Japanese company ispace lost communication with its Hakuto-R lander just moments before it was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface. “At this moment, we have not been able to confirm successful landing on the lunar surface,” ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada said on the company’s livestream. “Currently, we have not confirmed the communication from […]
ispace loses contact with lunar lander seconds before landing by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
In its first-quarter earnings call, streaming music service Spotify talked in more detail about how AI advances are impacting its business. On the positive side, the company offered an update on the user adoption of its new AI DJ feature, which offers personalized music selections introduced by a realistic-sounding DJ voice powered by AI. But […]
Spotify CEO says AI progress is both “really cool and scary,” may pose risk to creative industry by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
OpenAI says that it plans to introduce a new subscription tier for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot, tailored to the needs of enterprise customers. Called ChatGPT Business, OpenAI describes the forthcoming offering as “for professionals who need more control over their data as well as enterprises seeking to manage their end users.” “ChatGPT Business will […]
OpenAI previews business plan for ChatGPT, launches new privacy controls by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
If you’ve added ‘AI’ to your pitch deck to make it more appealing, I have some bad news: FOMO is passé, and due diligence is the new black.
TC+ roundup: Pitch coaching from 5 VCs, Black founder funding options, 3 fintech flubs by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Until the IPO window reopens — or until unicorns are willing to be dehorned on the way out — there is little reason to hope that exit activity will perk up.
It’s beyond time we started worrying about unicorn exits by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Hugging Face, the AI startup backed by tens of millions in venture capital, has released an open source alternative to OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chabot, ChatGPT, dubbed HuggingChat. Available to test through a web interface and to integrate with existing apps and services via Hugging Face’s API, HuggingChat can handle many of the tasks ChatGPT can, […]
Hugging Face releases its own version of ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch