Technology

OpenAI, the startup behind the widely used conversational AI model ChatGPT, has closed its new funding round of over $10.3 billion, TechCrunch has learned. VC firms including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are in the round, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also […]

OpenAI closes its monster $10B funding round at $27B-29B valuation by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Petitioners seek to compel Meta to stop viral hate on Facebook, ramp up content review, and to create a $1.6 billion compensation fund.

Kenyan court paves way for lawsuit alleging Facebook played role in fuelling Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

The future is very much yet to be written about vertical farming. In many ways, the technology presents hope in the midst of rising food safety concerns, aging populations and potential environmental collapse. It’s also an intensely hard row to hoe, as it were. Early companies in the space are going to be the ones […]

Upward and onward by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could jeopardise the future of open source software development. That’s according to the Jack Dorsey-backed Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund which is taking on a case to defend 11 Bitcoin developers named in a lawsuit filed by Craig […]

How Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is fighting for the future of open source software by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Mobile messaging services provider Postscript took to the Twitterverse earlier this month after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from competitor Attentive.

Battle of two marketing companies by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How an undercover content moderator polices the metaverse When Ravi Yekkanti puts on his headset to go to work, he never knows what the day spent in virtual reality will bring. Who might…

Personas persist throughout the entire customer lifecycle and are more than just a way to segment customer types; it’s a DNA marker.

How we used data-driven personas to radically improve the customer experience by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Although the technology sector is encountering some challenges, its prospects remain optimistic due to rapid digital transformation and growing internet penetration. As the demand for tech components grows, three tech…