After announcing a strategic partnership with SoftBank in April, Perplexity — the AI search engine that has ambitions to take on Google — is now using the deal […]
Luma AI Dream Machine: What it is, how to try it
Luma AI launches new, publicly available text-to-video creator known as Dream Machine.
Fintech Brex abandons co-CEO model, talks IPO, cash burn and plans for a secondary sale
Since fintech startup Brex’s inception in 2017, its two co-founders Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi have run the company as co-CEOs. But starting today, the pair told TechCrunch […]
Waymo recalls all vehicles after robotaxi-telephone pole crash
Waymo has issued a second recall of its driverless taxis this year after one of its self-driving vehicles crashed into a pole.
Layoffs Got You? Grab A Half-Price Expo+ Pass
Layoffs are tough. This year alone, we’ve already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies according to layoffs.fyi. Looking for ways to grow your network can be even […]
VC Sheel Mohnot leads $4.3M seed in automated financial reporting fintech InScope
The financial reporting and auditing process is not often on the list of sexy topics that technology startups want to go after. And yet, when errors are made […]
Foresite Capital raises $900M sixth fund for investing in healthcare and life sciences companies
Venture fundraising has been a slog over the last few years, even for firms with a strong track record. That’s Foresite Capital’s experience. Despite having 47 IPOs, 28 […]
Elon Musk has dropped his OpenAI lawsuit with no explanation
Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI. He initially claimed there was an agreement OpenAI’s tech would be open source.
DC’s political class doesn’t know Y Combinator exists, but it’s trying to change that
Washington, D.C., may be the hub for legislation and regulation that affects startups, but many people in the city don’t know anything about one of the more prominent […]
GM gives Cruise $850M lifeline as it relaunches robotaxis in Houston
General Motors is investing $850 million into Cruise as the autonomous vehicle subsidiary slowly makes its way back to testing in Phoenix, Dallas and, as of Tuesday, Houston. […]