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Hundreds of small aerospace businesses will receive grant funding from NASA to accelerate their technologies, as part of a wider government program to seed cutting-edge American enterprises. A total of 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions received Phase I grants under the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer […]

NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Affirm has become the first buy now, pay later player to be added to Amazon Pay, the two companies announced today. As part of the new partnership, any Amazon Pay merchants in the U.S. can now choose to offer their customers the option to “buy now, pay later” using Affirm’s technology. Merchants who offer Amazon Pay […]

Amazon Pay taps Affirm to be its first buy now, pay later player by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 are powerful, paradigm-shifting tools that promise to upend industries. But they suffer from limitations that make them less attractive to enterprise organizations with strict compliance and governance requirements. For example, LLMs have a tendency to make up information with high confidence, and they’re architected in a way that […]

Contextual AI launches from stealth to build enterprise-focused language models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch Live is excited to host a special, extended episode focused on the great city of Atlanta, Georgia. The show kicks off today at 2:30pm EDT, and concludes at 4:30pm EDT following a pitch-off with three local startups. I hope you can make it. Register for the event right HERE. We programmed this City Spotlight […]

Register for today’s TechCrunch Live’s event on Atlanta right here! by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

There’s a lot to love about the new Volvo EX30. The starting price of $34,950 puts it as one of the least expensive modern EVs on the market. The interior is beautiful in a simplistic fashion and made from sustainable materials. And while tiny outside, the cabin makes good use of the available space. If […]

Volvo reveals the small, simple and inexpensive EX30 electric SUV by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Here’s how it works: business owners receive growth capital in exchange for a percentage of their business’ revenue, which is paid back in accordance with how fast or slow revenue is accumulated.

Bonside launches with $4.35M to provide growth capital to brick-and-mortar businesses by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch