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Uber to launch OpenAI-powered AI assistant to answer driver EV questions
Uber is continuing its push to bring more electric vehicles onto the ride-hail and delivery platform, and it thinks giving drivers a chatbot to answer all their EV questions will help. Starting early 2025, Uber will launch an AI assistant for … Continue reading
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Open source BI platform Lightdash gets Accel’s backing to bring AI to business intelligence
Lightdash, a business intelligence (BI) platform and open source alternative to Google’s Looker, is lifting the lid on a new product that allows companies to train “AI analysts” specific to individual teams’ use-cases, enabling anyone in a company to query … Continue reading
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Revyze, a ‘TikTok for education’ startup, draws on Duolingo to add bite-sized learning too
Middle and high schoolers are both the easiest and most difficult audience. If you’re developing a neat little video game, chances are they’re willing to download it right away. But if, like the team behind Revyze, you’re working on a … Continue reading
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French biotech Generare speeds up hunt for new drugs by cloning natural molecules
French biotech startup Generare has closed a €5 million seed round (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) to step up development of what it touts as a highly scalable approach to identifying promising compounds for drug discovery that already … Continue reading
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Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager steps down in move described as temporary
Michael Gronager, co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, has taken a personal leave of absence from the company. The blockchain analysis outfit isn’t sharing why but says the development is temporary. According to The Block, which first reported the news, Chainalysis … Continue reading
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General Catalyst is working on a ‘continuation’ fund worth up to $1B, sources say
General Catalyst, one of Silicon Valley’s largest capital firms, is gearing up to launch what’s known as a “continuation fund” worth between $800 million and $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the plans. A continuation fund consists of … Continue reading
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VC firm NFX laid off 4 employees and plans to hire more investors
Venture capital firm NFX laid off four employees in September as the firm looks to “rebalance” its resources from its software and product teams to its investing team, general partner Pete Flint told TechCrunch. The layoffs included one product leader … Continue reading
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Tesla Robotaxi event: How to watch the reveal Thursday
Tesla loves to put on a show, and Thursday’s Robotaxi reveal might just be the flashiest of them all. The electric vehicle-maker is slated to unveil its much-hyped Robotaxi vehicle at Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studio in Burbank, California. For … Continue reading
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The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite
China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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India regulator issues notice to Ola Electric over consumer rights concerns
The Central Consumer Protection Authority, India’s consumer rights regulator, has sent a show-cause notice to Ola Electric over alleged violation of consumer rights, escalating troubles for the leading electric vehicle maker whose shares dropped 9% earlier on Monday, The notice, … Continue reading
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