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Tom Gardiner and Harry Marshall founded Trevor.io in 2016 as a no-code business intelligence platform to help non-data people run analysis on their internal data. That business was solid, but customers increasingly started asking the company for access to the … Continue reading →

Byte Federal, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S., said the personal data of thousands of customers may have been compromised during a recent breach. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Florida-based Byte Federal said hackers … Continue reading →

Anybotics has closed its Series B round at $110 million, some 18 months after announcing it had raised a $50 million Series B. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Upvest might not be a familiar name if you don’t pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are you’ve already interacted with the company’s products. Founded by Martin Kassing (pictured above), the Berlin-based startup builds a white-label investment … Continue reading →

Laam, a curated online fashion marketplace based in Pakistan, has raised $5.5 million in a seed round to take South Asian fashion to the world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI says ChatGPT, Sora, and its developer-facing API are experiencing a major outage, according to the company’s status page. The company says it’s identified a pathway to recovery and is working on a fix as of 4:55pm PT Wednesday evening, … Continue reading →

SolarSquare has raised $40 million in what is the largest venture round in India’s solar sector. The Mumbai-based startup bootstrapped and was profitable selling to corporate customers for five years before switching to residential solar in 2021. Now it has … Continue reading →

GM’s decision to shut down its Cruise robotaxi program continues to ripple through the market, extending to the self-driving car company’s minority investors. Microsoft, which in 2021 made an investment into Cruise, will take $800 million impairment charge as a … Continue reading →

University endowments could be taxed much higher under Trump. That may harm VCs, an investor warns. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI has never revealed exactly which data it used to train Sora, its video-generating AI. But from the looks of it, at least some of the data might’ve come from Twitch streams and walkthroughs of games. Sora launched on Monday, … Continue reading →