Tag: Startup

A social media spat between billionaire tech investors is raising questions about the journalistic independence of three-year-old news outfit SF Standard, after a reporter representing the outlet reached out to sources for a story about VC Ben Horowitz and his wife Felicia. The Standard’s sole backer is another longtime VC…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinPlanteray Mister Fogg Navy Rum Maison Ferrand Alexandre Gabriel, owner and master blender of Maison Ferrand and the West Indies Rum Distillery, has long been driven by a curiosity in the history of spirits and reviving forgotten techniques. That is evident in the birth of Citadelle Gin from the…

Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. In CrowdTangle’s place, Meta is offering its Content Library — but is limiting usage to people from “qualified academic or nonprofit institutions who are pursuing scientific or public interest research.” Many researchers…

World Labs, a stealthy startup founded by renowned Stanford University AI professor Fei-Fei Li, has raised two rounds of financing two months apart, according to multiple reports. The latest financing was led by NEA and valued the company at over $1 billion, TechCrunch has learned from several people with knowledge of the investments…

One of the first topics tackled was the impractical nature of today’s video generators. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

The Tesla CEO’s shenanigans with the former president drew ire from the auto union…

Google launched Gemini Live during its Made By Google event in Mountain View, California, on Tuesday. The feature allows you to have a semi-natural spoken conversation, not typed out, with an AI chatbot powered by Google’s latest large language model. TechCrunch was there to test it out firsthand…

SB 1047 has drawn the ire of Silicon Valley players large and small, including venture capitalists, big tech trade groups, researchers and startup founders. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

Kristen Faulkner astonishing Olympic success of two gold medals stems from lessons learned from her former career as a venture capitalist, she says. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…

Google Pixel 8 devices made in India start rolling off the production lines just ahead of the Pixel 9 launch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…