[[{“value”:” AI-powered virtual physical therapy platform Sword Health has seen its valuation soar 50% to $3 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
WndrCo officially gets into venture capital with fresh $460M across two funds
[[{“value”:” Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa, along with three general partners, manage $1.5 billion in assets today through their Build, Venture and Seed strategies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Storyblok raises $80M to add more AI to its ‘headless’ CMS aimed at non-technical people
[[{“value”:” The startup targets the middle ground between platforms that offer rigid templates, and those that facilitate a full-control approach. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Travel app Sékr can plan your next road trip with its new AI tool
[[{“value”:” Sékr, a startup that offers a mobile app for outdoor enthusiasts and campers, is launching a new AI tool for planning road trips. The new tool, called Copilot, is available on the startup’s updated website and app, which is used by more than 100,000 users. Sékr was founded in 2016 with the goal of helping […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
‘Star Wars’ lasers and waterfalls of molten salt: How Xcimer plans to make fusion power happen
[[{“value”:” The startup has been pursuing a ground-up redesign of a well-understood technology. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Microsoft hit with EU privacy complaints over schools’ use of 365 Education suite
[[{“value”:” Microsoft’s education-focused flavor of its cloud productivity suite, Microsoft 365 Education, is facing investigation in the European Union. Privacy rights non-profit noyb has just lodged two complaints with Austria’s data protection authority. The complaints examine the use of Microsoft’s cloud software by schools. The first one focuses on transparency and legal basis issues. noyb says […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Samara is accelerating the energy transition in Spain one solar panel at a time
[[{“value”:” Since the shock of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, solar energy has been having a moment in Europe. Electricity prices have been going up while the investment required to get solar panels installed on your roof has been going down. This is due to new subsidies, better technology and several European startups that are working […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges
[[{“value”:” It’s clear that this year will be a turning point for DEI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Watch Apple kick off WWDC 2024 right here
[[{“value”:” The keynote will be focused on Apple’s software offerings and the developers that power them, including the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
TechCrunch Space: China’s victory
[[{“value”:” Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Unfortunately, Boeing’s Starliner launch was delayed yet again, this time due to issues with one of the three redundant computers used by United Launch Alliance, the rocket provider, to initiate the launch sequence. Those computers are supposed to work in sync, but one of them was moving a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….