Category: Enterprise
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Palantir’s CTO, and 13th employee, has become a secret weapon for Valley defense tech startups
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar is determined to help Palantir become a driving force for defense tech startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. On August 5, Palantir’s CTO Shyam Sankar stood in front of about 20 nervous new employees at the company’s Washington, D.C. office and gave a speech you’d…
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The case against AI art
No matter who powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science fiction authors writing today, best known for the novella “Story Of Your Life” (which was adapted into the movie “Arrival”). But he’s also published terrific pieces for The New Yorker…
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Apple may ditch those old familiar USB-A ports in the new Mac mini
The Mac mini will be the next Apple device to say goodbye to USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple customers have probably gotten used to seeing the familiar, rectangular USB-A ports replaced with their thinner USB-C siblings. And while USB-C has its advantages, the transition can sometimes leave users confused and scrambling for adapters.…
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Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X
A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to be benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app chart in Brazil today, ranking just…
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Bolt reportedly threatens legal action against Silverbear Capital
In the latest twist in Bolt’s aggressive fundraising efforts, the fintech company’s CEO appears to have made a veiled threat of legal action against Silverbear Capital, the investment bank whose involvement in the deal remains in some dispute. “We believe there was some internal miscommunication at Silverbear Capital, one of our lead investors, which has…
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Watch out for these 10 hot startups from South Korea
Most of the biggest South Korean tech startups intend to pursue public offerings in either South Korea or the United States as part of their exit strategy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The South Korean startup ecosystem has grown over the last decade as major tech firms and venture…
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AI brings a whole new dimension to the challenge of organizational transformation
Organizations are people and people are messy, and you have to look beyond the tech to the end goal: implementing new software that could transform the business. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Let’s start with the premise that change is hard for everyone. It’s even harder at scale for…
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Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking
Learn about NightCafe’s origins, some of the challenges the platform faces, and where NighCafe will evolve from here. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Elle Russell, co-founder of Cairns, Australia-based NightCafe, which offers a suite of AI-powered art-creating tools, prefers to avoid the spotlight. “I like to remain hidden behind…
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Grammy CEO says music industry also has AI concerns
The rise of AI has consumed the arts, just as it has Silicon Valley. Everyone is pondering: Will AI replace me? © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, caused a stir a few months ago. He announced that the organization’s prestigious Grammy Awards…
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Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant
Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees. It’s also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch that Covariant is building “a large language model, but…