Crossover funds and VCs have been watching from the sidelines — capital deployment is in somewhat of a “wait and see” mode.
Investors are sitting on mountains of cash: Where will it be deployed? by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Many consumers and companies want to reduce their impact on the environment but may not know where to start or how to sustain the necessary changes. Tom Ferrier, the founder of Greener, an Australian cleantech startup, wants to help. He argues that sustainability and climate action doesn’t need to be complicated. His startup is geared […]
Greener wants to help consumers and businesses be more sustainable by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and explain […]
Perceptron: AI saving whales, steadying gaits and banishing traffic by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
I cannot feasibly write a new post on TechCrunch dot com every time a new Pokémon is announced. I did skip over Bellibolt, the electric frog Pokémon that generates power from its big belly. But you know what’s even better than the partner Pokémon of a VTuber gym leader? Greavard. So here we are, writing […]
Get a load o’ this guy! (There’s a new ghost dog Pokémon called Greavard) by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Emergency response services have had a big boost of data thanks to advances in connected technology, with watches that can detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, cars that can pinpoint where their drivers are located, and home systems that can transmit important data about fires when you cannot just a […]
RapidSOS, a big data platform for emergency first responders, raises $75M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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
Several years ago, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and a core team from Imec, a Belgium-based nanotechnology lab, teamed up with Evangelos Eleftheriou and a group of researchers at IBM Zurich Lab to develop a computer chip. Unlike conventional chips, theirs was destined for devices at the edge, particularly those running AI workloads, because Del Maffeo and […]
AI chip startup Axelera lands $27M in capital to commercialize its hardware by Kyle Wiggers 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