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Initialized Capital is restructuring its team to “meet the moment” in the venture market, according to a blog post from the firm’s managing partner Brett Gibson. The San Francisco-based venture capital firm, originally founded by Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and … Continue reading →

A roundup of the year’s billion-dollar take-private deals in the technology sector. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday announced that it has sentenced a pair of Chinese citizens residing in Maryland following a massive bid to defraud Apple. According to the officials, the scheme involved sending more than 6,000 knockoff iPhones from … Continue reading →

In addition to OpenAI’s new $6.6 billion megaround of funding at a post-money valuation of $157 billion, the outfit has secured a $4 billion revolving line of credit, it disclosed in a post Thursday night. The arrangement gives it “access … Continue reading →

Google is rolling out a redesigned AI Overviews experience — with ads — and expanding its test of AI-organized results pages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In a world where tech trends often create a frenzy of investments, the temptation to follow the crowd can be overwhelming. But the business of trends is a dangerous game. When everyone is diving headfirst into the latest “next big … Continue reading →

The tech world took a major double take this year when a security startup called Wiz founded out of Israel just four years earlier became the subject of a record-breaking, $23 billion acquisition attempt by Google — an offer the … Continue reading →

The U.S. IT software giant confirmed this week that the vulnerability, fixed in May, is now being used to target a “limited number” of Ivanti customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

There are many hypotheses about what capabilities will need to come online for the growing space industry to flourish, but two of the biggest concern in-space mobility and in-space refueling. To have a fully independent space economy, proponents argue, we’ll … Continue reading →

Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) have been all the rage in recent years, upending traditional online search via the likes of ChatGPT while improving customer support, content generation, translation and more. Now, one fledgling startup is using LLMs … Continue reading →