Sam Altman dismissed what he called a "conspiracy theory" from a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Struggling electric van startup Canoo has placed its remaining employees on what it’s calling a “mandatory unpaid break” through at least the end of the year, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. The company told employees they are being loc...

On the first day of Y Combinator the founders of PearAI got “cancelled." They used the hate to launch a new product, raise $1 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday proposed a new national framework that could make it easier for companies to deploy at scale autonomous vehicles without traditional manual driving controls — like steering wheels,...

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 was full of news, likely because it is also the last “real” week of 2024. Which is ano...

Chip company Nvidia gets the green light from the European Union to complete its acquisition of Run:ai. The EU came to a unanimous decision today that Nvidia could go ahead with its acquisition of Israeli GPU orchestration platform Run:ai, according...

Google said Friday that the company is expanding Gemini’s latest in-depth research mode to 40 more languages. The company launched the in-depth research mode earlier this month, allowing Google One AI premium plan users to unlock an AI-powered resear...

OpenAI saved its biggest announcement for the last day of its 12-day “shipmas” event. On Friday, the company unveiled o3, the successor to the o1 “reasoning” model it released earlier in the year. o3 is a model family, to be more precise — as was the...

There is a new venture fund in town. Swizzle Ventures, founded by Jessica Kamada, former COO of the marketing agency Bamboo, has raised just over $5 million for its Fund I, according to an SEC filing. There was no target raise amount.  The firm, whic...

Hi there, Here's my update about Insurtech and Fintech just after #ThanksGivings...Pricing on Insurance, what about GEN-AI AgentsThe insurance industry has long relied on traditional risk evaluation models to determine premiums. These models, while f...

Hi there,Here's my weekly update for September 23rd, 2024...🗒️ Main Trends of Generative Agents in Insurance with BELLA TwinEver wondered how generative agents are transforming the insurance industry?Generative agents are game changers, offering pers...

Hi there,Here's my weekly update for September 8th, 2024...🗒️ Case Study: Digital Transformation in Insurance with BELLA TwinExplore this BELLA Twin case study to understand how the company is driving digital transformation in insurance with its inno...

Hi there,Here's my weekly update for September 8th, 2024...🗒️ An Invitation to Insurance Companies: Co-Create Innovative Solutions with a Venture Builder to Optimize Costs and Boost EfficiencyGino Volpi of @insurtechmaker invites insurance companies...