ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing to deploy its ruggedized four-legged robot, ANYmal X. That follows a $22 million round raised in December 2020. The startup says it’s already clocked $150 million in preorders/reservations from gas/oil and […]
ANYBotics raises $50 million to help deploy its robot dog by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
NewLimit, a 1.5-year-old, San Francisco-based, 17-person company that aims to increase the number of healthy years each person lives by epigenetically reprogramming cells, is today announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series A funding from Dimension, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and other investors to further its mission to extend humans’ health and lives. […]
NewLimit, cofounded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, raises $40M to extend life by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Spotify is launching its AI feature called “DJ” for premium customers in the U.K. and Ireland. The feature is aimed at music discovery and it plays curated music with AI-powered commentary in English. In many ways, using the AI DJ feels like listening to a radio DJ. The company first launched this feature back in […]
Spotify expands AI-powered DJ feature to UK and Ireland by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer, a thing you blow hard into, to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It’s a pretty basic idea. Incredibly, since then, the technology has barely evolved. Today, the modern spirometer doesn’t even measure the amount of CO2 expelled by the lungs, […]
This UK startup plans to radically shake-up the antiquated word of COPD measurement by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea […]
Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including […]
Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
For Europe, it seems like the old wisdom of not putting all of your eggs in one basket could be their biggest competitive advantage.
Europe could be on the cusp of a golden era in robotics. Here’s why by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch