​[[{“value”:” This morning on Equity, we have good news for crypto founders, notes on Akamai’s $450M acquisition of Noname, and billion-dollar deals from Wiz and Wayve. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]  

​[[{“value”:” Google DeepMind has taken the wraps off a new version of AlphaFold, their transformative machine learning model that predicts the shape and behavior of proteins. AlphaFold 3 is not only more accurate, but predicts interactions with other biomolecules, making it a far more versatile research tool — and the company is putting a limited version […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Uber plans to deliver more perks to Uber One members, like member-exclusive events, in a bid to gain more revenue through subscriptions.  “You will see more member-exclusives coming up where members have exclusive access to events and experiences, which will kind of surprise and delight our members,” said Uber chief financial officer Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah Wednesday […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” We’ve all seen them. The inspector with a clipboard, walking around a building, ticking off the last time the fire extinguishers were checked, or if all the lights are working. They work in the TICC (Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance) space, and they literally tick boxes. And while the job may seem simple enough to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded a company, Replay, that created a video format for 360-degree replays — the sorts of replays that have become part and parcel of major sports broadcasts. Replay caught the attention of Intel, which acquired the company in 2016 for a  reported $175 million, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Usually, when something starts to rot, it gets pitched in the trash. But Joanne Rodriguez wants to turn the concept of rot on its head by growing fungus on trash to turn it into something better. “We train mushrooms to eat trash and create renewable, bio-based raw materials,” she told TechCrunch. Rodriguez is the founder […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Monzo has raised another £150 million ($190 million), as the challenger bank looks to expand its presence internationally — particularly in the U.S. The new round comes just two months after Monzo raised £340 million ($425 million), meaning the London-based company has now raised north of $610 million in 2024, and $1.5 billion since its inception nine […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” iRobot has announced the successor to longtime CEO, Colin Angle. Gary Cohen, who previous held chief executive role at Timex and Qualitor Automotive, will be heading up the company, marking a major shift from his predecessor, Angle, a cofounder of the company who held the role from 1997 until January of this year. Cohen joins iRobot at […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Reddit — now a publicly-traded company with more scrutiny on revenue growth — is putting a big focus on boosting its international audience, starting with francophones. In their first-ever earnings call, CEO Steve Huffman confirmed the company is now working on automatic translations of the site’s content, in real-time, into French, thanks to advances in […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” The robotics company builds intelligent robots that are purpose-made to tackle the “dirty” jobs that people don’t want to do. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]