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Alsym wants to ‘light up homes for a billion people’ with its new battery

The battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Full Glass Wine raises $14M to continue DTC marketplaces spree, buys Bright Cellars

Full Glass Wine, a brand acquisition management startup that specializes in acquiring wine marketplaces, has raised a $14 million Series A round to continue acquiring DTC (direct-to-consumer) wine marketplaces, aiming to lead the DTC wine market.  DTC wine brands sell … Continue reading

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After reaching profitability, carpooling platform BlaBlaCar secures $108 million debt line

BlaBlaCar is an iconic name in the French startup ecosystem. The carpooling and bus ticketing company has been around for so long that it’s hard to consider it a startup anymore. Still, BlaBlaCar is an extremely interesting company today due … Continue reading

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Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years

The Indian government has finally resolved a years-long cybersecurity issue that exposed reams of sensitive data about its citizens. A security researcher exclusively told TechCrunch he found at least hundreds of documents containing citizens’ personal information — including Aadhaar numbers, … Continue reading

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HD raises $5.6M to build a Sierra AI for healthcare in Southeast Asia

Chatbots have come a long way. For years, they were limited to responding with predetermined replies that followed a simple logic structure. But customers can have complex problems, and no tree-diagram of possible replies can have enough branches to account … Continue reading

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Photoncycle targets low-cost energy storage with a clever hydrogen solution

For years, the solar energy sector has grappled with interseasonal energy storage. The ability to harness the surplus solar energy of summer months for use during the winter has remained an elusive goal, with existing solutions like batteries falling short … Continue reading

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@Potus just joined the fediverse via Instagram Threads

The fediverse — the name for the social network made of interconnected servers, like Mastodon and others — just got another boost of legitimacy Tuesday as the @Potus (President of the United States) account on Instagram Threads shared its first … Continue reading

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Anthropic researchers wear down AI ethics with repeated questions

How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques, and Anthropic researchers just found a new one, in which a large language model can be convinced to tell you … Continue reading

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Thrive Market’s Nick Green talks building a billion-dollar grocery company

Nick Green, one of the company’s co-founders, stopped by Found to chat about his company and the market’s evolution since he first launched it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Meta (again) denies that Netflix read users’ private Facebook messages

The document alleges that Facebook even cut spending on original programming for its Facebook Watch video service so as not to compete with Netflix, a large Facebook advertiser. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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