Salesforce Has Used AI to Reduce Personnel Costs By $50 Million This Year. Here’s Which Roles Are Affected.
AI has enabled Salesforce to reduce hiring and save millions, but it’s using the savings to hire in other areas.
Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries
Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…
Top 30 startups announced for VivaTech 2025 Innovation of the Year Award
The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will […]
Inside the AI revolution: Top insights and breakthroughs from our partners at TechCrunch Sessions: AI
At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore how AI is transforming industries — from the pitch deck to full-scale deployment. We’re proud to spotlight our partners — not just for their support, but […]
Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots
AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot that has 66 actuated degrees of freedom, or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk and […]
Black Forest Labs’ Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them
Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of X’s Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite of image-generating models — some of which can both create and edit pics. The most capable of the models in the new family, called Flux.1 Kontext, can be prompted with text […]
College Professors Are Turning to an OId-School Product From a Family-Owned Business to Combat AI Cheating
Sales of the product have increased by up to 80% at universities across the country.
Tinder tests letting users set a ‘height preference’
Tinder Gold and Premium subscribers in the test group will have access to the feature, but not free users.
Delaware AG reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan
Delaware’s attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI’s for-profit conversion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The independent evaluation could prolong the transition, or gum up OpenAI’s plans even further. OpenAI’s conversion will help it attract new investment and eventually go public, but first, the startup needs to secure approvals […]
5 Keys to Building an Attractive Business for Potential Buyers
A seasoned entrepreneur reflects on his journey and offers key lessons on how to build a business that appeals to potential buyers.
Only 48% of Founders Feel Confident About Their Taxes — Here’s How to Join Them
Most founders feel tax season is a black box, but treating taxes as a year-round strategy instead of a once-a-year scramble can unlock cash for hiring, reduce financing costs and fuel smarter growth.