5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day
TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
The 6 Traits I Look for in Every Employee
Jobs change. Great people evolve with them. Here’s how to find the people who become invaluable.
How AI Agents Are Helping Companies Scale Their Marketing
Here’s how AI agents can help companies scale marketing by combining skills, tools and context into an agentic marketing operating model.
HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become
HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers.
I’ve Watched Over 150 Careers Grow. Here’s What I Got Wrong About Developing Talent
If I develop five people myself, I can influence five careers, but if I develop a manager who knows how to grow people, that manager can develop an entire team.
Connecting AI agents to enterprise knowledge
For all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of knowledge. More than data, knowledge is the understanding of what the data means in the context of individual organizations. AI agents need this understanding to reason about situations, make decisions, and ultimately…
LinkedIn CEO Is Leaving After 18 Years, Says He Didn’t Want to Return to the Office Full Time
Ryan Roslansky recently announced his departure, ending a career that spanned nearly two decades at LinkedIn and Microsoft.
Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’
Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain’s dirty soda push fizzled.
OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results
OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.
Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips
Lola Vision Systems is one of TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 Companies