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DeepWell DTx receives FDA clearance for its therapeutic video game developer tools

There’s something oddly refreshing about starting the day by solving the Wordle. According to DeepWell DTx, there’s a scientific explanation for why our brains might feel just a bit better after a quick break to play a game. In fact, … Continue reading

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These two friends built a simple tool to transfer playlists between Apple Music and Spotify, and it works great

Soundiiz is a free third-party tool that builds portability tools through existing APIs and acts as a translator between the services. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now

In early 2018, VC Mike Moritz wrote in the FT that “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead,” noting the pace of work at tech companies was “furious” and that China offered “investment opportunities in the best companies.”  … Continue reading

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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs comes out of stealth with $230M in funding

Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford professor many deem the “Godmother of AI,” has raised $230 million for her new startup, World Labs, from backers including Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Radical Ventures. World Labs is valued at over $1 billion, and the … Continue reading

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Fintech Bolt is buying out the investor suing over Ryan Breslow’s $30M loan

Bolt says it has settled its long-standing lawsuit with its investor Activant Capital. One-click payments startup Bolt is settling the suit by buying out the investor’s stake “after which Activant will no longer hold any interest in Bolt,” the company … Continue reading

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Dave and Varo Bank execs are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The rise of neobanks has been fascinating to witness, as a number of companies in recent years have grown from merely challenging traditional banks to being massive players in and of themselves. Dave and Varo Bank are just two examples … Continue reading

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First impressions of ChatGPT o1: An AI designed to overthink it

OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first chance to try AI models that pause to “think” before they answer. There’s been a lot of hype building up to these models, codenamed “Strawberry” inside OpenAI. … Continue reading

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A fight is brewing as TuSimple tries to move $450M to China and pivot from self-driving trucks to AI animation

TuSimple, once a buzzy startup considered a leader in self-driving trucks, is trying to move its assets to China to fund a new AI-generated animation and video game business. The pivot has not only puzzled and enraged several shareholders, but … Continue reading

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Some startups and investors are more risk-averse than others

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week once again proved that the startup world isn’t homogeneous when … Continue reading

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Y Combinator expanding to four cohorts a year in 2025

Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator will expand the number of cohorts it runs each year from two to four starting in 2025, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Y Combinator president Garry Tan told the site that approximately the same number of … Continue reading

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