July 8, 2025

Wayve CEO Alex Kendall brings the future of autonomous AI to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for a deep dive into the future of technology. One of the most compelling conversations on one of the AI Stages will feature a panel of innovators redefining what intelligent systems can do — […]

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Building a sustainable future with cloud

November 15, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this panel discussion led by Heinrich Seeger from CIO Magazine on “Building A Sustainable Future with Cloud,” with panelists Fonlinda Frasheri from Commerzbank and Mats Andersson from Lefdal Mine Datacenter. Click here to continue.

Tech gives private equity an edge

November 15, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Infosys analyzed client data and discovered five trends that suggest a big shift in the role of operating partners in the private equity space. Private equity firms now take a more hands-on and tech-centric approach to manage their portfolios as market…

Comerica Bank adopts public cloud to leapfrog its competitors

November 15, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” John Wei, CTO and senior vice president at Comerica Bank, discusses Comerica’s journey to the public cloud. The discussion covers different approaches and advantages of being a late mover. Click here to continue.

AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI

November 15, 2022

Descript, the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which OpenAI and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage companies. Descript is the second startup to receive a cash […]

AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Zest wants to make buying and sending gifts online ‘delightful’

November 15, 2022

While e-commerce was on the rise before the pandemic, the massive shift to digital supercharged the online shopping industry — bringing entirely new categories of products (and shoppers) to the web. According to Adobe, Americans have spent a record $1.7 trillion online over the last two years, a 55% uptick from two years before the […]

Zest wants to make buying and sending gifts online ‘delightful’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: Tencent’s palm payments, and AI’s carbon footprint

November 15, 2022
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. Tencent wants you to pay with your palm. What could go wrong? Would you want a bottle of soda for just one cent? Before you say yes, there’s a catch: You have to…

Why we need to do a better job of measuring AI’s carbon footprint

November 15, 2022
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lately I’ve lost a lot of sleep over climate change. It’s just over five weeks until Christmas, and last weekend in London, it was warm enough to have a pint outside without…