Startups must add AI value beyond ChatGPT integration
The AI hype train is going full swing. At this point, it is hard to name an industry not affected by this disruptive technology. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Hackers accessed sensitive health data of Welltok patients
Hackers accessed the personal data of more than a million people by exploiting a security vulnerability in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform owned by Virgin Pulse. Welltok, a Denver-based
China’s tech giants dip their toes into web3, but prospects are limited so far
During the Staking Summit in Istanbul, a conference attended by hundreds of individuals involved in the staking practice of the crypto ecosystem, two exhibition booths stood out. They belonged to Tencent and Huawei.
Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle
OpenAI is in the process of fully collapsing on itself, following the ousting of former CEO Sam Altman in a shock board decision. Exactly why the board decided to fire Altman is still unclear, but it seems
Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023
For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of both great hits and big misses. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Most of OpenAI’s employees threaten to quit if Sam Altman isn’t reappointed CEO
The OpenAI saga continues. This morning, Ilya Sutskever, the AI startup’s chief scientist and board director, published a mea culpa of sorts on X (formerly) Twitter. Sutskever was among those who pushed to abruptly
SEVA, a new growth equity fund, secures $85M for debut fund in four months
SEVA intends to invest in New York-based customer-centric founders of fast-growing, bootstrapped companies to scale via profitable growth. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
LucidLink lands $75M for its on-demand file streaming tech
LucidLink, a startup offering a platform that enables teams to work on files without having to download or sync them, today announced that it raised $75 million in a Series C round led by Brighton Park Capital with
Microsoft’s Copilot Rises From the Ashes of Bob and Clippy
Copilot technology was still in its infancy only eight months ago. Last week, it went to general availability at top enterprises, and now 70% of users indicate they don’t want to work without this capability. The
FBI exposes Scattered Spider’s alliance with notorious ransomware gang
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have exposed new details about the cybercrime group Scattered Spider and its collaboration with the notorious