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 […]
VC firm Antler’s CEO says Asia presents ‘biggest opportunity’ in the world for growth
Asia’s startup ecosystem hasn’t been doing well in the past couple years, as everything from geopolitics to higher interest rates affected investors’ willingness to write checks. Many venture […]
Lina Khan, Steve Case & more join StrictlyVC in Washington, D.C.
Late last summer, TechCrunch joined forces with StrictlyVC to create smaller, more intimate evenings for our readers. Already this year, we’ve hosted these nights in San Francisco and […]
TikTok ban could harm Amazon sellers looking for alternatives
In March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in U.S. app stores. Much of […]
Women in AI: Claire Leibowicz, AI and media integrity expert at PAI
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 […]
We tested Anthropic’s new chatbot — and came away a bit disappointed
This week, Anthropic, the AI startup backed by Google, Amazon and a who’s who of VCs and angel investors, released a family of models — Claude 3 — […]
Jua raises $16M to build a foundational AI model for the natural world, starting with the weather
Large AI models — the big troves of language, vision and audio data that power generative artificial intelligence services — are shaping up to be as significant in […]
Taiwan’s president-elect faces growing challenges with Taiwan’s chip industry
Lai Ching-te, who won Taiwan’s presidential election last Saturday, will be facing a crossroads in the country’s technology industry when he takes office in May. Lai’s administration will […]
Berlin climate startup ecoworks is using a high tech blend to decarbonize buildings
Berlin-based climate startup ecoworks is using digital technologies, AI and industrial robots to tackle a huge and critical problem: Energy inefficient buildings. Around three-quarters of buildings in Europe […]
At COP28, the world finally acknowledged the obvious
I have a confession to make: I don’t usually follow the UN climate change conference proceedings until the very end. This year’s COP28 was no different. Not because […]