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Accel has a fresh $650M to back European early-stage startups
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Cruise founder Kyle Vogt is back with a robot startup
[[{“value”:” Kyle Vogt, the former founder and CEO of self-driving car company Cruise, has a new VC-backed robotics startup focused on household chores. Vogt announced Monday that the new startup, called the Bot Company, has raised $150 million from former GitHub CEO and investor Nat Friedman, Pioneer founder and investor Daniel Gross, Spark Capital general partner […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
From Miles Grimshaw to Eva Ho, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs
[[{“value”:” When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Anthropic is expanding to Europe and raising more money
[[{“value”:” On the heels of OpenAI announcing the latest iteration of its GPT large language model, its biggest rival in generative AI in the U.S. announced an expansion of its own. Anthropic said Monday that Claude, its AI assistant, is now live in Europe with support for “multiple languages,” including French, German, Italian and Spanish across […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
TechCrunch Space: You rock(et) my world, moms
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Apple iPad Pro M4 vs. iPad Air M2: Reviewing which is right for most
[[{“value”:” Apple devoted a full event to iPad last Tuesday, roughly a month out from WWDC. From the invite artwork to the polarizing ad spot, Apple was clear — the event was all about iPads. Most of the rumors proved true: Apple introduced a new iPad Pro (with a new M4 chip), iPad Air, the Pencil […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
GV’s youngest partner has launched her own firm
[[{“value”:” Terri Burns, a former partner at GV, is venturing into a new chapter of her career by launching her own venture firm called Type Capital. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
ChatGPT’s new face is a black hole
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Apple and Google agree on standard to alert people when unknown Bluetooth devices may be tracking them
[[{“value”:” Apple and Google announced on Monday that iPhone and Android users will start seeing alerts when it’s possible that an unknown Bluetooth device is being used to track them. The two companies have developed an industry standard called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.” Starting Monday, Apple is introducing the capability in iOS 17.5 and Google is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….