How Rubrik’s IPO paid off big for Greylock VC Asheem Chandna
When Asheem Chandna drove up to Rubrik’s office in Palo Alto on a Friday night in early 2015, he was looking forward to...
Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free
Meta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and advertising company...
Watch: Between Rabbit’s R1 vs Humane’s Ai Pin, which had the best launch?
After a successful unveiling at CES, Rabbit is letting journalists try out the R1 — a small orange gadget with an AI-powered voice...
Thoma Bravo to take UK cybersecurity company Darktrace private in $5B deal
Darktrace is set to go private in a deal that values the U.K.-based cybersecurity giant at around $5 billion.
A newly-formed entity called Luke...
Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internet’s cash instead of raising a new fund
Global Founders Capital, the Berlin-based early stage VC firm with close ties to the German startup factory Rocket Internet, is going to become...
Defense startup True Anomaly lays off around 25%, cancels summer internship
Space and defense startup True Anomaly has laid off around 25% of its workforce and canceled its summer internship program, TechCrunch has learned.
“With...
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his...
xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to...
Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than...
Boeing’s Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6
Boeing’s Starliner is a go for launch.
Leaders from NASA and Boeing told reporters that the first crewed Starliner mission, which will see the...
Health insurance giant Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach
U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of its members of a data breach earlier this month.
In a legally required notice filed with...
Chilean instant payments API startup Fintoc raises $7 million to turn Mexico into its...
Open banking may be a global trend, but implementation is fragmented. The fintech startups doing the legwork to make it a reality in...
Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’
Paystand has acquired spend management software startup Teampay to create what the companies describe as a “no-fee B2B digital payment and spend powerhouse.”
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