Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Dennis Thankachan isn’t someone you’d expect would launch a digital procurement startup. After college, Thankachan went to work for Goldman Sachs as an investment banker. Two years later, he left for a hedge fund, PointState Capital, where he helped to manage equity investing. At PointState, which specializes in telecommunications, Thankachan said he encountered an unexpected […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Generative AI has upended how we write things… or even if we write at all. Now a startup wants to be the main character in the next chapter of that story: AI that replaces the role of the publisher. Spines is a self-publishing platform that claims that — thanks to being powered by artificial intelligence […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

В компаниях и коллективах, которые существуют продолжительное время, всегда вольно или невольно возникает проблема взаимоотношений с поколениями. В своем «Курсе молодого CEO» я рассказываю, что в компании, с моей точки зрения, существует три стадии развития — и люди, начинающие работать в компании на каждой из этих стадий, сильно отличаются по роли в компании, взаимоотношения и так далее. Если совсем упрощать — человек, пришедший в стартап, когда все сидели в небольшом офисе со скромным бытом, где все друг ... →

Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving trucking startup TuSimple, has urged a California district court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the company from transferring its remaining U.S. assets to China, according to a recent court filing. Hou, who plans to apply for a temporary restraining order in December during […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X “exodus,” founder Eugen Rochko shared on the platform just ahead of the weekend. While the Twitter-like startup Bluesky has been capturing headlines and attention for its rapid adoption among former X users, a smaller group has apparently turned to the open source networking […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are building a new startup aimed at making college education more affordable and accessible. The company, tentatively named Outsmart Education (the name is not final yet), is headed by co-founders Daniel Falabella (CPO), former senior director […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

ElevenLabs, a startup that provides AI voice cloning and a text-to-speech API, launched the ability to build conversational AI bots on Monday. The company announced that users can now build complete conversational agents on ElevenLabs’ developer platform, with customizable variables such as tone of voice and response length. ElevenLabs has mostly worked on providing different […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

French AI startup Mistral has released a slew of updates to its product portfolio as it looks to remain competitive in the cutthroat AI space. Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot platform can now search the web — with citations in line, a la OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s also gained a “canvas” tool along the lines of ChatGPT […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Moonvalley, a new generative video startup, claims it's building models using more ethical and transparent approaches. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Xiaomi will replace its app store with fintech PhonePe’s offering for customers in India starting January in a major win for the Indian startup. The smartphone vendor, the second largest in India, will automatically push the update to customers’ devices in India to replace GetApps with PhonePe’s Indus AppStore, it informed customers over the weekend. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Indian omni-channel nutrition startup HealthKart has raised $153 million in one of the country’s largest consumer startup investments this year, valuing the business at about $500 million, according to a source familiar with the matter. The new investment was co-led by private equity firms ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal, with Avendus Capital serving as financial advisor. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal’s investment vehicle has proposed to inject another $65.1 million into the hotel management startup, according to shareholder notifications reviewed by TechCrunch. The investment, through Redsprig Innovation Partners, would value the SoftBank-backed company at $3.8 billion, according to terms shared in the extraordinary general meeting notice. While this represents a 38% premium […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

In the wake of the U.S. 2024 presidential election, one fact became clear: Disinformation proliferated online at a startling rate, shaping Americans’ views about each candidate as well as a diverse set of topics, including public health, climate change, and immigration. Generative AI – with its ability to produce deepfakes in seconds and its propensity to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving trucking startup TuSimple, has urged a California district court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the company from transferring its remaining U.S. assets to China, according to a recent court filing. Hou, who plans to apply for a temporary restraining order in December during […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

OpenAI was at one point considering acquiring Cerabras, an AI chipmaking company that’s in the process of going public. According to new exhibits filed in Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI, OpenAI was contemplating snatching up Cerebras in or around 2017 — a year after Cerebras’ founding and just a few years after OpenAI achieved […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Significant changes are coming to ABL Space Systems. The leader of the 7-year-old startup took to social media last night to make a big announcement: The company will no longer be focusing on the commercial launch market, but will be turning instead to missile defense.  ABL had been developing a small launch vehicle called RS1 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Significant changes are coming to ABL Space Systems. The leader of the seven year old startup took to social media last night to make a big announcement: the company will no longer be focusing on the commercial launch market, but will be turning instead to missile defense. ABL had been developing a small launch vehicle […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Social networking rivals continue to benefit from the user exodus from X. Spill, the social app founded by two former Twitter employees, released a statement claiming it has also seen a jump in users after the U.S. Presidential election, following similar news by Bluesky, which gained more than 2 million users during that time. The startup, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced the company’s X competitor Threads would begin testing custom feeds for specific topics and profiles, making it easier for users to find communities and conversations that interest them. The news follows the rapid growth of the social networking startup and X rival Bluesky which prioritizes tools that allow […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

If you’re an hourly worker, the number of go-to options you have for finding new jobs is shrinking a little. JobGet — a Boston startup that operates an hourly job-hunting site with social features built in, a la LinkedIn — is acquiring Snagajob, one of its rivals in the U.S. market. JobGet claims this will […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →