Veterinary software company TeleVet rebrands as Otto amid $43M in fresh funding
In the past year, the company grew its customer base by 600%, adding over 1,000 new veterinary clinics and hospitals.
Tuning into the future of collaboration
When work went remote, the sound of business changed. What began as a scramble to make home offices functional has evolved into a revolution in how people hear and are heard. From education to enterprises, companies across industries have reimagined what clear, reliable communication can mean in a hybrid world. For major audio and communications…
A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains
In an important test for stem-cell medicine, a biotech company says implants of lab-made neurons introduced into the brains of 12 people with Parkinson’s disease appear to be safe and may have reduced symptoms for some of them. The added cells should produce the neurotransmitter dopamine, a shortage of which is what produces the devastating…
See the complete Sustainability Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
Keeping apace of the latest trends and innovation in climate tech and sustainability — an area that touches every industry and city — is nearly impossible. It’s why we created the Sustainability Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 and invited the best and brightest minds to share their insights. The dedicated Sustainability Stage will cover the […]
Meta releases a data set to probe computer vision models for biases
Continuing on its open source tear, Meta today released a new AI benchmark, FACET, designed to evaluate the “fairness” of AI models that classify and detect things in photos and videos, including people. Made up of 32,000 images containing 50,000 people labeled by human annotators, FACET — a tortured acronym for “FAirness in Computer Vision […]
AI-powered BeFake is a real app, not a BeReal parody…and it has $3M in funding
BeFake, a social networking app that combines concepts from popular Gen Z app BeReal along with AI technology has netted itself $3 million in seed funding to create an AI-augmented social network. The app’s name, a clear reference to BeReal’s authentic photo sharing among friends, is meant to suggest it does the opposite. Instead of […]
Threads starts testing search feature in Australia and New Zealand
Threads launched one of the most anticipated features, a web version of the platform, last week. Now, Meta is testing another highly demanded feature for the social network — searching for posts. At the moment, users can only search for usernames on Threads. However, the company is working on bringing full-text search. It is already […]
Satgana appoints Anil Maguru as partner to back climate-tech startups in Europe, Africa
Europe-based climate-tech VC Satgana has appointed Anil Maguru, formerly an investment director at the firm, as its newest partner. Satgana, which emerged out of stealth last year, invests in climate startups in Europe and Africa. Maguru joined the VC firm at inception three years ago, starting as an analyst. At 28, he becomes one of […]
The Download: China’s AI chatbots go public, and how climate change is affecting hurricanes
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. Chinese ChatGPT alternatives just got approved for the general public The news: Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence companies, has announced it’s opening up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot,…
Want to 10x Your Output? Follow These Focus and Achievement Hacks from Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think and Grow Rich’
Use these eight powerful strategies to achieve peak productivity using Napoleon Hill’s teachings from “Think and Grow Rich.”
3 Internet Stocks Worth Watching
With digitization gaining momentum worldwide, the rising internet penetration and supportive government initiatives to make the internet accessible to everyone provide ample growth opportunities to companies providing internet services. Hence,…