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Google Cloud’s CEO will discuss AI and what’s next at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Instagram is testing a feature to let you share feed posts just with ‘Close Friends’
Instagram users have been complaining for a while about the impersonal nature of the social network largely due to its algorithmic feed. The company has been trying to launch more avenues for users to share content with their friends. To that end, Instagram is now testing a feature that lets you share feed posts just […]
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Anduril acquires Blue Force Technologies, the company behind the Fury unmanned fighter jet
Venture-backed defense giant Anduril Industries is acquiring Blue Force Technologies, the advanced design and engineering firm behind the “Fury” unmanned fighter jet, as the company looks to build out its suite of autonomous systems for national security customers. The new acquisition positions Anduril to take advantage of what chief strategy officer Christian Brose called “the […]
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The question of gig worker status in Massachusetts is back on
A year ago, a Massachusetts court ruled to throw out a 2022 proposed ballot measure that sought to define gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Now it appears that proposal is getting a second wind. The state’s attorney general, Andrea Campbell, on Wednesday approved backers of the ballot measure to begin collecting the […]
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Hyperspectral startup Wyvern signs on to fly with Loft Orbital next year
Hyperspectral imagery startup Wyvern has booked space on a Loft Orbital satellite bus that will launch next year, a move that the company says will boost the capacity of its Dragonette satellite constellation. Wyvern, which graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, has launched two hyperspectral imagery satellites since it was founded in 2018. But […]
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Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback
Remember Clubhouse? At the peak of pandemic lockdowns, the invite-only social audio app soared with 10x month to month growth, then faded from public discourse almost as quickly as a16z investors opened their wallets. Now, Clubhouse is throwing a Hail Mary to try to become relevant again. Today, the company announced “the new Clubhouse,” which […]
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E-commerce loan startup Wayflyer secures $1B deal from Neuberger Berman
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Josys, a SaaS management platform, raises $93M
Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management, has raised a $93 million Series B round led by existing backer Global Brain and a new investor, Globis Capital Partners. The latest funding, which brings its total raised to $125 million, comes about a year after its $32 million Series […]
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Nonprofits can profit from a discount to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
This one goes out to all the nonprofit organizations. We see you, and we get it. Whether you’re building tech or buying it, a nonprofit budget stretches only so far. That’s why nonprofits (along with students, government and military employees) get a deep discount on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt on September 19–21 in San Francisco. […]
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Spotify strips lyrics from free tier for some users in new ‘test’
Spotify’s user base is growing faster than ever, but its paid-subscriber growth isn’t keeping pace with free listeners. That may be why it’s exploring pushing lyrics behind the paywall. Over the past few days, the music-streaming company made waves by locking down lyrics for some of its non-paying users. For those select free-tier listeners, Spotify […]
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Affordable, high-tech EVs in focus at Munich’s IAA Mobility 2023
Automakers around the world have been making an appearance this week at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, the largest auto show in Europe. One of the biggest themes at the event this year was the heightened competition between European and Chinese automakers, as the Europeans fight to introduce lower-cost EVs and catch up to China’s […]
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L3Harris inks three launch deal on Firefly’s Alpha rocket
Firefly Aerospace inked a new launch agreement with defense prime L3Harris Technologies for three launches on the Alpha rocket in 2026. Each mission will launch a single satellite manufactured by L3Harris for the U.S. government, part of a $TK million contract the company won from TK in TK. The launches will lift-off from Firefly’s launch […]
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Prosecutors in every state push to combat AI child exploitation
The Attorneys General in all 50 U.S. states, plus 4 territories, signed onto a letter calling for Congress to take action against AI-enabled child sexual abuse material (CSAM). “While internet crimes against children are already being actively prosecuted, we are concerned that AI is creating a new frontier for abuse that makes such prosecution more […]
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‘Ask Sophie’ book excerpt: A startup founder’s guide to O-1A visas
'Extraordinary ability or achievement' may sound lofty, but you don’t have to have a Nobel Prize to qualify for this visa!
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Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusing him, X of antisemitism
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