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AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are venture capitalists so wary? When you scout venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they’ll tell you that companies are experimenting a lot but are very slow at getting there. Adding AI solutions to their ongoing business operations. But there are some exceptions. One of them […]

Watch this robotic “Superman suit” spin around the gymnastics bar Scientists at the Suzumori Endo Robotics Laboratory in Tokyo have developed the Superman suit: a suit powered by hydraulic artificial muscles that allows it to perform superhuman tasks. In this video, the suit demonstrates the ability to complete 15 turns around the bar, making anyone

The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline Henrik Fisker once envisioned a burgeoning EV empire at the startup he named after himself, which was to be led by the Ocean SUV. But cracks started showing in that vision almost as soon as the Ocean hit the road in 2023.  Fisker cut production targets

These were the most poorly handled data breaches of 2024 to last few yearsTechCrunch has I looked back In some of the worst cases of data breaches and security incidents that were hopefully mishandled – maybe! – Other giant companies will take notice and avoid committing some of the same disasters of yesteryear. To absolutely

Revenue-based finance startups continue to raise capital in the MENA region, where this model is working In an era where raising venture capital is becoming more difficult, many companies have turned to non-dilutive revenue-based financing (RBF) as an alternative. As a result, a lot of startups have risen to meet this challenge, especially in the

Bluesky is testing the trending topics feature Bluesky social network He said At Christmas he is testing a trending topic display. Trending topics appear on the social network’s desktop and mobile applications to users around the world. On desktop, you can see trending topics on the right sidebar, and in mobile apps, you can tap

Investor data shows PharmEasy’s $5.6 billion valuation shrinking to $456 million Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy is now worth about $456 million, according to disclosures from its investor Janus Henderson, a 92% decline from its peak valuation of $5.6 billion. British American Global Assets’ global research fund values ​​its 12.9 million PharmEasy share stake at $766,043,

Google uses Anthropic’s Claude to improve Gemini’s AI Contractors working to improve Google’s Gemini AI are comparing their answers with the output produced by Anthropic’s competing model, Claude, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch. Google would not say, when reached for comment by TechCrunch, whether it had permission to use Claude in testing against

GV, the Google-backed venture capital team, has broad powers, but it can’t do one thing David Crane is in an enviable position. As CEO of GV, the investment firm that Google funds entirely to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 can make a lot of bets — with only

Elon Musk’s xAI has secured $6 billion in new cash to boost its AI ambitions Updated December 25, 12:21 PM PT: Added details on xAI’s valuation and Kingdom Holdings’ shareholding. xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has He grew up $6 billion in Series C funding round. Company Announced this week Andreessen Horowitz, BlackRock, Fidelity,