Why Elon Musk’s AI company ‘open-sourcing’ Grok matters — and why it doesn’t

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Elon Musk’s xAI released its Grok large language model as “open source” over the weekend. The billionaire clearly hopes to set his company...

YC-backed digital bank Onyx Private tells customers it’s closing their accounts TechCrunch Fintech

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Miami-based Onyx Private, a Y Combinator-backed digital bank that provided banking and investment services for high-earning Millennials and Gen Zers, is terminating its...

Esports league postponed after players hacked midgame

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On Sunday, two competitive esports players appeared to get hacked during a live streamed game, prompting the organizers to postpone the tournament. Players were...

Rebecca Whiting will break down SAFEs, notes, and series seed financing at TechCrunch Early...

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Raising capital sounds simple: You hand over shares, investors hand over cash, and everyone then gets back to work. The reality is a...

Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure

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African financial institutions typically scale their solutions using a mix of local and foreign tech. Appzone is one of the standout local fintech...

Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones

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Apple is looking to team up with Google for a mega-deal to leverage the Gemini AI model for features on iPhone, Bloomberg reported....

VC Arjun Sethi talks a big game about selling his company-picking strategies to other...

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Arjun Sethi speaks with the confidence of someone who knows more than other people, or else who knows that sounding highly confident can...

Aaron Levie leads Box into its third era focused on workflow automation and AI

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Box began life almost 20 years ago in a dorm room at USC when Aaron Levie conceived of an online file storage and...

This Week in AI: Midjourney bets it can beat the copyright police

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Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy...

Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee,’ MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter

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“o such fee is needed to fund your services,” they argue. “‘Pay or okay’ suggests a false choice between purchasing an ads-free experience...

TipTop, the new app from Postmates’ founder and CEO, now lets you buy devices...

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TipTop, the startup that offers instant cash for electronics, is launching TipTop Shop, a way for users to purchase and trade in devices....

How to verify a data breach

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Over the years, TechCrunch has extensively covered data breaches. In fact, some of our most-read stories have come from reporting on huge data...