10 Ways to Reimagine Retail and Virtual Shopping Since COVID-19
In the post-COVID era, virtual shopping experiences are revolutionizing the retail landscape, merging the efficiency of technology with the personal touch of traditional shopping.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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September 2023
Qruise wants to build AI to automate quantum device development
Can software work alongside human physicists and engineers in R&D labs to develop new quantum computers? That’s the question Qruise, a startup in TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 competition at Disrupt 2023, is attempting to answer. Qruise, a spinoff of Forschungszentrum Jülich, a national research institute based in Germany, is building what its founders describe as a […]
Artifact co-founder Kevin Systrom doesn’t believe in AI doomerism
News aggregation startup Artifact co-founder Kevin Systrom doesn’t believe in AI doomerism, even as he’s developing a new app that’s embracing novel AI technologies. The Instagram co-founder, speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, said it’s good that people are questioning the potential impacts of AI but feels it’s more likely that people will become […]
Diligent raises $25 million to triple its nursing robot’s reach
The pandemic had a profound impact on countless careers, but few jobs were hit quite like nursing. As hospitals overflowed, staff was forced to take on impossible long shifts, risking their own health in the process. In many ways, it was the perfect environment to introduce a robot like Diligent’s Moxi, a system designed to […]
Secoda secures $16M to expand its data cataloging platform
Secoda, a startup developing what it describes as an AI-powered data search and cataloging platform, today announced that it raised $16 million in a funding round led by Craft Ventures with participation from Abstract Ventures and several angel investors. Bringing Secoda’s total raised to $18.3 million, Secoda co-founder and CEO Etai Mizrahi said that the […]
New Forethought tool lets you build workflows with natural language
For years, Forethought and other vendors have been selling chatbots to help answer common customer service questions without a human agent. With the growing popularity of generative AI, the company sees even more potential to expand that capability. Today, Forethought introduced the next logical step in that journey called Autoflows. “We’re announcing a concept called […]
Former a16z execs launch Bastion
Bastion launched a suite of products so companies can integrate web3 infrastructure into their existing enterprise technologies.
Banish cumulative graphs from your pitch deck
Investors want to see accelerating growth, and that is much harder to read on a cumulative graph.
Frontier Space Technologies is developing an on-orbit autonomous lab to make space science easy
Astronauts have been conducting experiments on the International Space Station for as long as the station has been in orbit, but astronaut labor is expensive: crew time costs $130,000 per hour, and companies are capped at 25 hours per year. Frontier Space Technologies, a participant of the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, […]
Do Unplug Days Lead to Productivity? The Answer May Surprise You.
Unplug Day are days when companies give employees the freedom to step away from their desks, attend zero meetings, and even take the day off entirely. This emerging trend is designed to combat burnout and promote work-life balance, and thus boost productivity.