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00:24 01.11.2024

Decart’s AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft

Decart, an Israeli AI company that emerged from stealth today with $21 million in funding from Sequoia and Oren Zeev, has released what it’s claiming is the first playable “open-world” AI model. Called Oasis, the model, which is available for download, powers a demo on Decart’s site: a Minecraft-like game that’s generated on the fly, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:16 31.10.2024

BBG Ventures raises new $60 million fund to support diverse founders

BBG Ventures raised a new $60 million fund to support founders from “diverse backgrounds,” including gender, race, age, and class, Business Insider reported. The firm is known for backing exclusively women founders, and this new fund is a slight departure from that focus but comes as funding to diverse founders continues to dip. Crunchbase found that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:15 31.10.2024

Female Founders Fund returns its Fund I

After 10 years, the Female Founders Fund has returned its $5.85 million Fund I, according to Fortune. The news makes FFF one of the few diverse-focused funds to fully return a fund in a move that may boost the image of investing in women founders across Silicon Valley. Any further investments and exits to come […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:10 31.10.2024

Oura buys Sparta Science, its third acquisition in two years

Smart ring maker Oura on Thursday announced that it has acquired Sparta Science, a Bay Area-based health tracking startup. TechCrunch spoke to Sparta back in 2018 at the offices of Playground Global, a key investor. The deal marks Oura’s third acquisition in two years. The company purchased digital identity platform, Proxy, in May 2023. This […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:00 31.10.2024

MaC VC raised $150 million Fund III

MaC VC just raised a $150 million Fund III, according to Fortune. The firm, which launched in 2021 and already has $600 million in assets under management, will now cut check sizes between $2 million and $3 million into seed-stage companies. Notable investments for the firm include Chef Robotics and Stoke Space. The firm is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:37 31.10.2024

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says lack of compute is delaying the company’s products

In a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that a lack of compute capacity is one major factor preventing the company from shipping products as often as it’d like. “All of these models have gotten quite complex,” he wrote in response to a question about why OpenAI’s next AI models were taking so long. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:20 31.10.2024

Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system

Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are better uses of resources, especially when Android is right there for the taking. While it’s a potential differentiator, these companies have largely opted to maintain Google’s mobile OS, customized by skins and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:07 31.10.2024

Kalshi secures tens of millions in loans from VCs, eyes $50M+ round amid election betting boom, source says

Investors are rushing to throw millions at a hot startup called Kalshi as loans or even as unusual we’ll-figure-it-out later cash. Kalshi is an exchange that allows people to bet, as official commodity trading contracts, on the outcomes of cultural events, from election results to how long Taylor Swift’s latest album will top the charts. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:06 31.10.2024

Ford pauses F-150 Lightning production as Tesla Cybertruck heats up

Ford will pause production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck starting in mid-November for almost two months as it struggles with decreased demand, increased competition, and losses in its electric vehicle business. “We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth and profitability,” a Ford spokesperson told TechCrunch. The news was […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:45 31.10.2024

Zoox robotaxis are finally rolling out, Waymo snags more cash, and Aurora delays its self-driving truck launch

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! TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is wrapped! And what a whirlwind it was. Some highlights? Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson weighed in on whether Tesla robotaxis will launch next […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:31 31.10.2024

Meta is making a robot hand that can ‘feel’ touch

Meta says it’s partnering with sensor firm GelSight and Wonik Robotics, a South Korean robotics company, to commercialize tactile sensors for AI. GelSight will work with Meta to bring to market Digit 360, which Meta describes as a “a tactile fingertip with human-level multimodal sensing capabilities.” The successor to Meta’s Digit sensor, Digit 360 digitizes […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:17 31.10.2024

Three investors talk the highs and lows of space investing

The space industry operates in waves: There are massive highs and big lows, but it’s always exhilarating. Three venture capitalists who invest in space joined us onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Monday to talk about what’s coming next for this dynamic area. Much of the current investing is shadowed by the SPAC boom in 2021 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:12 31.10.2024

OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search

OpenAI’s Google challenger is finally here. The company on Thursday launched ChatGPT Search, an evolution of the SearchGPT prototype it unveiled this summer. Built into OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform, ChatGPT Search is designed to give “timely answers” to questions, OpenAI says, drawing from a range of online sources. Powered by a fine-tuned version of OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:08 31.10.2024

Google Maps is getting new AI features powered by Gemini

Google Maps is getting new features powered by Gemini, Google’s generative AI model. On Thursday the company announced incoming updates that will allow Google Maps users in the U.S. to tap into AI to help them find new places to visit and answer questions about different locations. The platform is also getting enhanced navigation features […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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20:00 31.10.2024

Google’s Gemini API and AI Studio get grounding with Google Search

Starting today, developers using Google’s Gemini API and its Google AI Studio to build AI-based services and bots will be able to ground their prompts’ results with data from Google Search. This should enable more accurate responses based on fresher data. As has been the case before, developers will be able to try out grounding […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:45 31.10.2024

How to court — and retain — Gen Z workers

It’s the topic on everyone’s mind: Are Gen Z workers actually different? TechCrunch sought to find out at this year’s Disrupt 2024. We sat down with SignalFire’s Heather Doshay, Comprehensive.io’s Roger Lee, and CapitalG’s Lauren Illovsky to chat about how to hire and retain talent. One topic that came up was how younger workers are […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:45 31.10.2024

How to court — and retain — Gen Z workers

It’s the topic on everyone’s mind: Are Gen Z workers actually different? TechCrunch sought to find out at this year’s Disrupt 2024. We sat down with SignalFire’s Heather Doshay, Comprehensive.io’s Roger Lee, and Lauren Illovsky from Capital G to chat about how to hire and retain talent. One topic that came up was how younger […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:18 31.10.2024

WhatsApp users can now filter chats with customized lists

WhatsApp is making it easier to organize the many messages filling up your inbox. The messaging app announced Thursday that it’s adding the ability to filter chats into customizable categories. This will help you keep track of conversations with family members, work colleagues, college friends, and more. The “Custom Lists” feature is an enhancement to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:00 31.10.2024

В колледжах будут учить профессиям для работы с ИИ

В частности, можно будет освоить разработку игр... →

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19:00 31.10.2024

College social app Fizz’s ‘serial failed retiree’ CEO steps down as founder takes helm

Veteran entrepreneur Rakesh Mathur stepped down as CEO of the college social network Fizz, handing over the reins to 22-year-old founder Teddy Solomon. It’s full circle for Fizz, the anonymous platform that Solomon started with his Stanford classmate Ashton Cofer before they dropped out to work on the app full-time. Mathur has been working with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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