[[{“value”:” General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley venture capital group, is expanding its presence in India by joining forces with a local venture firm and earmarking more than $500 million for investments in the world’s most populous nation. The U.S. venture capital group is merging with Venture Highway, an India-based firm whose investments include social commerce startup […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
France leads the pack for Generative AI funding in Europe, London has 3X the number of GenAI startups
[[{“value”:” Like it or hate it, artificial intelligence – especially generative AI – is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with its rollouts of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in funding, may have gobbled up the lion’s share of attention and money so far. But according to a new report out from top VC Accel […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
5 STEM Challenges You Have Never Heard of and Need to Try Now!
[[{“value”:” I have a few challenges you need to try. Tried and true challenges are great because we know what to expect, but what if there are challenges you have never seen and they are also great! Let me show you! We all have our favorite challenges and if you have ever searched for a new idea you might have…
C12, the French quantum computing startup founded by two twin brothers, raises $19.4 million
[[{“value”:” C12 is announcing that it recently raised an €18 million funding round ($19.4 million at today’s exchange rate). Originally founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the Physics Laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure, the company has been working on a unique process to create quantum computers based on carbon nanotubes. While the concept of […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s former chief scientist, launches new AI company
[[{“value”:” Ilya Sutskever, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, launches Safe Superintelligence (SSI), just a month after leaving OpenAI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund
[[{“value”:” Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an internal SpaceX document about such a tender offer from May 2022. Musk posted on X last month that SpaceX holds such sales for employees about […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Community takes center stage at sold-out 2024 summit
[[{“value”:” The 2024 Ohio STEM Innovation Summit was more than a gathering; it was a vibrant celebration of the educators, leaders, and partners who are the heartbeat of Ohio’s STEM community. Under the theme “Building Tomorrow Together,” more than 400 educators came together to connect and push the boundaries of what’s possible. This tremendous showing, with 25% more tickets sold…
This Week in AI: Generative AI is spamming up academic journals
[[{“value”:” Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, generative AI is beginning to spam up academic publishing — a discouraging new development on the disinformation front. In a post on Retraction Watch, a blog that tracks recent retractions of academic studies, assistant professors of philosophy Tomasz Żuradzk and Leszek Wroński […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
In spite of hype, many companies are moving cautiously when it comes to generative AI
[[{“value”:” Companies are extremely interested in generative AI as vendors push potential benefits, but turning that desire from a proof of concept into a working product is proving much more challenging. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck on reshaping the space economy at Disrupt 2024
[[{“value”:” The future of the space industry may look a lot like its past, or so believes Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco, he’ll be explaining how full-service, vertically integrated space companies will (again) be the big winners of this evolving space economy. Rocket Lab was started […] © 2024 TechCrunch….