At the heart of OpenAI’s Swarm are the concepts of “routines” and “handoffs,” which are mechanisms designed to help agents carry out collaborative tasks in an organized manner.
Day: October 14, 2024
Omnea raises $25M to tackle the painfully annoying procurement market
Procurement — the process of requesting, vetting and eventually buying IT and other supplies in an organization — is typically one of the more frustrating, dry, yet inevitable aspects of a workplace. When you are in need of a new app or device, or when […]
Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack
A ransomware and extortion racket called Underground has claimed responsibility for the breach on its dark web leak site, which TechCrunch has seen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Xbox is hosting a partner showcase on October 17 at 1PM ET
Here’s a little something to liven up the week in gamerland: Xbox is hosting a third-party games showcase on Thursday, October 17 at 1PM ET. A 4K, 60 fps stream will be available on YouTube in English with live subtitles in 16 other languages (Xbox […]
Last-minute Expo+ 2-for-1 passes available for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Time is ticking! Just two weeks until the doors to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 open. To ensure no one misses this highly anticipated event, we’re offering Expo+ 2-for-1 passes for the final days leading up to Disrupt 2024. Bring a friend, colleague, or family member to […]
National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy
The data broker who lost one of the biggest databases of Social Security numbers in a data breach earlier this year, files for bankruptcy protection. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Table Space eyes $2.5B valuation in India IPO
Table Space is targeting a valuation of $2.5 billion or higher for an India IPO planned planned for 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
After selling his last AI startup to Meta, Beyond Presence’s founder nabs $3.1M to build realistic avatars
Computer vision applications are getting a huge boost from advances in smartphones combined with AI that helps fill in the gaps of what everyday devices cannot see. Using these tools, a startup out of Munich called Beyond Presence believes it holds the keys to what […]
The Morning After: Pokémon hack exposes future games, beta designs and more
Pokémon developer Game Freak has confirmed its servers were hacked in August. The breach meant internal materials — from source codes to early and even scrapped character designs — were circulating on social media over the weekend. Leaked documents and images flooded Reddit and X […]
Accel-backed Jetapult invests $4.5M in Saudi Arabian game studio UMX
UMX, a game studio based in Saudi Arabia, has raised $4.5 million from Jetapult, an investment company backed by Accel Partners.

