With Twilio under activist pressure, Segment could be put up for sale

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 18, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Twilio’s foray into the customer data (CDP) business could be heading for an early conclusion. The former startup offers communications software services via APIs, and in recent years expanded its product footprint through the acquisition of companies like...

Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 18, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] While the food tech investment sector figured itself out last year, Miruku, a New Zealand-based food tech company, was busy getting ahead of molecular farming technology. That proactive strategy put the company about “three to four years ahead of emerging...

Women In AI: Eva Maydell, member of European Parliament and EU AI Act advisor

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 18, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout...

PayPal Ventures’ first AI investment, a credit-based dating app and Robinhood’s good week

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 18, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at a new finance-based dating app, Robinhood’s earnings results and the startup in which PayPal Ventures made its first investment. Let’s dive in! To get a roundup of...

Dutch startup Monumental is using robots to lay bricks

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 17, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. The industry is valued at around $2 trillion a year, in the U.S. alone. Much of that work is strenuous, repetitive and sometimes dangerous — precisely the sorts of problems industrial...

OpenAI releases Sora, a credit score–based dating app launches and an anti-Tesla ad comes under fire

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 17, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, OpenAI stunned the blogosphere with the release of Sora, a new AI model that can generate videos in impressively high...