Tech is not a meritocracy: There’s a direct correlation between the size and strength of your network and your chances of success.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Paid acquisition basics, most-valued startups, 10 investors open to pitches by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Google announced the June Pixel Drop today with features like the ability to schedule a safety check with Google Assistant, instant location sharing with emergency contacts in case of a car crash, a new hands-free photos gesture, and oxygen saturation monitoring for the Pixel Watch. Pixel Features Google Pixel’s safety check feature sends an alert […]
Google’s June Pixel drop brings new safety and health features by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
AI-generated music is fast becoming a reality. Thanks to tools like Meta’s MusicGen, it’s now possible to create halfway decent songs in a range of styles without ever having to play an instrument, read sheet music or learn to use a DAW, But while the creative potential of generative AI music tools is nothing less […]
Itoka wants to license AI-generated music via the blockchain by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
New York City has established a new minimum wage for food delivery workers who deliver for platforms like Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub and Relay. It should be a historic win for gig workers, but both delivery workers and companies are unhappy with it. Many workers, labor rights activists and even the city’s comptroller say the […]
Nobody is happy with NYC’s $18 delivery worker minimum wage by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Some years ago, three former Googlers — Amr Awadallah (who previously founded Cloudera), Amin Ahmad and Tallat Shafaat — set out to build what they describe as a “conversational search” platform for the enterprise. Their goal was to help organizations unlock data from their text-based files, chiefly by empowering developers to build conversational AI apps […]
Vectara lands $28.5M to supercharge enterprise search by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
AI is well and truly off to the races: a startup that is only four weeks old has picked up a $113 million round of seed funding to compete against OpenAI in the building, training and application of large language models and generative AI. Mistral AI, based out of Paris, is co-founded by alums from […]
France’s Mistral AI blows in with a $113M seed round at a $260M valuation to take on OpenAI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch