Venture

Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models

In 2024, it seems like no week goes by without a media organization, author group, or artist suing generative AI companies for using their work to train models without permission. The issue is, of course, that there’s still no clear framework on what constitutes copyright violation in the context of training GenAI. While these cases […]

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Brex’s compliance head has left the fintech startup to join Andreessen Horowitz as a partner

Ali Rathod-Papier has stepped down from her role as global head of compliance at corporate card expense management startup Brex to join venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as a partner and compliance officer, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Rathod-Papier and a16z declined to comment on the move. According to her LinkedIn profile, Rathod-Papier now “oversees a16z’s

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Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. And we’re excited to share we’ll be hosting a pitch competition this year “The Space Challenge, powered by Aerospace” as part of

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Paris-based VC Breega hits first close of $75M Africa fund to back pre-seed and seed startups

Paris-based VC firm Breega has observed Africa’s tech ecosystem mature over the years. From receiving less than a billion dollars in venture capital per year to a record-high $6 billion, there’s also been an increase in high-growth companies, from one unicorn to seven within the span of three years. Now the VC wants to put

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General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push

General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital group, is expanding its presence in India by joining forces with local venture firm, Venture Highway, and earmarking $500 million to $1billion for investments in the country. Venture Highway’s investments include social commerce startup Meesho and B2B industrial marketplace Moglix. The two firms were said to be in talks

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Zal Bilimoria just raised a $50M fourth Refactor Capital fund, and still relishes his solo GP status

Zal Bilimoria has been a solo general partner since 2018, and has no plans to stop. And he credits the decision to former colleague, David Lee, who started Refactor Capital with him in 2016. He said that he would not have been able to start the Burlingame-based firm without Lee, a former Google executive who

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