EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike…
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OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up | TechCrunch
OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast, cheap intelligence that recently made TypeSafe, a startup founded by a…
Xbox mandates a four-day return to office
Microsoft asked its employees to return to the office three days per week last year, and it’s now upping this requirement to four days a week for most Xbox employees.…
AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now | TechCrunch
More than 50% of managers say they’re finding it harder to evaluate employees’ work after adopting AI, according to a new survey. Source link
Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet | TechCrunch
Estonia-based Blackwall, which builds web traffic security tools for hosting providers, said on Tuesday that it has raised $100 million at a $2.2 billion valuation. It builds products that helps…
Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago | TechCrunch
Twelve years ago today, Eugenia Kuyda stood up onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt and presented a conversational chatbot called IO that acted as a lifestyle concierge to help people book restaurants…
Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them | TechCrunch
Elorian, the Palo Alto AI startup that raised a $55 million seed round at a $300 million valuation before it launched a product, released its first model on Friday, TechCrunch…
Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI | TechCrunch
As manufacturers across industries strive to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers, Indian startup Scimplify has raised $25 million to expand its AI-powered approach to producing specialty chemicals and critical…
Exclusive: Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device | TechCrunch
Fusion power usually conjures images of massive industrial facilities laced with large lasers or magnets, but a startup in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been quietly building a device that can fit…
Exclusive: Rivian’s startup Mind Robotics hires former Ford EV chief Doug Field | TechCrunch
Doug Field has worked on EVs at Ford and Tesla, the not-so-secret car project at Apple, and was employee No. 1 at Segway. Now the executive is turning his attention…