Category: Enterprise
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Android’s upcoming ‘Collections’ feature will drive users back to their apps
As Google described during the I/O session, the new on-device surface would organize what’s most relevant to users, inviting them to jump back into their apps. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Google’s plan to promote Android apps outside its Play Store is starting to shape up, as a new…
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Andrew Ng plans to raise $120M for next AI Fund
AI big shot Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, a startup incubator that backs small teams of experts looking to solve key problems using AI, plans to raise upward of $120 million for its second effort. A filing with the SEC shows that the AI Fund’s second fund, AI Venture Fund II, has so far amassed $69.75…
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Agility’s humanoid robots are going to handle your Spanx
Digit’s first job will be moving totes around a Connecticut Spanx factory — which is most definitely not a euphemism. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Up to now, the humanoid robotics industry has been all promises and pilots. While important in the eventual deployment of new technology, these programs…
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Hebbia raises nearly $100M Series B for AI-powered document search led by Andreessen Horowitz
Hebbia, a startup using generative AI to search large documents and return answers, has raised a nearly $100 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The round valued the company between $700 million and $800 million, although TechCrunch couldn’t verify whether that valuation is pre- or…
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Robotics investments are gaining speed after post-pandemic slowdown
The first six months of the year have seen $4.2 billion invested in robotics, putting this year well on track to beat 2023’s 12-month total of $6.8 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. New numbers out of Crunchbase this week see robotics investments once again trending in a positive…
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Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others
The salad days of fresh grocery delivery startups are over, but those that have stayed the course, and have built businesses that are seeing gains, are still here and are hungry for more growth. On Friday, one of those survivors, the Czech grocery delivery company Rohlik, announced $170 million in new funding. Rohlik – which…
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How to Renew Your SSL Certificate in 3 Simple Steps (2024 Tutorial)
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in AI, Apps, Climate, Cloud Computing, Crypto, Cybersecurity, Enterprise, EV, FinTech, Gadgets, Gaming, SaaS, Software, StartupsRenewing an SSL certificate is relatively simple. Many web hosts and registrars even go as far as automating the process entirely, so you don’t have to lift a finger. However, if your host doesn’t offer automatic renewals for some reason, I’m going to show you the steps to renew your SSL manually. The post How…
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Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’
Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Outside of AI, few startups have drawn venture investments like climate tech. And like AI, companies in…
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TechCrunch Minute: Reddit is taking a stand against AI crawlers
Reddit is taking a stand against AI companies — or at least asking them to pay up. Earlier this week, Reddit announced that it’s changing its Robots Exclusion Protocol, also known as its robots.txt file. This dry-sounding edit is part of a larger negotiation/battle between the AI companies that are hungry for content they can…
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Meta starts testing user-created AI chatbots on Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company will begin to surface AI characters made by creators through Meta AI studio on Instagram. The tests will begin in the U.S. The social media company’s announcement comes on the same day as a16z-backed chatbot company Character.ai is rolling out the ability for users to…