Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Our growth as a civilization is tightly coupled to our ability to sufficiently generate ever-increasing amounts of electricity. Could the same be true in space? Star Catcher Industries, a startup just emerging from stealth today, is betting that might be the case. The company is developing a space-based energy grid that could enable more power-intensive […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Lakera, a Swiss startup that’s building technology to protect generative AI applications from malicious prompts and other threats, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by European venture capital firm, Atomico. Generative AI has emerged as the poster child of the burgeoning AI movement, driven by popular apps such as ChatGPT. But […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in the plants themselves. Micropep is exploring how naturally occurring compounds, known as micropeptides, might work as an entirely new class of pesticides. If the startup […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Cybersecurity has become a white-hot topic in the world of technology. Not only are data breaches continuing unabated; but security companies themselves are very much in the spotlight as a result – with one of the fastest-growing, Wiz, the object of a (now abandoned) $23 billion acquisition bid from Google. Now, another cyber startup – […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Со вчерашнего дня в украинских чатах сдержанная буря — американский финансовый стартап Mercury, которым многие пользовались как заменой банковскому счету, направил всем украинским клиентам, что перестает их обслуживать в связи с изменениями в политике банка. Изменения заключаются в том, что компания включила Украину в список подсанкционных стран наравне с РФ, Венесуэлой, Ираном, Северной Кореей и так далее. Общение с саппортом приводит к детализации — мол, часть территории Украины находится под санкциями (и... →

Exoticca’s platform connects flights, hotels, meals, transfers, transportation and more, plus the local companies at the destinations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Harvey, a startup building what it describes as an AI-powered “copilot” for lawyers, has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by GV, Google’s corporate venture fund. The tranche, which also had participation from heavy-hitting angels and VCs OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil and SV Angel, brings Harvey’s total raised to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Digital banking startup Mercury informed some founders that it is no longer serving customers in certain countries, including Ukraine. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

The transaction values Cyabra at $70 million, and the company expects the merger to close by the end of the year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Mesa, Arizona-based Rosotics has kept a low profile. From the startup’s website, one would think they are solely focused on selling large metal 3D printers to aerospace and defense customers. For the past three years, the company’s been quietly architecting plans that involve launching multiple massive spacecraft, each containing dozens of smaller spacecraft, that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Hustle culture is embedded into the Silicon Valley startup ethos, but the expectation to grind all the time can be detrimental to a founder’s mental health. We’re pleased to welcome Bonobos co-founder and former CEO Andy Dunn to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 for a fireside chat to discuss how founders can live up to the VC […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Platforms like TikTok and Spotify have experimented with events on their platforms. But rather than concentrating on concerts and large gatherings, event startup Posh is focusing on intimate gatherings of up to a few hundred people where you might know a friend, a friend of a friend, and a person you met at some party. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

In spite of maintaining stealth until now, Mytra has already drummed up interest with big names. The startup has a pilot with grocery giant Albertsons, among others. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Vayu Robotics is working to make delivery robotics cheaper and more scalable. Ditching LiDAR is a piece of that puzzle. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

After doing some consulting for Microsoft to develop protections against zero-day exploits, software engineer Joran Dirk Greef worked with Coil, a web monetization startup in San Francisco, to help build its payments infrastructure. At the time, Coil was using a traditional database to store and process transactions. But Greef had the insight that a specialized […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

India’s federal government has axed the contentious “angel tax” for all classes of investors, delivering a major victory to the country’s booming startup ecosystem after years of intense lobbying against the measure. “To bolster the India startup ecosystem, to boost entrepreneurial spirit and support innovation I propose abolishing angel tax for all classes of investors,” […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source familiar with discussions. Despite the offer representing a substantial premium over its last private valuation of $12 billion, Wiz’s management team with support of investors have opted to remain independent, the person said. Wiz’s CEO, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment. Now, with $133 million in new funds, CEO Parveen Penmesta tells TechCrunch that the startup is plowing ahead into greener pastures. The $133 million Series C funding round was co-led by agri-food […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very typical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old’s startup is emerging from stealth with $2.3 million in venture funding. Aviato tracks funding rounds and headcount, similar to competitors like Crunchbase and PitchBook, but […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is fast approaching, and we’re seeking highly motivated volunteers to support our events team. If you dream of becoming a startup founder, marketer, or event coordinator, this experience offers an invaluable glimpse into the inner workings of a top-tier tech startup conference. Volunteer tasks Volunteers will assist in plenty […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →