Arch has a plan to help HVAC contractors install more heat pumps
The startup is relying on automation to speed design and quoting of residential heat pump installations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Bulletin is a new AI-powered news reader that tackles clickbait and summaries stories
After the shutdown of the buzzy AI news app Artifact from Instagram’s founders, a new app called Bulletin is also now turning to AI to help remove clickbait and summarize the day’s news. Except in this case, users
LockBit claims cyberattack on Indian broker Motilal Oswal
The prolific ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for hacking one of India’s top brokerage firms, Motilal Oswal. Indian authorities say they are aware and investigating the incident. On Tuesday,
Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal talks closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Tigran Sloyan, the co-founder and CEO of skills assessment platform CodeSignal. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google’s new Gemini model can analyze an hour-long video — but few people can use it
Last October, a research paper published by a Google data scientist, the CTO of Databricks Matei Zaharia and UC Berkeley professor Pieter Abbeel posited a way to allow GenAI models — i.e. models along the lines of
Why Sequoia is funding open source developers via a new equity-free fellowship
Sequoia Capital plans to fund up to three open source software developers annually, as a continuation of a program it debuted last year. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm announced the Sequoia Open Source
Scribe raises $25M Series B to automate internal knowledge capture
Back in the 90s, the notion of knowledge management was born, the idea that there is corporate memory locked inside employees, who know the ins and outs of various systems. The problem was recording and updating
Google makes more Gemini models available to developers
Google is expanding the range of Gemini large language models it is making available to developers on its Vertex AI platform today. Gemini 1.0 Pro (which was still known as Gemini Pro 1.0 only a week ago — because
.406 Ventures secures $265M for fifth fund
When looking at startups within healthcare, data and AI and cybersecurity, the firm considers a number of factors like the plan for infrastructure, especially now that AI is everywhere. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights
We tested Google’s Gemini chatbot — here’s how it performed
Gemini, Google’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, is here. Is it any good? While it’s a solid option for research and productivity, it stumbles in obvious — and some not-so-obvious — places. Last