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This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27

Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images,...

Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie

Chinese search engine Baidu has launched two new AI models — Ernie 4.5, the latest version of the company’s foundational...

Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments

Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 80 AI startups. Here are...

Photo calorie app Cal AI, downloaded over a million times, was built by two teenagers

Cal AI has generated over 5 million downloads in 8 months, it says. Founders Zach Yadegari and Henry Langmack are...

VC Aileen Lee highlights how the broader investor exodus is worsening woes for unicorn companies

In this week’s episode of the StrictlyVC Download podcast, veteran VC Aileen Lee was direct about a major consequence of...

Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic partner to launch electric air taxis in the UK

Joby Aviation is partnering with Virgin Atlantic to launch electric air taxis in the U.K., marking the seventh country in...

Amazon’s Echo will send all voice recordings to the cloud, starting March 28

Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa requests locally, which means all of their...

Nvidia GTC 2025: What to expect from this year’s show

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on...

How to watch Nvidia GTC 2025, including CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, will return this week, with the biggest announcements probably coming Tuesday. If you...

Week in Review: SXSW week comes to a close