Category: Enterprise
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SpaceX debuts portable Starlink Mini for $599
SpaceX unveiled Starlink Mini, a more portable version of its satellite internet product that is small enough to fit inside a backpack. Early Starlink customers were invited to purchase the Starlink Mini kit for $599, according to an invitation sent to customers and viewed by TechCrunch. That’s $100 more than the standard Starlink kit. They…
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Language learning app Speak nets $20M, doubles valuation
Speak, the AI-powered language learning app, has raised new money from investors at double its previous valuation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. AI-powered language learning app Speak is on a tear. Since launching in its inaugural market of South Korea in 2019, Speak has grown to over 10 million…
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Zepto, a 10-minute delivery app, raises $665 million at $3.6 billion valuation
Zepto has more than doubled its valuation to $3.6 billion from $1.4 billion in less than a year in a new funding round of $665 million as the Mumbai-based startup intensifies the quick commerce competition in the world’s second largest internet market. Zepto sells and delivers everything from grocery items to electronic gadgets within 10…
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How to Make Images Larger Without Losing Quality: Real Tests!
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in AI, Apps, Climate, Cloud Computing, Crypto, Cybersecurity, Enterprise, EV, FinTech, Gadgets, Gaming, SaaS, Software, StartupsYou may want to enlarge an image for a print-quality poster, or perhaps you’re looking to enlarge and enhance a blurry old image of your family. Thankfully, there are specialized tools that help you easily enlarge and enhance images without the pixelation issues you’d normally get if you tried to increase an image’s dimensions using…
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Roots introduces a screen time app for tracking ‘digital dopamine’
Roots is designed to help people get a better handle on what sort of apps are worth spending time on and which are not. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. As the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a warning label on social media sites, similar to those found on…
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Anthropic claims its latest model is best-in-class
Claude 3.5 Sonnet can analyze both text and images as well as generate text, and it’s Anthropic’s best-performing model yet — at least on paper. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. OpenAI rival Anthropic is releasing a powerful new generative AI model called Claude 3.5 Sonnet. But it’s more an…
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Pocket FM partners with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio content quickly
Lightspeed Ventures-backed audio platform Pocket FM announced it has partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs to quickly convert text content, such as script, into audio series using AI. Pocket FM, which raised $103 million in Series D funding in March, told TechCrunch at the time that it was already experimenting with the ability to convert text…
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PayPal Ventures leads $20M round into Gynger, which offers companies ‘buy now, pay later’ for technology purchases
Gynger, a platform that lends capital to companies for technology purchases, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by PayPal Ventures, it told TechCrunch exclusively. The financing brings the New York-based startup’s total venture capital raised to $31.7 million and included participation from Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused venture fund), Velvet Sea Ventures,…
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Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. And we’re excited to share we’ll be hosting a pitch competition this year “The Space Challenge, powered by Aerospace” as part of…
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Instagram now lets users livestream exclusively to their Close Friends list
Instagram is introducing the ability for users to broadcast live to just their Close Friends list, the company announced on Thursday. The new “Close Friends on Live” feature allows users to go live with up to three other people. Instagram says the new feature can be used to share what’s on your mind, spontaneously catch…