TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Announcing the winner of Startup Battlefield 200

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Watch as we announce the winner of TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition – Startup Battlefield 200. After impressing the judges, the winner walks away with the Battlefield Cup and $100,000 equity-free.TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 is the world’s preeminent startup competition with alumni like Vurb, Trello, Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, Tripit, Redbeacon, Qwiki, Getaround, and Soluto. Startup Battlefield […]

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Colin Kaepernick helps creators own their story with Lumi, his AI startup

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If anyone knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative, it’s Colin Keapernick.Now the former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist runs an AI storytelling platform, Lumi, to help creators tell and own their stories.Watch as Keapernick talks about about the media landscape, how AI can empower storytellers, and biases in

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Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’

Transportation /

The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid believes using buttons in a car is an “anomaly.” “It’s a bug. It’s not a feature,” Bensaid said Wednesday at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. “Ideally, you

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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the rush toward an AI-curated web

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Perplexity’s AI-powered search engine might be the next stage of interacting with the web and knowledge in general – or not. But the company is certainly risking it all to manifest that future, even if it ruffles a few feathers along the way.Hear from Perplexity Co-Founder & CEO Aravind Srinivas on how the company plans

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How to harness generative AI in music and video production without displacing artists

AI /

Generative AI is increasingly capable of creating video, music, and other media on demand. But who actually wants it, and why?Watch as Luma AI CEO Amit Jain, Suno Co-Founder and CEO Michael Shulman, and Splice CEO Kakul Srivastave discuss the growing markets for generative media, and how they can be served without harming or displacing

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The Future of AI’s Data Infrastructure: Unlocking the Power of Gen AI with MongoDB and Capgemini

AI /

The next generation of business applications will have AI as a user – powering AI agents for customer services, recommendations for online shoppers, anomaly detection for business analysts, etc. This means that businesses must re-architect their applications to be AI-native. To effectively deploy and leverage AI in these applications, businesses need to optimize for data

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Architecting the Future: Building Hardware for an AI-Native World

AI /

AI-driven hardware is transforming enterprise operations. This panel discussion will address the complexities of building AI-native ecosystems, the role of generative AI in reshaping enterprise technology, and the practical implications for developing scalable AI solutions. Our moderator Lee Ott from HP’s AI Innovation team will be joined by Carl Pei (Nothing phone), Jerry Yue (Brain.ai)

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The future of AI governance, with SB 1047 architect Sen. Scott Wiener

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AI development continues at a breakneck pace, but how fast is too fast?In this fireside chat at Disrupt 2024, U.S. AI Safety Institute Director Elizabeth Kelly and California state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the architect of California’s controversial AI safety bill SB 1047, talk about the need to balance AI innovation with safeguards. Subscribe

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Zoox co-founder on Tesla self-driving: ‘they don’t have technology that works’

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Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson doesn’t believe Tesla will launch a robotaxi ride-hailing service in California (or anywhere else) next year despite what Elon Musk recently claimed. The “fundamental issue is they don’t have technology that works,” Levinson said Wednesday at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. “And by works, I want to differentiate between a driver

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