Monday, March 11, 2024

TechCrunch Space: RIP $ASTR

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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy South by Southwest week for all who celebrate. On to the news.

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Watch: Elon Musk, Sam Altman and the rest of the billionaires are fighting over the future of AI

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The scrap over who should run OpenAI, and how it should be managed is still the hottest topic in tech. Most recently, former co-founder and backer Elon Musk sued the AI company best known for ChatGPT and its work with Microsoft for what he considers to be an abandonment of its founding principals. That suit […]

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Bluesky is funding developer projects to give its Twitter/X alternative a boost

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Would-be Twitter/X rival Bluesky is looking to more directly invest in its developer community in order to foster growth. The company last week announced “AT Protocol Grants,” a new program that will dole out small grants to developers building on its new social networking protocol. Initially, Bluesky said it would release $10,000 in grants of […]

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Alphabet spin-off SIP launches Verrus, a data center concept built around battery ‘microgrids’

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Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners — the Alphabet spinout that focuses on building and backing new approaches to complicated infrastructure problems in areas like power, broadband and waste management — has launched its latest project, a new concept for more flexible data center energy management called Verrus. Verrus incorporates “microgrids” based on advanced, high-power batteries with software […]

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Musk’s Grok goes open-source and Reddit updates its IPO filing

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Today we took a look at Reddit's new IPO filing, the potential impact of Grok being open sourced, and why Bobby Kotick wants to buy TikTok.

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Potential ‘meme stock’ Reddit to raise ~$748M in IPO, will let Redditors sell shares immediately

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Reddit’s IPO should be interesting to watch — and not just because the business remains unprofitable, but also because of how the company has chosen to bring in its community of active users and moderators into its public markets debut. In a new SEC filing, Reddit says it’s planning to sell around 22 million shares, priced […]

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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week

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Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, he said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open source roots. xAI released Grok last year, arming it with features including access to “real-time” information. The service is available to customers paying for X’s […]

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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week

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Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X’s AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open source roots. Musk’s AI startup xAI released Grok, featuring “real-time access” to information, last year. The service is available to customers paying for X’s subscription. Musk helped […]

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Rivian’s big bet, Waymo goes driverless in Austin and the Chevy Blazer EV returns

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TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week, it was all about Rivian […]

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Why does every startup want to help you get paid?

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Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at the piping hot global payroll space, neobank Dave’s financial results and related stock boost, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story […]

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‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence

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Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. After raising $28.1 million, it has now raised another $24 million (£19 million) in a fresh, extended Series A, funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja and Breega, with participation from existing investors Notion Capital and […]

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