Podcast Episodes

For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS and ElevenLabs launched an AI music generator

This is a juicy competitive move for both companies after AWS faced an onslaught of criticism over its progress with AI.

In other news, the AI audio-…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation and Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

-The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round.

-While the ActivityPub integration is a main …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots

OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots.

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the i…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India

Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Anthropic cut off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models, also PlayerZero raised $15M and Figma’s stock soared in its IPO

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connectin…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Handwave lends a hand to retailers with its European alternative to Amazon’s palm payments

Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative.

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Female-founded semiconductor AI startup SixSense raises $8.5M

SixSense offers an AI-powered platform that helps chip makers prevent defects. It landed backing led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia India & SEA…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

AIR lands $23M to bring its eVTOLs to the US

Israel-based eVTOL startup AIR has raised $23 million to scale production of both its piloted and uncrewed cargo aircraft, and enter the U.S.

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7 months ago

How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28 million for their AI marketing automation startup

A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valle…

7 months ago