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Quadratic is reimagining the spreadsheet with a focus on data
Not a lot of thought goes into the average spreadsheet. Yet, increasingly, spreadsheets are becoming an essential tool for data teams. Entrepreneur David Kircos knows this well; he […]
Women in AI: Urvashi Aneja is researching the social impact of AI in India
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve […]
WarpStream is building a cheaper, cloud-native data streaming service
When the open source streaming service, Apache Kafka, was created in 2011 at LinkedIn, it was a different world. Most companies were still on prem. The notion of […]
Axonius, a specialist in cyber asset managment, secures $200M at a flat $2.6B valuation
Axonius, one of the bigger players in the world of enterprise asset management — understanding and monitoring the digital assets and infrastructure that make up an organization’s network […]
Amba Kak creates policy recommendations to address AI concerns
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed […]
DatologyAI is building tech to automatically curate AI training data sets
Massive training data sets are the gateway to powerful AI models — but often, also those models’ downfall. Biases emerge from prejudicial patterns concealed in large data sets, […]
New climate deniers are making millions on YouTube. But they’re lying.
A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that YouTube is proliferating money-making climate denial content — and many, including teens, are falling for it.
Antitrust enforcers admit they’re in a race to understand how to tackle AI
Antitrust enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic are grappling to get a handle on AI, a conference in Brussels heard yesterday. It’s a moment that demands “extraordinary […]
Nile raises $11.6M in seed funding to build a Postgres-powered data layer for SaaS applications
SaaS needs a new data system. That’s the driving idea behind Nile, a startup that aims to create this data system with serverless Postgres at its core. Co-founded […]