[[{“value”:” James Khatiblou, the owner and CEO of Onyx Motorbikes, was watching his e-bike startup fall apart. Onyx was being evicted from its warehouse in El Segundo, Los Angeles. The company’s unpaid bills were stacking up. His chief operating officer had abruptly resigned. A shipment of around 100 CTY2 dirt bikes from Chinese supplier Suzhou Jindao […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Iyo thinks its gen AI earbuds can succeed where Humane and Rabbit stumbled
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Women in AI: Arati Prabhakar thinks it’s crucial to get AI ‘right’
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Doly lets you generate 3D product videos from your iPhone
[[{“value”:” AniML, the French startup behind a new 3D capture app called Doly, wants to create the PhotoRoom of product videos, sort of. If you’re selling sneakers on an online marketplace or need to create Instagram ads for your direct-to-consumer wares, Doly helps you generate 3D models with your phone and turn them into professional-looking product […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B from Valor, a16z, and Sequoia
[[{“value”:” Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round, it said today, as Musk shores up capital to aggressively compete with rivals including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding are among the backers who have […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Indian EV startup Zypp Electric secures backing to fund expansion to Southeast Asia
[[{“value”:” Indian startup Zypp Electric plans to use fresh investment from Japanese oil and energy conglomerate ENEOS to take its EV rental service into Southeast Asia early next year, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The company aims to be in 15 markets over the next two years. Of those 15 markets, Zypp Electric plans to launch its […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
A venture capital firm looks back on changing norms, from board seats to backing rival startups
[[{“value”:” Last month, one of the Bay Area’s better-known early-stage venture capital firms, Uncork Capital, marked its 20th anniversary with a party in a renovated church in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, where 420 guests showed up to help the firm to celebrate, trade tips, and share war stories. There’s no question the venture scene has changed […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Activision and Meta
[[{“value”:” The families of victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas are suing Activision and Meta, as well as gun manufacturer Daniel Defense. The families bringing the lawsuits are represented by attorney Josh Koskoff, who previously won a settlement from Remington for the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. The suit against […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies
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How Maven’s AI-run ‘serendipity network’ can make social media interesting again
[[{“value”:” Everything in society can feel geared toward optimization – whether that’s standardized testing or artificial intelligence algorithms. We’re taught to know what outcome you want to achieve, and find the path towards getting there. Kenneth Stanley, a former OpenAI researcher and co-founder of a new social media platform called Maven, has been preaching for years […] © 2024 TechCrunch….