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One of China’s most highly anticipated artificial intelligence startups is undergoing a significant change of direction. Light Year, which was founded merely four months ago by Wang Huiwen, a co-founder of Meituan, with the ambition of becoming the “OpenAI for China”, is getting bought out. In a filing released on Thursday, Meituan announced that it […] Meituan buys founder’s months-old ‘OpenAI for China’ for $234M by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Just about every developer wants to create APIs to help other companies connect to their services more easily, but creating and documenting an API is a time consuming process. Speakeasy, an early stage startup, wants to make that an easier and more automated set of activities. Today, the company emerged from stealth with a $7.6 […] Speakeasy is using AI to automate API creation and distribution by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Porsche — with CEO Oliver Blume behind the wheel — has zipped by a number of milestones over the past several years. Its share price has gained more than 36% since its IPO in September 2022 and profit margins are at an enviable 18%. And yet, Blume isn’t satisfied. “We are driving the company like […] How Porsche plans to grow margins with luxury and speed by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch... →

Between the robots and an AI-powered workflow, GeologicAI’s new business model is looking far more scalable than its old approach. Batteries beat oil and gas as AI startup pivots to critical minerals exploration by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar. While a lot of the shopping features that Microsoft built into Edge over the years aren’t exactly fan favorites, this new set of tools actually looks useful. Microsoft will now, […] Microsoft brings new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Snapchat announced today that it’s Snapchat+ subscription service has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year since launching. The company also revealed two upcoming features that subscribers will get access to in the near future. The first feature is called “Expressive Chat Messages” and lets users send messages in bigger font sizes. The […] Snapchat+ reaches 4 million paid subscribers in its first year since launch by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

After a cybersecurity audit mistakenly reset everyone’s password, a high school changed every student’s password to “Ch@ngeme!” giving every student the chance to hack into any other student’s account, according to emails obtained by TechCrunch. Last week, Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) High School in Illinois told parents that during a cybersecurity audit, “due […] High school changes every student’s password to ‘Ch@ngeme!’ by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

Plex, the free streaming app, laid off approximately 20% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned, which will largely affect the Personal Media teams and likely other departments. Plex didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The streaming app gives users a single destination to upload and organize content (video, audio and photos) from their […] Plex lays off 20% of its workforce amid advertising slowdown by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Should enormous companies of the world be run more like countries? Or should countries be run more like companies? When companies have more influence than countries by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s still plenty of cash to go around in the generative AI space, apparently. As first reported by Forbes, Inflection AI, an AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” has closed a $1.3 billion funding round led by Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and new investor Nvidia. A source familiar with […] Inflection lands $1.3B investment to build more ‘personal’ AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2023, funds of funds (FoFs) are on track to raise the smallest amount of money this year in more than a decade. At the same time, muted venture deal activity has many firms ditching their follow-on funds. Despite these twin trends, a new emerging manager is looking to find success with a fund that […] Level wants to back your fund — and your portfolio companies too by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

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The Naked Market is relaunching Haus favorites, including Citrus Flower, Pomegranate Rosemary and Grapefruit Jalapeño.  After aperitif ambitions sour, Haus is back on virtual shelves via The Naked Market by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Virgin Galactic is gearing up to launch its commercial space tourism service for the first time this morning, a long-awaited debut that puts much on the line for the company. The 90-minute mission, called Galactic 01, will commence sometime after 9:00 AM local time, with the company’s aircraft taking off from Spaceport America in New […] Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight set to lift off this morning by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →