[[{“value”:” President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time. After so many false starts and stops, some creator economy founders and their clients are rolling their eyes. They’ve been through this before. “I think two years ago, this would have been devastating,” Karat Financial co-founder and co-CEO […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup
[[{“value”:” “When an investor passes on you, they will not tell you the real reason,” said Tom Blomfield, group partner at Y Combinator. “At seed stage, frankly, no one knows what’s going to fucking happen. The future is so uncertain. All they’re judging is the perceived quality of the founder. When they pass, what they’re thinking […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Deal Dive: Givebutter is turning a profit making tech for nonprofits
[[{“value”:” Givebutter recently raised $50 million for its CRM platform for nonprofits as startups building tech for that industry gain momentum. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
The ‘valley of death’ for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up
[[{“value”:” It’s easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It’s much harder once they need money to scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
A wrestling match over who should control robotaxis is playing out in California
[[{“value”:” Cities around the country have long been crying out for more control over how autonomous vehicles are deployed on their streets. In California, they might finally get their wish. A handful of AV-related bills, which made progress this month in their long journey through the state legislature, could put more restrictions on companies like Cruise, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Creators of Sora-powered short explain AI-generated video’s strengths and limitations
[[{“value”:” OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora took the AI community by surprise in February with fluid, realistic video that seems miles ahead of competitors. But the carefully stage-managed debut left out a lot of details — details that have been filled in by a filmmaker given early access to create a short using Sora. Shy Kids […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
How Rubrik’s IPO paid off big for Greylock VC Asheem Chandna
[[{“value”:” Asheem Chandna says he was so impressed with founder Bipul Sinha’s grit and tech, he led Rubrik’s $40 million Series B in 2015. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
[[{“value”:” EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models. Earlier this month, the company informed users via email that it was adding a new clause to its Terms & Conditions that would grant it the rights to upload […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free
[[{“value”:” Meta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and advertising company has installed in as many of its apps and interfaces as possible. How does this model stack up against other all-purpose conversational AIs? It tends to regurgitate a lot of web search […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
So are we banning TikTok or what? Also: Can an influencer really tank an $800M company?
[[{“value”:” Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Ticktock, TikTok: It’s been a wild week for TikTok. Even as the company starts testing its Twitter competitor in certain markets and launches its luxury secondhand shop […] © 2024 TechCrunch….