​[[{“value”:” German investment management firm DTCP held the final close of its third growth fund and an initial closing of its new early-stage fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]  

​[[{“value”:” Accel, India’s most successful e-commerce investor, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]  

​[[{“value”:” Microsoft’s AI CEO has a cozy relationship with the man who used to be his rival, he said on Tuesday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]  

​[[{“value”:” In the post-COVID world, VCs say it’s not as easy to get excited about investing in digital health. Deal activity in healthcare IT was relatively flat in Q1 2024 at 74 total deals, valued at about $1 billion total, up only 3% from the year-ago quarter, according to PitchBook data.  Still, promising startups have grabbed […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt to wrest control of microblogging services, such as Twitter and its ilk, away from centralized […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated horrifying, slimy expressions? That’s new. The new work, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, is very much just an experiment. This will not be the face of your next […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” In May, when OpenAI first demoed a far more realistic, nearly-real-time conversational experience for its AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT, called advanced Voice Mode, the company said that the feature would roll out to paying ChatGPT users within a few weeks. Months later, OpenAI says that it needs more time. In a post on OpenAI’s official […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” GM’s Cruise has appointed Marc Whitten — a video game veteran who was a founding engineer at Xbox and Xbox Live— as CEO.  The Cruise CEO position has been vacant since December when co-founder Kyle Vogt resigned as part of a broader executive shakeup following an October 2 incident that saw one its robotaxis drag […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first announced ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, where the companies jointly announced integrations between OpenAI’s chatbot and Apple’s operating systems for iPhone, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” VW Group said Tuesday it will invest $1 billion into EV startup Rivian as part of a broad software development deal that could expand to as much as $5 billion. The deal, which was announced Tuesday afternoon, sent Rivian’s shares up more than 36% in after-hours trading. Under the deal, VW Group will use Rivian’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch….