[[{“value”:” A Finnish startup called Flow Computing is making one of the wildest claims ever heard in silicon engineering: by adding its proprietary companion chip, any CPU can instantly double its performance, increasing to as much as 100x with software tweaks. If it works, it could help the industry keep up with the insatiable compute demand […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
The VC queen of portfolio PR, Masha Bucher, has raised her largest fund yet: $150M
[[{“value”:” Five years ago, Day One Ventures had $11 million under management, and Bucher and her team have grown that to just over $450 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
AI news reader Particle adds publishing partners and $10.9M in new funding
[[{“value”:” Particle announced it has partnered with news organization Reuters to collaborate on new business models and experiments in monetization. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI raises $640 million
[[{“value”:” Mistral AI has closed its much rumored Series B funding round with General Catalyst leading the round. The company has secured €600 million (around $640 million at today’s exchange rate) in a mix of equity and debt. As TechCrunch previously reported, the startup is now valued at $6 billion following this funding round. As a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Cognigy lands cash to grow its contact center automation business
[[{“value”:” Cognigy is helping create AI that can handle the highly repetitive, rote processes center workers face daily. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Raspberry Pi is now a public company as its shares pop after IPO pricing
[[{“value”:” Who would have thought that Raspberry Pi, the maker of cheap, single-board computers, would become a public company? And yet, this is exactly what’s happening this week as Raspberry Pi priced its IPO this morning at £2.80 per share, which values the company at £542 million, or $690 million at today’s exchange rate. Shortly after […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
TechCrunch Space: A week that will go down in history
[[{“value”:” Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. What a week! In the same seven-day period, we watched Boeing’s Starliner launch astronauts to space for the first time, and then we got to watch those two astronauts dock with the International Space Station. And we also got to see SpaceX launch Starship for the fourth time […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations
[[{“value”:” Elon Musk’s posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Apple confirms plans to work with Google’s Gemini ‘in the future’
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How Urvashi Barooah broke into venture after everyone told her she couldn’t
[[{“value”:” When Urvashi Barooah applied to MBA programs in 2015, she focused her applications around her dream of becoming a venture capitalist. She got rejected from every school, and was told she was being unrealistic about her prospects in the venture industry, but she didn’t let that deter her. Now, eight years later, Barooah, 33, is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….