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Day: January 4, 2024
Big, costly seed deals were the exception in 2023’s lackluster venture capital market
Hopes that it would become easier for startups to raise capital in 2023 were left unmet as the year ended. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. New data from business database […]
AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M
As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. It might seem like a Sisyphean task, going up against competitors with billions upon billions of users. But […]
Ford is raising the price of its entry-level F-150 Lightning by $5,000
Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup was one of the few models to retain the full $7,500 US tax credit for 2024, but a lot of that advantage is about to be negated. The price of 2024 models is set to rise from $49,995 to $54,995 […]
Perplexity AI raises $74M to take on Google and Microsoft Bing with AI-native search
Perplexity, which has now raised a total of $100 million, plans to use the capital to build out its AI-driven search engine offering.
Amazon’s note-taking Kindle Scribe has fallen to one of its best prices to date
Amazon’s big-screen e-reader features a sharp E Ink display and a handy stylus for taking notes or drawing. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If I were to venture a guess, the desire to read more books is right up there with getting […]
Is the latest near-room-temperature superconductor legit? Don’t count on it
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Here’s how HSBC’s international payments app Zing compares to Wise and Revolut
HSBC has just launched a new product called Zing focused on international transfers to better compete with fintech companies like Wise (formerly TransferWise) and Revolut. Bloomberg wrote that the app was on its way to the App Store and Play Store a couple of days […]
Google outlines new methods for training robots with video and large language models
2024 is going to be a huge year for the cross-section of generative AI/large foundational models and robotics. There’s a lot of excitement swirling around the potential for various applications, ranging from learning to product design. Google’s DeepMind Robotics researchers are one of a number […]
Microsoft adds Copilot key to Windows 11
Microsoft said the introduction of the Copilot AI key “marks the first significant change to the Windows PC keyboard in nearly three decades.”