March 2024

Google confirms it’s restricting Gemini election queries globally

March 12, 2024

If you want to ask Google’s AI chatbot a question about an upcoming election, you will have to do it from a country where there are no elections taking place. TechCrunch has learned that the search giant has started to restrict queries made Gemini when they relate to elections, in any market globally where elections […]

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Building a data-driven health-care ecosystem

March 12, 2024
The application of AI to health-care data has promise to align the U.S. health-care system to quality care and positive health outcomes. But AI for health care hasn’t reached its full capacity.  One reason is the inconsistent quality and integrity of the data that AI depends on. The industry—hospitals, providers, insurers, and administrators—uses diverse systems.…

How to Downsize Your Life and Save Money

March 12, 2024
There, you are attempting to save money, pay off debt, and live a simpler lifestyle. However, every time you attempt to set a budget, you get an email reminding you…

UiPath (PATH) and Asana (ASAN): Should You Buy, Hold, or Sell?

March 12, 2024
The rapid rise of digital transformation initiatives, the growing popularity of public cloud services, and the integration of advanced technologies are propelling the software industry forward. Therefore, let’s analyze whether…

New startup from Postgres creator puts the database at heart of software stack

March 12, 2024

MIT professor Mike Stonebreaker has been at the forefront of database technology for over 50 years. The former Turing Award winner invented the Ingres and Postgres databases and helped launch a number of companies including Streambase Systems (acquired by Tibco in 2013), VoltDB, Tamr and SciDB. Now 80, he knows a thing or two about […]

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Nanonets gets Accel India’s backing to improve AI-based workflow automation

March 12, 2024

Nanonets, a startup using AI to automate back-office processes, has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Accel India as it seeks to improve the accuracy of automation processes that involve large amounts of unstructured data. Processing unstructured data from documents like invoices, receipts and purchase orders often involves repetitive tasks and […]

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Felicis, Quotient AI and Cellino will dish on TAM at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024

March 12, 2024

We’re getting closer to this year’s Early Stage get-together in Boston, which means that it’s time to add three more names to our ever-expanding list of whip-smart speakers coming to present, and answer your most burning questions. Today, I’m stoked to announce that Felicis’s Tobi Coker, Quotient AI’s Julia Neagu, and Cellino’s Nabiha Saklayen will […]

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Pienso builds no-code tools for training AI models

March 12, 2024

AI might be the “it thing” of the moment. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting easier to deploy. According to 2023 S&P Global survey, about half of companies with at least one AI project in production are still at the pilot or proof-of-concept stages. The reasons for the slow ramp-ups vary, but the commonly cited […]

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Generative AI video startup Tavus raises $18M to bring face and voice cloning to any app

March 12, 2024

Tavus, a four-year-old generative AI startup that helps companies create digital “replicas” of individuals for automated personalized video campaigns, has confirmed a fresh $18 million in funding and revealed that it’s opening its platform for third-parties to integrate its technology into their own software. Reports emerged back in August that Tavus had raised “about $18 […]

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