Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages

January 16, 2025

Climate tech may have had a down year in 2024, but new data also shows a maturing sector with larger deal sizes. Venture investment in the climate tech sector was down 7% to $12.9 billion, $1 billion shy of 2023’s tally, according to data in a new PitchBook report. The report found that round size […]

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Nvidia releases more tools and guardrails to nudge enterprises to adopt AI agents

January 16, 2025

Nvidia is releasing three new NIM microservices, or small independent services that are part of larger applications, to help enterprises bring additional control and safety measures to their AI agents. One of these new NIM services targets content safety and works to prevent an AI agent from generating harmful or biased outputs. Another works to […]

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4 Business Books All Entrepreneurs Should Read

January 16, 2025
There are countless business books out there, but let’s be honest: Not all of them live up to the hype. Here are the four I’d actually recommend to all current and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol

January 16, 2025

Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the Supreme Court, users have been fleeing to other video platforms, including […]

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A rising EV startup star snags $100M and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment

January 16, 2025

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we move into the news of this week, we have one more roundup of transportation tech at CES 2025. As I noted last week, autonomous vehicle […]

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