[[{“value”:” Unlike ChatGPT, Claude did not become a new App Store hit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts
[[{“value”:” Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack also participated. The breakneck pace is more than a subtle indication that investors’ appetite for tech-focused solutions to the woes of the American industrial base […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Startups Weekly: Trouble in EV land and Peloton is circling the drain
[[{“value”:” Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Look, I know this is our startups weekly newsletter, and as the most valuable company in the world, Apple is kind of the ultimate “not a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Anthropic now lets kids use its AI tech — within limits
[[{“value”:” AI startup Anthropic is changing its policies to allow minors to use its generative AI systems — in certain circumstances, at least. Announced in a post on the company’s official blog Friday, Anthropic will begin letting teens and preteens use third-party apps (but not its own apps, necessarily) powered by its AI models so long […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
The buzziest EV IPO of the year is a Chinese automaker
[[{“value”:” Zeekr’s market hype is noteworthy and may indicate that investors see value in the high-quality, low-price offerings of Chinese automakers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
VC fund performance is down sharply — but it may have already hit its lowest point
[[{“value”:” Venture capital has been hit hard by souring macroeconomic conditions over the past few years and it’s not yet clear how the market downturn affected VC fund performance. But recent data from the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) give us something to chew on. SFERS’s venture portfolio recorded a -.9% internal rate of return […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out
[[{“value”:” The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s servers. TechCrunch verified that some of the scraped data matches the personal information of Dell customers. On Thursday, Dell sent an email to customers saying […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Bluesky now lets you personalize main Discover feed using new controls
[[{“value”:” The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July
[[{“value”:” Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Xbox president Sarah Bond shared that the company plans to bring its first-party portfolio, which includes titles like Candy Crush and Minecraft, to the mobile store at launch. Microsoft then plans to open up the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Oura launches two new heart health features
[[{“value”:” Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. The first claims to help users get an idea of their cardiovascular age, while the second feature aims to estimate their cardio capacity. Depending on a person’s results, Oura will offer strategies on how to sleep, move […] © 2024 TechCrunch….