Cruise to slash workforce by nearly 50% after GM cuts funding to robotaxi operations
Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce as the robotaxi program ends. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Deel unloads $300M in secondary sale, brings General Catalyst on as an investor
Fintech-turned-HR outfit Deel is trying to lay the groundwork for an IPO. On Tuesday, it said its annual revenue run rate climbed to $800 million in 2024 after growing by…
How Max Altschuler accidentally founded a VC firm that just raised another $54M
Four years after accidentally launching a VC firm, GTMfund founder Max Altschuler has raised a second oversubscribed $54 million fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
DSTLRY, the comic books marketplace, launches new customization features for artists
DSTLRY, a venture-backed digital comic books marketplace, on Tuesday added a pair of features designed to bring customization to the platform. The first feature, dubbed Commissioned Digital Remarques, allows creators…
Revolutionizing Industries with AI: Ahmed Abdullah’s Vision for the Future of Technology and Business
The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is witnessing an unprecedented surge, with projections estimating its market size will surpass $500 billion by 2024. This explosive growth highlights the transformative potential of…
The Future of RAG-Augmented Image Generation
Generative diffusion models like Stable Diffusion, Flux, and video models such as Hunyuan rely on knowledge acquired during a single, resource-intensive training session using a fixed dataset. Any concepts introduced…
From Agentic AI to Ransomware: Six Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2025
As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on a year with hacks, outages, legislation, and rapidly emerging trends that shifted the cybersecurity landscape. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve…
Training AI Agents in Clean Environments Makes Them Excel in Chaos
Most AI training follows a simple principle: match your training conditions to the real world. But new research from MIT is challenging this fundamental assumption in AI development. Their finding?…
3 Considerations for Safe and Reliable AI Agents for Enterprises
According to Gartner, 30% of GenAI projects will likely be abandoned after proof-of-concept by the end of 2025. Early adoption of GenAI revealed that most enterprises’ data infrastructure and governance…
Ready-made AI models: Faster access to AI at lower cost and risk
Fast-paced technology like AI can have barriers to entry. Whether infrastructure, data limitations, talent gaps or complying with rapidly changing regulations. Organizations from health care to manufacturing and the public…