[ad_1] Memes can happen in the blink of an eye, like a Jeopardy! contestant who accidentally makes a sexual innuendo under the pressure of stage lights, or a kid who randomly gets interviewed on a playground and professes his undying love for America’s most plentiful crop, corn. But as soon as we knew former President … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla shareholders who claimed to face financial losses after CEO Elon Musk tweeted about taking the company private might be on the verge of receiving compensation from a $42.3 million fund established as part of Musk’s federal securities fraud settlement. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission said 3,350 eligible claimants will share in … Read more
[ad_1] Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools were on display in countless talks and announcements. We may not know where the likes of GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion fit in yet, but the … Read more
[ad_1] The crypto industry has not had a great run over the past year. Along with increasing regulatory scrutiny and skeptical investors, capital deployment has pulled back significantly from the highs of 2021, which has left many young startups struggling to raise funds. This capital crunch is affecting the Bitcoin ecosystem as well. According to … Read more
[ad_1] On-demand grocery delivery giant Instacart has finally dropped its long-awaited S-1. The company, actually named MapleBear, is one of the best-known unicorns on the IPO shortlist. Instacart’s public-offering filing has been long-awaited, not only due to its massive fundraising history, but also due to its sheer anticipated heft. Instacart is, indeed, a very large … Read more
[ad_1] Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. For TC+, I did a deep dive into the trends that are starting to show up. Subscribe for the … Read more
[ad_1] Advanced manufacturing startup Orbital Composites is expanding its in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing development work with three new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts valued at more than $3 million combined. One contract, for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), is focused on developing a new type of antenna based on an emerging field called … Read more
[ad_1] Justin Kaufenberg Contributor Greg Blasko is co-founder of Monoline and co-founder and former CTO of SportsEngine. Whether you want to build a SaaS+ company from scratch or turn an existing company into a business that can monetize embedded products and services, these are the six key concepts you need to know. These concepts have … Read more
[ad_1] Last week, WhatsApp announced it was adding support for HD photos, allowing the messaging app users the option to preserve the high-def resolution of the phones they wanted to share with friends and family. At the time, the company said support for HD videos was coming soon. Today, the company confirmed with TechCrunch that … Read more
[ad_1] One of the year’s most maligned movies, The Flash, hits the Max streaming service today. And, since the film was basically a box office disaster, grossing only $108 million domestic against a production budget well over $200 million, this will probably be how most people see the movie. The Flash had production issues from … Read more