Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete...
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models....
How Rubrik’s IPO paid off big for Greylock VC Asheem Chandna
When Asheem Chandna drove up to Rubrik’s office in Palo Alto on a Friday night in early 2015, he was looking forward to learning what the...
Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills
Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. The company told TechCrunch that the feature is...
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his...
xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source...
Boeing’s Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6
Boeing’s Starliner is a go for launch.
Leaders from NASA and Boeing told reporters that the first crewed Starliner mission, which will see the capsule carry two...
Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’
Paystand has acquired spend management software startup Teampay to create what the companies describe as a “no-fee B2B digital payment and spend powerhouse.”
Financial terms of the...
Edonia grabs €2M to turn microalgae into less bitter-tasting ground meat alternative
As the world’s population continues to grow, the need to be able to feed everyone is something a number of entities are working on. Paris-based Edonia,...
IBM moves deeper into hybrid cloud management with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition
IBM wisely gravitated away from trying to be a pure cloud infrastructure vendor years ago, recognizing that it could never compete with the big three: Amazon,...
This camera trades pictures for AI poetry
Have you ever stood in front of a redwood and wondered, “Wouldn’t it be great if this was poetry instead of a tree?” Neither did Joyce...
Why vector databases are having a moment as the AI hype cycle peaks
Vector databases are all the rage, judging by the number of startups entering the space and the investors ponying up for a piece of the pie....