Less than a year after closing its seed round, software-for-hardware startup Sift announced a $17.5 million Series A led by Google’s venture capital arm GV to scale their […]
Scientists discover how old Jupiter’s Great Red Spot really is
Astronomers used historical observations to conclude Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is at least 190 years old. It’s the biggest storm in the solar system.
CuspAI raises $30M to create a Gen-AI-driven search engine for new materials
The modern method of coming up with new materials is to make something and then use a computer to work out whether the material came out correctly. But […]
The 10 most exciting reveals from Summer Game Fest 2024
The annual Summer Game Fest keynote gave us at least a few cool games to look forward to.
This Week in AI: Ex-OpenAI staff call for safety and transparency
Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s inaugural AI newsletter. It’s truly a thrill to type those words — this one’s been long in the making, and we’re excited […]
Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are complex, computationally expensive and not typically something that startups focus on. But that’s exactly what Boston- and Berlin-based Dive is doing. The […]
DARPA and Slingshot build system to detect ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ adversary satellites
The number of satellites on low Earth orbit is poised to explode over the coming years as more mega-constellations come online, and it will create new opportunities for […]
Swiss startup Neural Concept raises $27M to cut EV design time to 18 months
As pressure from Chinese competitors intensifies and the EV market stalls, major U.S. and European auto manufacturers are racing to cut the cost of producing electric vehicles so […]
Go on, let bots date other bots
Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd raised eyebrows this week with her comments about how AI might change the dating experience. During an onstage interview, Bloomberg’s […]
Venus is 900 degrees. That’s surprisingly not why it’s bone-dry, study finds.
A team of scientists believe they’ve discovered how Venus has lost its oceans, and the reason is surprising — it’s not because the planet roasts at 900 degrees Fahrenheit.