Peak XV trims fund size and fees as Indian market overheats
Peak XV, the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused venture firm, is reducing the size of some of its funds and lowering fees as it seeks to become “deeply aligned” with…
Palmer Luckey: Every country needs a ‘warrior class’ excited to enact ‘violence on others in pursuit of good aims’
Palmer Luckey raged against America’s adversaries, endorsed completely autonomous weapons, and hinted at an Anduril IPO. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Impulse bets shuttling satellites between orbits is big business, and raises $150M to scale up
Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service. The startup, which…
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
A hidden microphone on a San Francisco street pole is spotting ‘bops’ in the wild
In San Francisco’s Mission district, good music is all around you. That’s why, high up on a street pole at an undisclosed location in the Mission, Riley Walz installed a…
Threads users can now see who follows them from other fediverse servers
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, can now see who follows them…
Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma
Durk Kingma, one of the lesser-known co-founders of OpenAI, today announced that he’ll be joining Anthropic. In a series of posts on X, Kingma revealed that he’ll be working mostly…
Direct ocean capture may be the next frontier for carbon removal
Amsterdam-based Brineworks, a company specializing in seawater electrolysis technology, says its innovative method is expected to cost under $100 per ton of CO2 at scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…
OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API and other treats for AI app developers
It’s been a tumultuous week for OpenAI, full of executive departures and major fundraising developments, but the startup is back at it, trying to convince developers to build tools with…
Pinterest rolls out genAI tools for product imagery to advertisers
The new capability, rolling out Tuesday, will help advertisers who want to enhance their Pinterest Product Pins (ads) and attract more clicks, according to Pinterest. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…