January 2024

SentinelOne acquires Peak XV-backed PingSafe for over $100 million

January 8, 2024

SentinelOne’s deal to acquire PingSafe valued the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in one of the strongest and fastest deals emerging from India. The New York Stock Exchange-listed AI security firm disclosed the cash and equity deal last week, but didn’t reveal the financial […]

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Withings’ new multiscope device checks vitals for telehealth visits

January 8, 2024

Aside from a brief on-again-off-again thing with Nokia, Withings has been quietly establishing itself as a home health powerhouse in recent years. The French company might not have the big-name pull of an Apple or Samsung, but it has been making some expertly crafted devices designed to make vital readings accessible outside the doctor’s office. […]

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CES 2024 or bust, Superpedestrian e-scooters hit the auction block and Fisker struggles to meet sales goals

January 7, 2024

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Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform

January 7, 2024

Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, a new generative AI platform that recently made its big debut. But while Gemini appears to be promising in a few aspects, it’s falling short in others. So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And how does it stack up to the competition? To make it […]

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Carta, the cap table management outfit, is accused of unethical tactics by a customer after it tries brokering a deal for the startup’s shares without consent

January 7, 2024

Carta, an ambitious 12-year-old Silicon Valley outfit, has gone through numerous iterations over time, originally inviting investors, startups, and employees to use its software to manage their cap tables and later aspiring to evolve into a “private stock market for companies,” as founder Henry Ward once told TechCrunch. As he explained back in 2019: “Now […]

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Isomorphic inks deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis for drug discovery

January 7, 2024

Isomorphic Labs, the London-based, drug discovery-focused spin-out of Google AI R&D division DeepMind, today announced that it’s entered into strategic partnerships with two pharmaceutical giants, Eli Lilly and Novartis, to apply AI to discover new medications to treat diseases. The deals have a combined value of around $3 billion. Isomorphic will receive $45 million upfront […]

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CES 2024: Samsung’s bigger, foldier, more rollable displays

January 7, 2024

Consider this a preview of a preview. It’s an opportunity to take advantage of the brief Sunday morning news lull before the deluge kicks into full effect Monday. Tomorrow is, after all, when Samsung will host its CES 2024 press conference along with other big names like Sony and LG. This weekend, however, the company […]

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