December 26, 2024

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

Bret Taylor’s new AI company aims to help customers get answers and complete tasks automatically

February 13, 2024

We’ve been hearing about former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s latest gig since he announced he was leaving the CRM giant in November 2022. Last February we heard he was launching an AI startup built with former Google employee Clay Bavor. Today, the two emerged with a new conversational AI company called Sierra with some bold […]

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Elite 4 Biotech Stocks to Buy Now for Explosive Returns

February 13, 2024
With a wide range of applications across sectors, including health, agriculture, and industrial processing, rapid technological adoption, and government support, the biotech industry’s prospects appear promising. Thus, investors could consider…

Seal Security wants to make open-source vulnerability remediation easy

February 13, 2024

Seal Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup founded by a group of former members of Israel’s Unit 8200 intelligence unit, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7.4 million seed funding round like by Vertex Ventures Israel, with participation from Crew Capital, PayPal Alumni Fund, and Cyber Club London. Ever since the Log4j vulnerability […]

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TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 updated agenda with Sequoia, YC, Lightspeed, Felicis, FTX and more!

February 13, 2024

TechCrunch Early Stage returns to Boston on April 25, 2024, and the agenda for our flagship founder event is almost complete. We’re excited to share this not-so-sneaky sneak peek at some of the fantastic speakers and sessions we have on tap. For builders who are just starting on their founder journey, TechCrunch Early Stage is […]

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The Download: learning from environmental DNA, and why we should welcome watermarks

February 13, 2024
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. How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our world Environmental DNA is a relatively inexpensive, widespread, potentially automated way to observe the diversity and distribution of life.  Unlike previous…