TECH

One of Africa’s most successful founders is back with a new AI startup and already raised $9M

In 2023, co-founders Karim Jouini and Jihed Othmani sold their expense management startup Expensya to Swedish procurement software firm Medius…

2 days ago

Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says

It’s no surprise that many big, left-leaning social media accounts have recently joined Bluesky — but a new analysis from…

5 days ago

Lightspeed backs Indian home services startup Snabbit as the next big consumer trend

Home services in India — whether it is cleaning, dishwashing, or laundry — have traditionally been offline and informally run.…

1 week ago

Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty

Per Inside EVs, Cybertruck owners are now allowed by Tesla to trade in their cars for the first time since…

2 weeks ago

Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true,…

2 weeks ago

Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt

Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools…

2 weeks ago

Build, don’t bind: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker on Europe’s AI crossroads

Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about the…

3 weeks ago

Attend TechCrunch Sessions: AI with this new, limited-time discount

We’re excited to announce a big surprise for the AI community — TechCrunch Sessions: AI is getting a limited-time discount…

3 weeks ago

Elizabeth Holmes’ partner reportedly fundraising for new blood-testing startup

Billy Evans, partner of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is working on a new startup that seeks to deliver “human health…

4 weeks ago

Fastino trains AI models on cheap gaming GPUs and just raised $17.5M led by Khosla

Tech giants like to boast about trillion-parameter AI models that require massive and expensive GPU clusters. But Fastino is taking…

4 weeks ago