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Index Ventures raises $2.3 billion for new venture and growth funds

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Techme101

Index Ventures is announcing $2.3 billion in new funds to finance the next generation of tech startups globally. These new funds are spread across different stages with $800 million dedicated to venture investment and $1.5 billion set aside for growth … Continue reading →

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Anthropic’s Claude adds a prompt playground to quickly improve your AI apps

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Techme101

Prompt engineering became a hot job last year in the AI industry, but it seems Anthropic is now developing tools to at least partially automate it. Anthropic released several new features on Tuesday to help developers create more useful applications … Continue reading →

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AI startup Hebbia raised $130M at a $700M valuation on $13 million of profitable revenue

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Techme101

Hebbia, a startup that uses generative AI to search large documents and respond to large questions, has raised a $130 million Series B at a roughly $700 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Index Ventures, Google Ventures … Continue reading →

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NovoNutrients tweaks its bugs to turn CO2 into protein for people and pets

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

NovoNutrients has raised a $18 million Series A round from investors to build a pilot-scale facility to prove that its fermentation process works at scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Uber for Teens has reignited an old debate over fingerprinting drivers

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

Seven years ago, Uber and Lyft blocked an effort to require ride-hailing app drivers to get fingerprinted in California. But by launching Uber for Teens earlier this year, the company inadvertently resurfaced the issue. Now a broader debate is underway … Continue reading →

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Bumble users can now report profiles that use AI-generated photos

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

Bumble’s new reporting option arrives at a time when, unfortunately, AI-generated photos on dating apps are common © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Talky social app Airchat gets a major overhaul, making it more like an asynchronous Clubhouse

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

The concept of Airchat is fun, especially if you’re someone who loves to send voice memos instead of typing out long paragraphs on your phone keyboard. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Openvibe combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

Ahead of these potential competitors comes Openvibe, a simple aggregator for the open social web. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Should venture capitalists be held accountable when startups screw up?

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! Last week was a holiday in the United States, so news was a bit lighter than normal. But there was still fintech-related items to report, including the ongoing drama around Synapse and partner Evolve Bank, Revolut’s … Continue reading →

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Alexa co-creator gives first glimpse of Unlikely AI’s tech strategy

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Techme101

After announcing a whopping $20 million seed last year, Unlikely AI‘s founder William Tunstall-Pedoe has kept the budding UK foundation model maker’s approach under lock and key. Until now: TechCrunch can exclusively reveal it’s taking a “neuro-symbolic” approach to its … Continue reading →

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