A look at LoanSnap’s troubles and which neobanks are having a moment

June 4, 2024

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at LoanSnap’s woes, Nubank’s and Monzo’s positive milestones, a plethora of fintech fundraises and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here.  The big story AI mortgage startup LoanSnap is […]

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Databricks acquires Tabular to build a common data lakehouse standard

June 4, 2024

Databricks, the analytics and AI giant, has acquired data management company Tabular for an undisclosed sum. According to Tabular co-founder Ryan Blue, he and Tabular’s other two co-founders, Daniel Weeks and Jason Reid, will be joining Databricks in some capacity. There, they’ll work to unify Tabular’s and Databrick’s customer bases and communities. “Joining Databricks means […]

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Worldcoin faces pivotal EU privacy decision within weeks

June 4, 2024

The next few weeks could be pivotal for Worldcoin, the controversial eyeball-scanning crypto venture co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, whose operations remain almost entirely shuttered in the European Union following a series of privacy complaints — including in France, Germany, Portugal and Spain. The only EU market where Worldcoin is still scanning eyeballs according to […]

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AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity are all down at the same time

June 4, 2024

After a multi-hour outage that took place in the early hours of the morning, OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot is down again — but this time, it’s not the only AI provider impacted. As of Tuesday morning, both Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity are seeing issues, too. Google’s Gemini still appears to be operating for the time being. […]

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True Fit leverages generative AI to help online shoppers find clothes that fit

June 4, 2024

True Fit, the AI-powered size-and-fit personalization tool, has offered its size recommendation solution to thousands of retailers for nearly 20 years. Now, the company is venturing into the generative AI space with “Fit Hub,” a new tool that aims to improve the way online shoppers find clothing that fits their body type. Sizing issues continue […]

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