[[{“value”:” Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in conversation efforts. The tool, SurfPerch, created with Google Research and DeepMind, was trained on thousands of hours of audio reef recordings that allow scientists studying the reef to be able to “hear […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Tektonic AI raises $10M to build GenAI agents for automating business operations
[[{“value”:” Only a few years ago, one of the hottest topics in enterprise software was ‘robotic process automation’ (RPA). It doesn’t feel like those services, which tried to automate a lot of repetitive business processes, ever quite lived up to their promise. The rise of generative AI, however, may just be the missing key to building […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
SpaceX launches mammoth Starship rocket and brings it back for the first time
[[{“value”:” SpaceX achieved a key milestone in its Starship flight test campaign: returning the booster and the upper stage back to Earth. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Sirion, now valued around $1B, acquires Eigen as consolidation comes to enterprise AI tooling
[[{“value”:” There’s a lot of buzz about generative AI and what impact it might have on businesses. But look beyond the hype and high-profile deals like the one between OpenAI and PwC last week, and you’ll see that the world is already years into using customer-facing, no-code AI tools for extracting information and working faster. Now, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Kleiner Perkins leads $14.4M seed round into Fizz, a credit-building debit card aimed at Gen Z college students
[[{“value”:” Carlo Kobe and Scott Smith believed so strongly in the need for a debit card product designed specifically for Gen Zers that they dropped out of Harvard and Cornel at ages 19 and 21, respectively, in 2021 to build a startup called Fizz. The pair wanted to go beyond creating a debit card for the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
How many Earths does your lifestyle require?
[[{“value”:” A new app called MyGlimpact is intended not only to help people understand their environmental footprint, but why they shouldn’t feel guilty about it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Prolific Machines, with a $55M Series B, shines ‘light’ on a better way to grow lab proteins for food and medicine
[[{“value”:” Prolific Machines believes it has a way of transitioning away from molecules to something better: light. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Punk singer Shira Yevin pushes for fair pay with InPink, a women-only job marketplace for artists
[[{“value”:” It’s been 20 years since Shira Yevin, the lead singer of punk band Shiragirl drove a pink RV into the Vans Warped Tour grounds, the now-defunct punk rock festival notorious for being male-dominated. In response to the festival’s lack of female-fronted bands, Yevin’s band crashed the festival and set up an impromptu all-female stage. This […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Qargo raises $14M to digitize and decarbonize the trucking industry
[[{“value”:” While the transport industry does use legacy software, many of these platforms are from an earlier era. Qargo hopes its newer technologies can help it leapfrog the competition. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Greptile raises $4M to build an AI-fueled code base expert
[[{“value”:” When you look at how generative AI is being implemented across developer tools, the focus for the most part has been on generating code, as with Github Copilot. Greptile, an early stage startup from a group of recent Georgia Tech grads, decided to take a different approach: using AI to help developers understand the code […] © 2024 TechCrunch….