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Pitch Deck Teardown: NOQX’s $200K pre-seed deck
<div><p>Aside from the crucial omission of an Ask and Use of Funds slide, just about every slide in the deck felt almost very good — but then stumbled by overlooking an important detail.</p>
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TechCrunch Minute: Rabbit’s R1 vs Humane’s Ai Pin, which had the best launch?
<div><p>After a successful unveiling at CES, Rabbit is letting journalists try out the R1 — a small orange gadget with an AI-powered voice interface. This comes just weeks after the launch of the Humane Ai Pin, which is similarly pitched as a new kind of mobile device with AI at its center. While we’re still […]</p>
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Disrupt 2024 speaker applications close at midnight
<div><p>Act fast! Applications for our Call for Content close today, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’re a seasoned startup pro ready to lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 28-30, now’s your chance to apply! Send in your proposal to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 before the deadline hits. Your topic should […]</p>
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OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M
<div><p>The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law, and the sciences, has quietly closed a $15 million tranche. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, two unnamed investors contributed the $15 million in […]</p>
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Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills
<div><p>Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. The company told TechCrunch that the feature is available to English learners in Argentina, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Venezuela who have joined Search Labs, its program for users to experiment with early-stage Google Search experiences. The […]</p>
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Area man, Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, buys The Onion
<div><p>Jeff Lawson, co-founder and recently departed CEO of Twilio, is the proud new owner of satirical online newspaper The Onion.</p>
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Despite complaints, Apple hasn’t yet removed an obviously fake app pretending to be RockAuto
<div><p>Apple’s App Store isn’t always as trustworthy as the company claims. The latest example comes from RockAuto, an auto parts dealer popular with home mechanics and other DIYers, which is upset that a fake app masquerading as its official app has not been removed from the App Store, despite numerous complaints to Apple. RockAuto co-founder […]</p>
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Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok and medium news for early-stage startups
<div><p>Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to the perspective that the public markets are not as closed to tech startups as some thought. If Rubrik’s result isn’t enough to break the logjam, well, maybe there’s something else going on. But there was a lot more that […]</p>
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Thoma Bravo to take UK cybersecurity company Darktrace private in $5B deal
<div><p>Darktrace is set to go private in a deal that values the U.K.-based cybersecurity giant at around $5 billion. </p>
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Tesla Autopilot investigation closed after feds find 13 fatal crashes related to misuse
<div><p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving its misuse, including 13 that were fatal and “many more involving serious injuries.” At the same time, NHTSA is opening a new investigation to evaluate whether the Autopilot recall fix that Tesla implemented […]</p>
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Elon Musk Invested $1B Into Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg's 'Un-Woke' Production Studio?
Elon Musk has invested $1 billion dollars into actors Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s "un-woke" production company.
Elon Musk is waging war on multiple fronts — and now Australia is in the firing line
Elon Musk is no stranger to spats with public figures, but he's also been going into battle with judges, regulators, and ...
Elon Musk Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Leader. But Is He Really Worth 250 CEOs?
Whether or not you think Elon Musk deserves the stock option package that Tesla's board granted him, worth roughly $47 ...
Elon Musk’s Complicated Family Tree and How Many Siblings He Has
After becoming one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk also became one of the most famous as just about everyone ...
Elon Musk says X will now be payable for New Users
After Elon Musk announced that X will soon charge a small fee to post or engage on the social network, Adarsh examines the ...
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders
<div><p>xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal – which would give investors one quarter of the company – is expected to close in the next few weeks unless the terms […]</p>
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AuditBoard upgrades its risk management platform with built-in LLM descriptions
Prior to AuditBoard, many auditors relied on off-the-shelf spreadsheet software which they had to manually adjust to fit their needs.Read More
Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs
<div><p>Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than its core food delivery business, as per the bank’s sum-of-the-parts analysis. The investment bank estimates Blinkit’s implied value at 119 Indian rupees per share ($1.43) or about $13 billion, while Zomato’s food […]</p>
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The FTC’s ban on noncompete clauses could be good for startups. But it also might be struck down.
<div><p>The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban the use of most noncompete agreements on Tuesday. This ruling means companies can’t require employees who aren’t senior executives to wait a set amount of time before joining a competitor or launching their own company in the same category. While the FTC’s ruling will impact industries like […]</p>
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Intel reports 9% YoY Q1 growth, driven by computing, AI and edge products
Intel announced its earnings under its new financial structuring model as it seeks to establish itself as a leader in AI hardware.Read More