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Daily Crunch: After bans by Apple and Google, The OG App ‘will be unable to continue serving users’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
We’ve seen AIs create music, pornography and art. The Estonian startup Yummy started off creating a meal-kit startup, but along the way created an AI that can create and adapt recipes based on your taste and dietary restrictions, complete with AI-generated images of what your dishes might look like. “Imagine a world where you would […]
Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well! by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Antonio Rodriguez, who joined Matrix in 2005 after a company he’d founded — that Matrix backed — was sold to Hewlett-Packard, talked with us last week about Matrix’s biggest fund in roughly 20 years, an $800 million vehicle that the firm closed in June and is announcing for the first time now. It’s a lot […]
Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3 by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
We’re on the home stretch, startup fans. TechCrunch Disrupt kicks off in less than 10 days and runs from October 18–20. This message goes out to all the last-minute decision-makers. It’s the final week you can save serious cheddar on a Disrupt pass. It’s go time. Buy your pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m. […]
It’s your last week to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
In the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso,” characters Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) download Bantr, a fictional dating app where users can’t see each other’s photos. Bumble, the women-focused dating app, has now partnered with “Ted Lasso” to bring the experience of Bantr to its users. On Thursday, October 13, Bumble […]
Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind dating experience by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Climate tech investment is about to go exponential.
Fears of climate tech underinvestment are probably overblown by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
As Meta makes deeper inroads with businesses on WhatsApp, its biggest bet to monetize the instant messaging app with over 2 billion users, we are getting an early glimpse at how user experience might change on the free app. It’s not great. Scores of people in India, WhatsApp’s largest market by users with over 500 […]
In India, businesses are increasingly spamming users on WhatsApp by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit. But only a small number of the app’s users are currently doing so, new estimates from a third-party app intelligence firm indicate. According to research from Sensor Tower, BeReal is demonstrating […]
BeReal tops 53M installs, but only 9% open the app daily, estimates claim by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Meilisearch, the creator behind the open source search engine project of the same name, today closed a $15 million Series A round led by Felicis, with participation from CRV, LocalGlobe, ESOP, Mango Capital, Seedcamp and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. CEO Quentin de Quelen tells TechCrunch that the new cash will help to expand Paris-based Meilisearch’s […]
Meilisearch lands $15M investment to grow its ‘search-as-a-service’ business by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s talk crypto venture capital activity, NFT activity, price changes, DeFi, and, finally, September trading data.
Green shoots appear in crypto land as winter reigns by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch