Category: Enterprise
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FTC refers TikTok child privacy case to Justice Department
The agency was investigating the company over potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Act. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice. The agency was investigating…
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Fisker failed because it wasn’t ready to be a car company
Two years ago, an employee at Fisker Inc. told me that the most pressing concern inside the EV startup was not whether its Ocean SUV would get built. Fisker was outsourcing the manufacturing of its first EV to highly respected automotive supplier Magna, after all. The startup’s November 2022 start-of-production target was aggressive, but not…
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Kilimo helps farmers save water and get paid for it
Cheap irrigation has transformed many regions around the world into breadbaskets, but it also means that there can be little left for other uses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. When people think about the water they use, they tend to think about drinking water out of the tap or…
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How Abridge became one of the most talked about healthcare AI startups
Ask any of the health-focused VCs to name one of the top AI startups and one name comes up over and over again: a company based in Pittsburgh called Abridge. And it’s a startup that launched before OpenAI was a household name and LLMs entered the common Valley vocabulary. In 2019, Shiv Rao, a practicing…
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XReal introduces a $200 device that brings Android apps to its AR glasses
The $200 Beam pro looks like an Android phone, but instead it’s a mobile device designed specifically for Xreal’s glasses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. XReal has largely flown under the radar here in the States. The Beijing firm’s Air 2 Pro AR glasses got a bit of review love…
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SurrealDB is helping developers consolidate their databases
SurrealDB, a startup developing a database architecture of the same name, has closed a new round of funding as it readies a managed service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Brothers Tobie Morgan Hitchcock and Jaime Hitchcock spent years building cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems together, ranging from tools to let…
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Series A to B startups scale up at Disrupt 2024
Series A to B startups — check out the ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Why Join the ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program? Amplify Your ReachShowcase your groundbreaking innovation on the Disrupt Expo Floor, where you’ll catch the eye of 10,000 tech leaders and investors. This is your moment to shine and forge connections…
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Now a Series A startup, kids app and ‘digital toy’ Pok Pok is coming to Android
Pok Pok’s growth caught investors’ attention, leading to a $6 million Series A. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Pok Pok, a kids app maker focused on building play-based learning experiences for the preschool set, has made a name for itself in the iOS developer community after winning both an…
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Decagon claims its customers service bots are smarter than average
Decagon is a generative AI platform that automates various aspects of customer support channels. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. One red-hot category in the generative AI space is customer support, which isn’t surprising, really, when you consider the tech’s potential to cut contact center costs while increasing scale. Critics…
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UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain
TechCrunch has learned that the arrested hacker is the alleged leader of the group that masterminded the Twilio hacks in 2022. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Spanish police have arrested a British national accused of leading an organized cybercrime group that broke into dozens of U.S. companies. The unnamed…