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Stock image giant Shutterstock has announced a major push into AI generated imagery today in partnership with OpenAI, expanding on a strategic tie-up the pair announced last year. The partnership between Shutterstock and OpenAI will see the latter’s DALL-E 2 image-generating AI system integrating with Shutterstock content and made available to Shutterstock users worldwide — […]

Shutterstock to integrate OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and launch fund for contributor artists by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

54gene co-founder and chief executive officer Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has stepped down from his executive role, the African genomics company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The three-year-old company has appointed General Counsel Teresia L. Bost as interim CEO. She will be supported by Chief Operating Officer Delali Attipoe, the company said. Ene-Obong, on the other hand, […]

54gene CEO steps down as the company looks to cut more jobs by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Apex Space, a startup that aims to transform satellite bus manufacturing, emerged from stealth Monday with a $7.5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Los Angeles-based company has set its sights on the satellite bus — the part of the spacecraft that hosts the payload — which it says is the “new bottleneck” […]

Apex Space takes on satellite bus ‘bottleneck’ with seed round led by a16z by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

As part of its larger commitment to combat “cyberflashing,” the dating app Bumble is open sourcing its AI tool that detects unsolicited lewd images. First debuted in 2019, Private Detector (let’s take a moment to let that name sink in) blurs out nudes that are sent through the Bumble app, giving the user on the […]

Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Data shows that for upstart tech companies in the country, Q3 2022 was the worst time to raise venture capital since Q1 2020.

The seas are getting even rougher for Chinese startups by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Instacart delaying its IPO has left us bereft of new unicorn liquidity data for the rest of 2022. But this turn of events does teach us a few things.

What does Instacart’s supposedly delayed IPO teach us about how unicorns think? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch