There comes a time in every startup’s life when the leaders and stakeholders have to seriously start thinking about the endgame: What to do when you’ve raised $150 million in VC cash over 15 years en route to building a 100 million-plus community? And how do you go about executing that next step to ensure […]
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OpenAI is launching a mini version of its latest AI model. These small AI models are meant to be faster and more affordable than the full version — making them particularly useful for simple, high volume tasks. That should appeal smaller developers who don’t necessarily have a lot of money for AI costs, but want
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Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. This episode is packed with deals, antitrust musings, AI and more. To kick things off, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move both SpaceX and X’s headquarters out of California to Texas. Whether or
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Meta has suspended the use of its AI assistant after Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) banned the company from training its AI models on personal data from Brazilians. The move puts a dent in Facebook’s attempt to build out its AI products in Brazil, a market with more than 200 million people. As cited
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ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies. That growth has propelled OpenAI itself into
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The European Union’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, was confirmed in the role for another five years Thursday after parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly to re-elect her. The scale of her support (401 votes for vs 284 against with 15 abstentions) — a far firmer endorsement than last time around — may say more about lawmakers’ concerns
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o mini on Thursday, its latest small AI model. The company says GPT-4o mini, which is cheaper and faster than OpenAI’s current cutting-edge AI models, is being released for developers, as well as through the ChatGPT web and mobile app for consumers, starting today. Enterprise users will gain access next week. The company
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Privacy app maker Proton has launched a new AI-enabled writing assistant that helps users compose emails based on simple prompts, while also capable of redrafting and proofreading an existing email before it’s sent. The launch sees Proton continue on a trajectory that has seen it replicate many of Google’s products and features in the productivity
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Samsung’s busy feeding its AI ambitions for its consumer devices. Earlier this year, the electronics giant said it would bring its Galaxy AI and Google’s AI model Gemini to its products, including its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy 24, and just last week, the company unveiled the latest versions of its two-foldable phones — the Galaxy
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When the war between Israel and Hamas broke out last October, we examined its potential impact on the tech ecosystems in Israel and Palestine. Nine months later, the prevailing sentiment in Israel, based on my conversation with founders and investors, is that the conflict has made the startup and VC ecosystem more resilient, especially its
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