Project Eaden produces edible plant-based protein fibers, similar to those already being used to create textiles, that mimic the texture and appearance of animal-based meats.
Project Eaden’s fiber technology poised to spin threads into whole cuts of ‘meat’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
After launching Elon Musk’s version of the Twitter Blue subscription service last month in five countries, the company has expanded the paid plan to users in Japan. Both the old (launched in 2021) and revamped Twitter Blue subscriptions were available in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Twitter noted on its support […]
Twitter launches its Blue subscription service in Japan by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
A little over two years after its public debut, Mineral is becoming its own Alphabet company. The team, which was formerly known as the “Computational Agriculture Project” (no prizes for guessing why they adopted the new name), just graduated from the X “moonshot” labs. “After five years incubating our technology at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, […]
Alphabet X graduates robotic agtech firm Mineral by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Activity in the self-driving car industry, frenetic for years, has somewhat stalled in more recent times; but a handful of the most promising companies are continuing to see their businesses grow and attract investment in the process. In one of the more recent developments, Oxbotica, a startup out of England that develops software to power […]
Oxbotica raises $140M more as its B2B autonomous vehicle platform gains ground by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
AR/VR/MX took center stage at CES 2023. Automotive trends got a lot of love, as well, as did robotics and the metaverse. Heck, even pee-related gadgets had their moment to shine last week in Vegas. Another trend, however, was ever-present, if decidedly more understanded. The last few years have been a roller coaster for the […]
Why the Matter logo was everywhere at CES 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
The crypto VC industry has become more selective due to the market downturn and wavering trust, but major firms are still investing in the space.
Six crypto investors talk about DeFi and the road ahead for adoption in 2023 by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Scale AI, the San Francisco-based company that uses software and people to label image, text, voice and video data for companies building machine learning algorithms, laid off 20% of its workforce this week. The decision, which was announced by founder and CEO Alexandr Wang via a company blog post, was made after rapid hiring in […]
Scale AI cuts 20% of its workforce by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Every founder I’ve ever worked with was absolutely, completely convinced that they could build and scale a company.
TechCrunch+ roundup: New success metrics, M&A timeline, 5 cloud trends for 2023 by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
We’re only in the second week of 2023, but demo days have already begun as founders try to keep momentum alive in the ever-changing crypto market. Beacon, a web3-focused early-stage accelerator program, launched last year, and its flagship cohort just graduated. The teams in the first cohort, known as Cohort 0, presented their ideas on […]
Web3-focused Beacon launches flagship demo day with 13 crypto startups by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
German-based biotech company BioNTech SE is set to acquire InstaDeep, a Tunis-born and U.K.-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million (~$680 million) in its largest deal yet. Per The Financial Times, the German vaccine maker intends to use InstaDeep’s machine learning to “improve its drug discovery process, including developing personalised treatments tailored […]
BioNTech acquires Tunisian-born and U.K-based AI startup InstaDeep for £562M by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch