Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say | TechCrunch
Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, the AI
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After Factory's public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests | TechCrunch
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post that the firm has invested in
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Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost | TechCrunch
Reflection AI is officially unveiling Beam, its first frontier, open-weight AI model. The two-year-old, Brooklyn-based startup claims Beam matches the
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Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account | TechCrunch
Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion as of its latest funding round, is expanding into group chats.
Read MoreTikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout | TechCrunch
TikTok announced Monday that it’s launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets users buy
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At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI | TechCrunch
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide
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Hot Girl Hotline is like 'Dear Abby' for the AI era | TechCrunch
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to Cosmo, or
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5 startups that caught VCs' attention at the latest PearX demo day | TechCrunch
There isn’t a shortage of accelerators for startups, but one of the few that investors watch closely is PearX, a
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HackerRank's AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become | TechCrunch
What happens when AI moves from helping job candidates to evaluating them? HackerRank, a platform used by companies to assess
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OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results | TechCrunch
ChatGPT is getting more ads. Specifically, OpenAI is adding visual display ads to its ad product line-up so that ads
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