Manny Medina, previously best known as the founder of the sales automation startup Outreach, has impressed investors with his new venture, Paid. The young startup just closed an oversubscribed seed round of 21.6 million dollars, which was led by Lightspeed.…
Venture capitalists believe they have found the next major investing edge. Their strategy involves using artificial intelligence to achieve software-like profit margins from traditionally labor-intensive professional services firms. The plan is to acquire mature companies, implement AI to automate tasks,…
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Oura Health CEO Tom Hale did not discuss reports that the company is raising new funding, which would value the health-tracking ring maker at nearly eleven billion dollars. However, he did…
A federal judge has rejected drone maker DJI’s efforts to be removed from a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies. US District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that the Department of Defense had provided substantial evidence that DJI contributes…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. The autonomous vehicle industry is years, and maybe even decades, from maturing. A Wild West quality still defines the sector, despite a steady…
Electronic Arts is one of the biggest names in the video game business, and it is reportedly in talks to go private. This potential move raises questions about its motivations. According to reports, video game companies are moving towards consolidation.…
Nick Pompa is the founder of Lootlock, an app designed to prevent children from making unauthorized gaming purchases on their parents’ credit cards. He is an avid gamer and a software developer working in fintech. As a father of two…
One of the key things to understand about cybersecurity is that it is a mind game. If a new technology wave is coming, there are new opportunities for attackers to start using it. As enterprises rush to embed AI into…
Researchers at the consulting firm BetterUp Labs, in collaboration with the Stanford Social Media Lab, have created a new term for low-quality, AI-generated work. They call it “workslop.” As defined in an article published in the Harvard Business Review, workslop…
If you have ridden the New York City subway recently, you have likely noticed stark white ads promoting a wearable AI device named Friend. The company’s CEO, Avi Schiffman, stated that they spent over one million dollars on this campaign.…
