The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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San Francisco is no longer the center of the startup universe, and it hasn’t been for a while.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
In total, 1.5% of all venture dollars so far in 2022 have been allocated to Latin American-founded companies, a drop from 2.5% last year, according to a Crunchbase analysis.
Latin American founders see VC funding drop as investors retreat from underrepresented cohorts by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Meta and Snap’s falling values change the calculus of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase. How does the deal look now?
Twitter just keeps getting more expensive by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We hope that you are in good form this Friday, alive, well, and ready to rock. We certainly were. And in a change of pace, as our dear Mary Ann was off this […]
I regret to inform you that Elon has something to do with this by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Medical devices and robots have been making their way into operating rooms in an increasing number of procedures. Now a new robot is trying to forge its path in the OR and assist surgeons who don’t yet have that advantage. “There are surgeons out there that have really no robotic assistance at all,” said Bruce […]
Galen Robotics looks to assist ENT surgeons with new bot and $15M round by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch
Uniswap’s Mary-Catherine Lader, Visa’s Cuy Sheffield, and Brett Harrison, former president of FTX, said at TechCrunch Disrupt that it’s still a great time to build a crypto startup.
Crypto bear markets are a ‘great time’ to launch startups, industry execs say by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch