areas is stuck in the past. Bedrock’s autonomous underwater vehicles and digital platform play could redefine the sector, and the company has attracted $25.5 million in new funding to attempt it. Every […]

Bedrock’s autonomous ocean-mapping ambitions score $25M as renewables rise by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Quora’s Poe chatbot introduces better context window and document upload support

July 12, 2023

Quora’s AI-powered chatbot service Poe introduced a bunch of new tools on Tuesday ranging from a larger context window for better responses to support for URL retrieval, and document upload, along with continuing other users’ public conversations. The company said in an email to customers that with Anthropic launching Claude-2, Poe is making its 100k-token […]

Quora’s Poe chatbot introduces better context window and document upload support by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Voice cloning platform Resemble AI lands $8M

July 12, 2023

Resemble AI, a platform that uses generative AI to clone realistic-sounding voices, today announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners, with participation from Craft Ventures and Ubiquity Ventures. The tranche, which brings the startup’s total raised to $12 million, will be put toward further developing Resemble’s […]

Voice cloning platform Resemble AI lands $8M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch