Category: Enterprise
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AI manufacturing startup funding is on a tear as Switzerland’s EthonAI raises $16.5M
In its three-year history, EthonAI has amassed some fairly high-profile customers including Siemens and chocolate-maker Lindt. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. As factories and manufacturing facilities have gotten “smarter” through sensors, robotics and other connected technologies, this has created a potential treasure trove of data that can be mined…
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Ticktock! 48 hours left to nab your early-bird tickets for Disrupt 2024
Don’t miss out: TechCrunch Disrupt early-bird pricing ends in 48 hours! The countdown is on! With only 48 hours left, the early-bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will end on May 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. This is your final call to secure your tickets and get up to $800 in savings. Why attend TechCrunch…
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Paul Graham claims Sam Altman wasn’t fired from Y Combinator
In a series of posts on X on Thursday, Paul Graham, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator, brushed off claims that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was pressured to resign as president of Y Combinator in 2019 due to potential conflicts of interest. “People have been claiming [Y Combinator] fired Sam Altman,” Graham writes. “That’s…
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Tesla shareholder sweepstakes and EV layoffs hit Lucid and Fisker
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Okay, okay — remember last week when I suggested Tesla was being a bit extra in its bid to convince shareholders to vote in favor of relocating…
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Misinformation works, and a handful of social ‘supersharers’ sent 80% of it in 2020
The studies, by researchers at MIT, Ben-Gurion University, Cambridge and Northeastern, were independently conducted but complement each other well. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. A pair of studies published Thursday in the journal Science offers evidence not only that misinformation on social media changes minds, but that a small…
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Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device
Though Spotify never shared official numbers, it’s likely that Car Thing underperformed or was just not worth continued investment in today’s tighter economic market. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Spotify is facing continued backlash over its decision to discontinue support for Car Thing, its in-car streaming device, announced earlier…
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Zero-day flaw in Check Point VPNs is ‘extremely easy’ to exploit
Check Point is the latest security vendor to fix a vulnerability in its technology, which it sells to companies to protect their networks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Cybersecurity company Check Point says attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in its enterprise VPN products to break into the corporate…
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You’ve spoken! Meet the Disrupt 2024 breakout session audience choice winners
TechCrunch Disrupt showcases cutting-edge technology and innovation, and this year’s edition will not disappoint. Among thousands of insightful breakout session submissions for this year’s Audience Choice program, five breakout sessions have soared to the top and were selected by thousands of people from around the globe to speak at this year’s event. Without further ado,…
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Billionaire Groupon founder Eric Lefkofsky is back with another IPO: AI health tech Tempus
Eric Lefkofsky knows the public listing rodeo well and is about to enter it for a fourth time. The serial entrepreneur, whose net worth is estimated at nearly $4 billion, has already taken three businesses he’s founded public. Today he’s the founder of Tempus, a genomic testing and data analysis company preparing to IPO. But…
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SpaceX sent Starship to orbit — the next launch will try to bring it back
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket could take to the skies for the fourth time on June 5, with the primary objective of evaluating the second stage’s reusable heat shield as the vehicle tries to safely reenter the atmosphere for the first time. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that “There are many…