Category: Enterprise
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GetWhy, a market research AI platform that extracts insights from video interviews, raises $34.5M
GetWhy helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. GetWhy, a consumer research tech company that helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI, has raised $34.5 million in a Series A…
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After raising $100M, AI fintech LoanSnap is being sued, fined, evicted
The company has been sued by at least seven creditors, including Wells Fargo. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. AI mortgage startup LoanSnap is facing an avalanche of lawsuits from creditors and has been evicted from its headquarters in Southern California, leaving employees worried about the company’s future, TechCrunch has…
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GM’s Cruise is testing robotaxis in Dallas again
Dallas is the second city that Cruise is easing its way back into after pulling its entire U.S. fleet late last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. GM’s Cruise is redeploying a small fleet of robotaxis in Dallas this week as part of the company’s previously stated goal to…
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What to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18 at WWDC
As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features have in store. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week promises to be a pivotal moment in the iPhone maker’s history. At WWDC,…
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People are using AI music generators to create hateful songs
Malicious actors are abusing generative AI music tools to create homophobic, racist, and propagandic songs — and publishing guides instructing others how to do so. According to ActiveFence, a service for managing trust and safety operations on online platforms, there’s been a spike in chatter within “hate speech-related” communities since March about ways to misuse…
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Japanese billionaire pulls plug on private ‘dearMoon’ lunar Starship mission
The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing ongoing uncertainties around when the launch vehicle will be ready to fly. “I signed the contract in 2018 based on the assumption that dearMoon would launch by the end of 2023,” Yusaku…
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You can now customize your For You feed on Threads using swipes
Instagram Threads is rolling out the ability for users to signal which sort of posts they wanted to see more or less of by swiping. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Threads, Meta’s Twitter/X competitor and the company’s first bet on decentralized social media, is now making it easier for…
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An appeals court rules that VC Fearless Fund cannot issue grants to Black women, but the fight continues
The court ruling said that Fearless Fund’s Strivers Grant likely violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which bans the use of race in contracts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. VC firm Fearless Fund has faced a setback in its plans to issue grants to Black women business owners.…
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TechCrunch Space: China’s victory
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Unfortunately, Boeing’s Starliner launch was delayed yet again, this time due to issues with one of the three redundant computers used by United Launch Alliance, the rocket provider, to initiate the launch sequence. Those computers are supposed to work in sync, but one of them was moving a…
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Watch Apple kick off WWDC 2024 right here
The keynote will be focused on Apple’s software offerings and the developers that power them, including the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Apple will kick off its weeklong World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) event with the customary keynote at…