Fans Are Tattooing This Pizza Brand’s Logo on Their Skin for a Year of Free Slices
&pizza CEO Mike Burns discusses turning customers into superfans, empowering staff and building a brand that breaks the rules.
Battling next-gen financial fraud
From a cluster of call centers in Canada, a criminal network defrauded elderly victims in the US out of $21 million in total between 2021 and 2024. The fraudsters used voice over internet protocol technology to dupe victims into believing the calls came from their grandchildren in the US, customizing conversations using banks of personal data,…
Building with OpenAI: Hao Sang takes the stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI to share what startups need to get right
There’s no shortage of APIs, models, or hype in the current AI ecosystem. But for early-stage founders, the real question is: How do I turn this firepower into a product that actually works…and sells? That’s where Hao Sang, from OpenAI’s Startups Go-to-Market team, comes in. At TechCrunch Sessions: AI next week — June 5 at […]
Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand’s deep tech moonshots
Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out deep tech unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD.
The Download: nuclear-powered AI, and a short history of creativity
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. Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI? In the AI arms race, all the major players say they want to go nuclear. Over the past year, the likes of Meta, Amazon,…
Gridcare thinks more than 100 MW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.
Samsung may invest in $100M round for medical imaging startup Exo
Samsung’s venture arm is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup Exo, Bloomberg reported.
The Browser Company mulls selling or open-sourcing Arc Browser amid AI-focused pivot
The Browser Company is pivoting away from the Arc Browser to focus on developing a new, AI-powered browser called Dia.
One of Europe’s top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of models
One of Europe’s most prominent AI researchers, Matthias Niessner, is now the CEO of SpAItial, a startup working on spatial foundation models.
Why landing your first tech job is way harder than you expected
It’s not your imagination, graduating seniors. The tech industry’s pullback from entry-level hiring has reached concerning levels. LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer, Aneesh Raman, warned in The New York Times last week that “bottom rung of the career ladder” is “breaking” as AI eliminates traditional stepping-stone positions. The numbers are eye-opening: hiring of new grads […]
How to Unlock the Hidden Customer Experience Advantage That’s Quietly Powering Today’s Best Retailers
A new class of operational technologies is quietly transforming how retailers engage customers — by empowering the people and processes behind the scenes.