Numa raises $32M to bring AI and automation to car dealerships
Numa, a startup developing AI-powered automation tech for car dealerships, has raised fresh capital in a Series B round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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How the FBI and Mandiant caught a ‘serial hacker’ who tried to fake his own death
Jesse Kipf was a prolific hacker who sold access to systems he hacked, had contacts with a notorious cybercrime gang, and tried to use his hacking skills to get off…
Ford cuts price of BlueCruise hands-free driving feature
Ford is slashing both the monthly and annual cost of its hands-free driver-assistance feature, BlueCruise, for new and existing owners in response to “customer and dealer” feedback, the company tells…
Serve Robotics and Wing to trial robot-to-drone delivery in Dallas
Drones and sidewalk delivery robots promise to make last-mile delivery cheaper and more efficient, but they both have their limitations. Drones have trouble touching down in dense urban areas, and…
Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source data-validation framework
Sequoia is investing $12.5M in UK startup Pydantic to help it expand beyond its open source data-validation framework. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Invesco raises its valuation of Swiggy to $13.3B
Invesco has raised the value of its stake in Swiggy, ascribing an implied valuation of about $13.3 billion to the Indian food delivery and quick-commerce startup. © 2024 TechCrunch. All…
Anduril speeds up launch of defense payloads by buying Apex satellite buses off the shelf
Anduril is expanding even further into the “ultimate high ground.” The company, which is best known for AI-powered defense products that span air, land and sea, is partnering with satellite…
Tier becomes Dott following the merger of the two micromobility companies
With this merger, Dott and Tier didn’t want to build a conglomerate of micromobility services; the operation was all about scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
Meta won’t say whether it trains AI on smart glasses photos
Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Bans have a discreet camera on the front, for taking photos not just when you ask them to, but also when their AI features trigger it with certain…
Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup
A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with a tweet thread and YouTube video on Saturday and caused an immediate backlash. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…