Estonia-based startup Modash has raised a $12 million Series A led by henQ, a Dutch VC firm that prides itself in “funding the odd ones.” And what’s odd about Modash, according to CEO Avery Schrader, is that its team “has a really strong opinion in […]
Day: October 30, 2024
AMD reports record revenue but Q4 forecast disappoints
Advanced Micro Devices reported record Q3 revenue of $6.8 billio, up 18%. But the shares fell due to a disappointing forecast for Q4.
Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
The time has finally come to announce the five finalists of the Startup Battlefield. It all started earlier this year when the TechCrunch editorial team selected 200 companies from thousands that applied. From there, the team then chose the 20 finalists who pitched this week […]
An Elon Musk-funded super PAC is putting out fake pro-Harris ads
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images If you’re a swing state voter, you may have seen ads claiming that vice president Kamala Harris wants to institute a mandatory gun buyback program and make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. These […]
Tony Fadell takes a shot at Sam Altman in TechCrunch Disrupt interview
iPod creator, Nest Labs founder, and investor Tony Fadell took a shot at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday during a spirited interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco. Speaking about his understanding of the longer history of AI development before the LLM craze […]
Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes
It turns out that LLMs encode quite a bit of knowledge about the truthfulness of their answers, even when they give the wrong one.
Sony pulls the plug on Concord and shuts down Firewalk Studios
Sony has officially killed off Concord and is shuttering the studio behind the game. Concord’s servers were taken down just two weeks after the launch of the competitive team shooter from Firewalk Studios after poor sales. Firewalk’s game director Ryan Ellis chose to move himself […]
Ashton Kutcher explains why he’s betting on AI, but not trying to pick a ‘winner’
Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Sound Ventures, believes that every company is going to become an AI company, but that there might not be a winner in the space. The actor and investor spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday alongside Sound co-founder Guy Oseary and […]
Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
The time has finally come to announce the five finalists of the Startup Battlefield. It all started earlier this year when the TechCrunch editorial team selected 200 companies from thousands that applied. From there, the team then chose the 20 finalists who pitched this week […]