by Alex Wilhelm | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Perplexity AI‘s latest, large fundraising event could be quickly superseded by another, even larger chunk of capital, TechCrunch reports. Yes, the $62.7 million that the startup raised at just over a $1 billion valuation could be quickly stomped on by a raise of...
by Mary Ann Azevedo | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
Eniac has raised $60 million for Select 1, the firm’s vehicle for follow-on later-stage investments, and $160 million for Eniac VI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
by Kyle Wiggers | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Stainless, a startup building a platform to generate SDKs from APIs, has raised a seed round of funding from Sequoia. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
by Aisha Malik | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements
President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to sell it within a year. The bill, which includes aid for Ukraine and Israel, was passed by the U.S. Senate in a 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House passed it...
by Lauren Forristal | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Sanlo, a fintech startup that helps gaming companies manage finances, announced Wednesday the closed beta launch of its webshop tool, giving select game developers and studios a plug-in-play solution that works alongside their existing tech stacks. Gaming companies...
by Ron Miller | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
As the notion of the AI agent begins to take hold, and more tasks will be completed without a human involved, it is going to require a new kind of authentication to make sure only agents with the proper approval can access particular resources. Anon, an early stage...
by Theresa Loconsolo | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States passed the Senate. And the President is expected to sign it. Given that China has made noise that...
by Kyle Wiggers | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Nvidia is acquiring Run:ai, a startup that makes it easier for developers and operations teams to manage and optimize their AI infrastructure, for an undisclosed sum. Ctech reported earlier this morning the companies were in “advanced negotiations” that...
by Zack Whittaker | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements
The location-sharing app iSharing, which has 35 million users, fixed vulnerabilities that exposed users’ personal information and precise location data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
by Ivan Mehta | Apr 24, 2024 | Business Enhancements
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and other services, announced a new program today allowing merchants using Square’s solutions to convert a percentage of their daily sales to bitcoin. The feature, rolling out in the U.S. starting today, will transfer...