Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Gen Phoenix’s upcycled leather woos luxury brand investors

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The materials developer formerly known as ELeather has a new name and $18 million in fresh growth funding from some of the world’s fanciest brands. Now going by Generation Phoenix, the upcycler says its new investors include Coach parent Tapestry, Jaguar Land Rover and Dr. Martens, plus lead investor Material Impact and prior investor Hermès. […]

Gen Phoenix’s upcycled leather woos luxury brand investors by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

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Warner Bros. in talks about a ‘Harry Potter’ TV series for HBO Max

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Warner Bros. is in talks about a “Harry Potter” Max Original series on HBO Max, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to TechCrunch. The company is nowhere near striking a deal yet, the source tells us. Bloomberg was the first to report about the potential deal. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav […]

Warner Bros. in talks about a ‘Harry Potter’ TV series for HBO Max by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

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The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI

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Writing a report on the state of AI must feel a lot like building on shifting sands: by the time you hit publish, the whole industry has changed under your feet. But there are still important trends and takeaways in Stanford’s 386-page bid to summarize this complex and fast-moving domain. The AI Index, from the […]

The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon

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Colossal Biosciences bills itself as the “de-extinction company” and is seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian tiger) and the dodo. Co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm told me all about why it wants to do that on stage at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin a couple weeks ago, and […]

Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

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Monday, April 3, 2023

‘There’s too much opportunity’ in Cerebral Valley

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Evan Buhler moved to San Francisco’s Hayes Valley three months ago to build an AI company that would combine the buzzy technology and his experience as a startup attorney. At the time, he didn’t realize he had moved to the heart of a movement. Hayes Valley, which has been nicknamed “Cerebral Valley” by tech enthusiasts […]

‘There’s too much opportunity’ in Cerebral Valley by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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Quantexa raises $129M at a $1.8B valuation to help navigate online fraud and customer data management

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Financial fraud and other online crime continue to present major threats to businesses, and they remain a key focus for regulators requiring more rigorous efforts to keep illicit activity at bay. Now, London-based Quantexa — one of the big startups providing AI and other tools to major banks and others in financial services, governments and […]

Quantexa raises $129M at a $1.8B valuation to help navigate online fraud and customer data management by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

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Black former Tesla worker payout for racial bias slashed from $15M to $3.2M

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Owen Diaz, the Black former elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont factory, has seen his payout in a racial bias lawsuit slashed from $15 million to $3.2 million. Monday’s verdict from a federal jury in San Francisco came after a week-long trial, in which Tesla was once again found to have failed to prevent severe racial […]

Black former Tesla worker payout for racial bias slashed from $15M to $3.2M by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Daily Crunch: Patreon rival Fanfix projects paying creators $50M by end of 2023

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Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

Daily Crunch: Patreon rival Fanfix projects paying creators $50M by end of 2023 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork? A tale of two labor markets.

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We compared pass/fail rates in our users’ mock interviews with whether users marked themselves as OpenToWork on their LinkedIns. Here are the results.

Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork? A tale of two labor markets. by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch

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Report: Klaviyo to IPO later this year

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As the stock market cooled last year, it led to a dearth of startup IPOs. That could be about to change. The Wall Street Journal reports that Klaviyo, the Boston-based marketing automation startup that has raised over $775 million, is going to pull the trigger later this year. If it’s true that the company has […]

Report: Klaviyo to IPO later this year by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

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Twitter’s new dog icon is sending dogecoin — sigh — to the moon

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Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. You can see it for yourself on Twitter.com, where you will be greeted with a pup: The particular dog image — a shiba inu — corresponds with the logo of the dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency. Normally […]

Twitter’s new dog icon is sending dogecoin — sigh — to the moon by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

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AirTree backs generative AI content creation and management platform Narrato

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Generative AI is hot among venture capital firms now, with $4.5 billion invested in 2022. Narrato, a AI content creation and collaboration platform, announced today it has joined the ranks of other generative AI startups with VC funding. Based in San Francisco, Narrato raised a $1 million pre-seed round led by AirTree Ventures, the Australian […]

AirTree backs generative AI content creation and management platform Narrato by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

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Spotify is shutting down its live audio app Spotify Live

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Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The company says it will continue to explore live features on its main platform. The news was first reported by Music Ally. “After a period of experimentation and learnings around how Spotify users interact with live audio, […]

Spotify is shutting down its live audio app Spotify Live by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

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