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Rad Power Bikes already has a new CEO | Rad Power Bikeshas named a newCEO, just a few days after itsprevious leader stepped down. The e-bike company has tapped Kathi Lentzsch, who has spent the last few decades helping turn around underperforming companies in both the consumer and B2B spaces. The change comes as Rad Power continues to shift away from direct-... | 2025-03-13T21:16:39 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/rad-power-bikes-already-has-a-new-ceo/ | 298 | 0.9 | 007b46cdeb0356883b4a3f0d499f8fa7 | {"bias_density": 0.25, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Dapr graduates to become a CNCF top-level project | Dapr, the Microsoft-incubated open source runtime for helping developers build secure and resilient distributed applications, has graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) pool of incubating projects to becomea top-level projectat the same level of projects like Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio, and Vi... | 2024-11-12T17:21:38 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/dapr-graduates-to-become-a-cncf-top-level-project/ | 510 | 1 | 8652c9fe5f756357dfd70180f6151e41 | {"bias_density": 0.33, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech | Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is cheap to run, hardware agnostic, and can be applied to advanced driver-assistance systems, robotaxis, and even robotics. ... | 2025-03-21T15:18:11 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/wayve-ceo-shares-his-key-ingredients-for-scaling-autonomous-driving-tech/ | 904 | 1 | 221700a71b7c8ae00fbf3ea123657fa7 | {"bias_density": 0.4, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 1, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Fitness tracker Whoop faces unhappy customers over upgrade policy | Whoop has backed down, somewhat, from the controversial upgrade plans around its Whoop 5. 0 fitness tracker. When the company firstannounced Whoop 5. 0this week, it said members who wanted the new device could either extend their subscriptions by 12 months or pay a one-time upgrade fee of $49 ($79 for the model with EK... | 2025-05-11T16:15:06 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/fitness-tracker-whoop-faces-unhappy-customers-over-upgrade-policy/ | 350 | 0.9 | 8053bc4cc02249d502d035b9963406a3 | {"bias_density": 0.35, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
What makes TechCrunch All Stage different from other startup events? Answers to your most pressing questions | Tech and startup events have a formula. You know it. We know it. We’ve all done it. ButTechCrunch All Stage 2025, which we’re hosting July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, is designed to break out of that rinse-and-repeat model — and focus on what early-stage startups actually need to know, right now. Plus, you ... | 2025-06-16T14:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/16/what-makes-techcrunch-all-stage-different-from-other-startup-events-answers-to-your-most-pressing-questions/ | 320 | 0.9 | 9cc6b8248401e1e944143528e7d87a7d | {"bias_density": 0.23, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Dili wants to automate due diligence with AI | Stephanie Song, formerly on the corporate development and ventures team at Coinbase, was often frustrated by the volume of due diligence tasks she and her team had to complete on a daily basis. “Analysts burn the midnight oil working hundreds of hours doing the work that nobody wants to do,” Song told TechCrunch in an ... | 2024-02-19T14:00:15 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/19/dili-wants-to-automate-due-diligence-with-ai/ | 882 | 1 | ea10b402efe97b45a552adf259097fbe | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
The first annual VTuber Awards was a win for VR | On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivid purple skirt, magenta bow tie and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual sailor-s... | 2023-12-20T22:34:05 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/20/vtuber-awards-vr-twitch-weplay-filian/ | 1,842 | 1 | 1c7404e39b3091f6db1f078282964d09 | {"bias_density": 0.32, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 3, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Poe’s AI chatbot app now lets you make your own bots using prompts | An app calledPoewill now let users make their own chatbots using prompts combined with an existing bot, like ChatGPT, as the base. Firstlaunched publiclyin February, Poe is the latest product from the Q&A siteQuora, which has long provided web searchers with answers to the most Googled questions. With chatbots now pote... | 2023-04-10T16:49:27 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/10/poes-ai-chatbot-app-now-lets-you-make-your-bots-using-prompts/ | 817 | 1 | 049ef204bbc3de899d86f2a8dffdad2c | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds | As browsers continue to add AI features into their products,Mozillais looking to give users some choice in the matter. The companyannouncedon Tuesday that it’s launching an opt-in experiment offering access to different AI services in Nightly, the experimental version ofFirefox. The company plans to improve the experie... | 2024-06-25T16:18:57 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/25/firefox-now-lets-you-choose-your-preferred-ai-chatbot-in-its-nightly-builds/ | 398 | 0.9 | 709f4ed0bdabc3720e50a8b593c8fe98 | {"bias_density": 0.39, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Databricks raises $10B as it barrels toward an IPO | Posted: Databricks, the data analytics platform, has raised $10 billion in a funding round that values the company at $62 billion (up from $43 billion). Backers include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, and Iconiq Growth. The round is one of the largest venture rounds in history, and will drive futu... | 2024-12-17T14:41:13 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/databricks-raises-10b-as-it-barrels-toward-an-ipo/ | 217 | 0.9 | 5c4ae40e7ced8d5f76cf7cbd86900543 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Google introduces new developer tools and titles for games on mobile and PC | Google announced new features around PC and mobile gaming today ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), including new titles, control customization, and developer tools for making mobile games available on PC. The company first introducedPlay Games for PC in 2022 in the beta phase. Over time, it has introduced t... | 2025-03-13T15:45:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/google-introduces-new-developer-tools-and-titles-for-games-on-mobile-and-pc/ | 508 | 1 | bc0bfd0dad3e40b11b1ec007ceef03e9 | {"bias_density": 0.16, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies | Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, told a crowd at The Economic Club of Washington, D. C. this week that “regulation is likely necessary” for artificial intelligence. Tan spoke with Teresa Carlson, a General Catalyst board member, as part of a one-on-one interview where he discussed everything fromhow to get... | 2024-05-26T15:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/26/ai-garry-tan-y-combinator/ | 1,156 | 1 | 5d9091f8e675ccbdfedabc3c11fa55c8 | {"bias_density": 0.48, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": []} |
Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing | Ocean intelligence company Saildrone has just putthe first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of. But don’t worry — they aren’t putting guns on them. Founder and CEO Richard Jenkins told TechCrunch that the demand for vessels like... | 2024-03-06T22:32:56 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/06/saildrones-first-aluminum-surveyor-autonomous-vessel-splashes-down-for-navy-testing/ | 541 | 1 | da152c244c87fbfb1657b90148086322 | {"bias_density": 0.78, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Deal Dive: Sir Jack A Lot returns with a startup for retail traders | When former YouTube product manager Kevin Xu, known as “Sir Jack A Lot” on Reddit, turned $35,000 into $8 million trading stocks between 2020 and 2022, many people thought his fortunes, and his way of investing, had peaked, just like 2021’s memestock craze had. Xu doesn’t agree, though, and he’s now building a startup ... | 2024-06-22T16:11:13 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/22/deal-dive-sir-jack-a-lot-returns-with-a-startup-for-retail-traders/ | 966 | 1 | 1e803d171c1aacbb65f38f83fbd287c3 | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 2, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
VCs and founders talk finding (and keeping) product-market fit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 | You’ve got the product — now how do you find customers? And once you find those customers, how do you keep them coming back for more? AtTechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place October 28-30 in San Francisco, we’re bringing Spenser Skates, April Underwood and Tamar Yehoshua to theBuilders Stageto discuss how startups can ... | 2024-08-28T15:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/vcs-and-founders-talk-finding-and-keeping-product-market-fit-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2024/ | 424 | 0.9 | 03848b5b2303e742161a358c4fdf01da | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Automattic acquires WPAI, a startup that makes AI products for WordPress | WordPress hosting company Automattic said on Monday that it is acquiringWPAI, a startup that builds AI solutions for WordPress. WPAI’s products include CodeWP, which lets you use AI to create WP Plugins; AgentWP, an AI assistant for WordPress site builders; and WP Chat, a chatbot for WordPress-related questions. WPAI n... | 2024-12-10T03:37:16 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/automattic-acquires-wpai-a-startup-that-creates-ai-solutions-for-wordpress/ | 298 | 0.9 | fdb42d9c48c5ebfd88ff7ed79570ea0a | {"bias_density": 0.25, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Google Pixel Fold’s Dual-Screen Interpreter mode brings subtitles to real life | Every so often a new software feature comes along that makes a hardware form factor a lot more useful. I would put Dual-Screen Interpreter mode in that category. The feature, which arrives today as part of a larger Pixel drop, leverages Google’s long-standing translation expertise. Google Pixel Event 2023: Everything a... | 2023-10-04T14:17:58 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/04/google-pixel-folds-dual-screen-interpreter-mode-brings-subtitles-to-real-life/ | 216 | 0.9 | 00b3f8bef9e773926a684ca3ea5fde71 | {"bias_density": 1.05, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 4, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for doxxing | Posted: Wearing a camera on your face will invariably evoke privacy concerns. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses have addressed the issue to a certain extent with the inclusion of features like a recording light. But any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point. I-XRAYis a project f... | 2024-10-02T18:04:02 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/ray-ban-meta-facial-recognition-terminator-vision-for-doxxing/ | 220 | 0.9 | 8747425d5816633c5974abc37f72b8bf | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
New Relic agrees to go private in $6.5B all-cash deal | New Relic, the San Francisco-based observability software company, has reached an agreement with private equity firms TPG and Francisco Partners to go private in a $6. 5 billion all-cash deal. As reported byCNBC, TPG and Francisco Partners were able to salvage a deal that initially fell through months ago after securin... | 2023-07-31T15:33:58 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/31/new-relic-agrees-to-go-private-in-6-5b-all-cash-deal/ | 550 | 1 | 3e1b4ef0becabf5540f0fb38d7c3c7a9 | {"bias_density": 0.41, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Perplexity says it’s now serving 100M search queries a week | Posted: Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity,saysthat the AI-powered search engine is now performing 100 million queries each week. Extrapolated out to a month, that’s roughly 400 million queries —up from250 million queries in July. Perplexity’s rapid rise comes as the company teasesecommerce features, including the... | 2024-10-25T14:23:19 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/perplexity-says-its-now-serving-100m-search-queries-a-week/ | 217 | 0.9 | b51147c5d8776ae486c693b456966318 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas humanoid executes autonomous automotive parts picking | Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid has been quietly improving by leaps and bounds behind the scenes. Announcedin April, we caught some brief insight into the electric Atlas’ strength in August througha videoof the robot doing pushups. Thelatest video, released Wednesday, showcases the robot doing work in a demo space, movin... | 2024-10-30T14:43:23 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/30/boston-dynamics-electric-atlas-humanoid-executes-autonomous-automotive-parts-picking/ | 279 | 0.9 | c100c951daba4aed4fe12e00c4dae465 | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Are you spending too much on paid acquisition? | When scaling a paid acquisition channel, you should constantly question whether you’re spending in the most efficient way possible. If you’re scaling spending across various channels, it’s more than likely that you’re facing rising costs. But how do you know where and when to draw the line? In this short article, I’ll ... | 2023-05-08T16:00:18 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/08/are-you-spending-too-much-on-paid-acquisition/ | 559 | 1 | bf213ddedf733586a2b676aec9aba113 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Google says its new AI models can identify emotions — and that has experts worried | Google says its new AI model family has a curious feature: the ability to “identify” emotions. Announced on Thursday, the PaliGemma 2 family of models can analyze images, enabling the AI to generate captions and answer questions about people it “sees” in photos. “PaliGemma 2 generates detailed, contextually relevant ca... | 2024-12-05T17:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/google-says-its-new-open-models-can-identify-emotions-and-that-has-experts-worried/ | 788 | 1 | db72cf925488cb282e35acd9711e1ef7 | {"bias_density": 0.62, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": []} |
Twilio Segment teams with Amazon SageMaker on new customer predictions product | The customer data platform provides a central place to collect first-party information about customers, but simply having a pile of data is not the point. Companies want to put it to work to improve customer experience and more precisely target certain groups, based on this information they have stockpiled. More and mo... | 2023-08-23T16:00:03 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/twilio-segment-teams-with-amazon-sagemaker-on-customer-predictions-product/ | 431 | 0.9 | 14422af2cf876b6836c07945492915f1 | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Kodem comes out of stealth with $25M to tackle application security | A new startup is entering the fray in the market of application security:Kodem, a company out of Israel founded by a team of security veterans from none other than the NSO Group, focuses on determining and mitigating risks by tapping into the runtime intelligence of individual applications. Today, it is emerging from s... | 2023-06-13T13:06:58 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/kodem-comes-out-of-stealth-with-25m-to-tackle-application-security/ | 713 | 1 | 7231a99fee52ee369a5d0d60b530dd66 | {"bias_density": 0.51, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 4, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
The US doesn’t refine cobalt — this startup wants to change that | Cobalt is one of the world’s best battery materials, but geopolitically, it’s less than ideal. The world’s largest reserves are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where mining has long been laced with human rights abuses, and 72% of the metal is refined in China. Cobalt may be used in a lot of electric vehicles, ... | 2025-04-23T11:40:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/the-u-s-refines-zero-cobalt-this-startup-wants-to-change-that/ | 475 | 0.9 | a0b82c662261a3a4a399776a87cc9e0e | {"bias_density": 1.21, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 2, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 7, "concerns": []} |
Snowflake brings together developer and analyst needs in new GenAI tool | Companies useSnowflaketo store their data in the cloud. With the ever-growing interest in generative AI and large language models, customers are looking for ways to get started with the technology quickly. Today, the company announced Snowflake Cortex, a fully managed service designed to help both business users and de... | 2023-11-01T16:00:53 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/snowflake-brings-together-neeva-and-streamlit-acquisitions-in-new-genai-tool/ | 580 | 1 | 193b42bbf9de54b02bae7404771163d7 | {"bias_density": 0.48, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Zepto shifts HQ to India as local listings gain appeal | Quick-commerce startup Zepto has moved its domicile to India from Singapore, joining a growing number of Indian startups that havemoved their headquarters homeahead of an IPO in the country. The transition marks the fastest shift of registered headquarters to India by a startup in the country, according to Zepto’s chie... | 2025-01-28T09:57:31 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/zepto-shifts-domicile-to-india-as-local-listings-gain-appeal/ | 336 | 0.9 | 0fa388f858c07b1313fece2ab95eb025 | {"bias_density": 0.91, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Walmart’s PhonePe launches India app store in challenge to Google | Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are among the top brands whose apps are listed on the Indian fintech PhonePe’s Indus Appstore, an Android app store launched Wednesday in challenge to Google’s monopoly in its largest market by users. To fight Google Play Store, PhonePe has armedIndus Appstorewith a range of unique and person... | 2024-02-21T13:00:12 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/phonepe-launches-android-app-store-with-amazon-meta-and-microsoft-apps/ | 612 | 1 | 874dbe03e910908aaf740469d7c7d0e0 | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Another star athlete is making his way into venture capital | Posted: Giannis Antetokounmpo, a player for the Milwaukee Bucks,launched a venture capital firmcalled Build Your Legacy Venturesthat will focus onsports and entertainment investing, according to Bleacher Report. Antetokounmpo will serve as general partner. The fund was “not just about capital; it’s about forging partne... | 2024-11-26T00:15:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/25/another-star-athlete-is-making-his-way-into-venture-capital/ | 243 | 0.9 | fbe9c8575a44fb2578fa8cabf8b94e20 | {"bias_density": 0.29, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal | Hydrogen startupC-Zerohas raised $5 million of an $18 million funding round, according to anSEC filing. The company isdeveloping a way to strip hydrogen from methanewithout emitting carbon dioxide. The resulting hydrogen can be used in a range of industries today, including ammonia and petrochemical production, and pot... | 2024-09-06T17:57:10 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/06/c-zero-is-raising-18m-to-make-emission-free-hydrogen-using-natural-gas-filings-reveal/ | 434 | 0.9 | 76dcecb5d49cbf3abaf7ef88acb2b677 | {"bias_density": 0.73, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
India’s Agrim snags $17.3M to help farmers get inputs like seeds and pesticides more easily | Agriculture in India provideslivelihood support to over 42%of its population, contributing 18% to the country’s GDP, according to government data. However, the agri-input market, which provides inputs for the sector — be it seeds, pesticides, herbicides or cultivation and harvesting tools — largely relies on traditiona... | 2024-08-30T04:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/indias-agrim-snags-17-3m-to-help-farmers-get-inputs-like-seeds-and-pesticides-more-easily/ | 706 | 1 | 51a97b5d67bad2fc438b92df47c295e5 | {"bias_density": 0.61, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 2, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
The makers of pro photography app Halide venture into video with Kino, due this February | Lux, the startup and makers of the popular pro photography appHalideandothers, is venturing into video. The team today announced its plans to debut a new app,Kino, arriving in roughly two months’ time, that will allow iPhone users to work with video in a more professional capacity. The news follows advances in iPhone v... | 2023-12-04T18:46:08 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/the-makers-of-pro-photography-app-halide-venture-into-video-with-kino-due-this-february/ | 398 | 0.9 | 723b186a3a8cb5835dfdcf81c87ff174 | {"bias_density": 0.32, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
DoorDash begins piloting drone deliveries in the US | DoorDash is expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s Wing to bring its drone delivery pilot to the U. S. , the companyannouncedon Thursday. Select users in Christiansburg, Virginia will be able to order eligible menu items from their local Wendy’s. DoorDash first launched its drone delivery pilot program in Australia ... | 2024-03-21T13:49:28 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/21/doordash-is-bringing-its-drone-delivery-pilot-to-the-u-s/ | 436 | 0.9 | 799582f771c59c159de69b0cfd6986f6 | {"bias_density": 0.56, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
The ‘US Cyber Trust Mark’ finally gives device makers a reason to spend big on security | The Internet of Things (IoT) is in hacker crosshairs. Last year, more than110 million IoT malware attackstook place — an 87% increase from the previous 12 months. And as connected devices take on more critical roles in the modern home and office, tens of billions more endpoints are coming online. In this precarious lan... | 2023-08-23T12:00:32 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/the-us-cyber-trust-mark-finally-gives-device-makers-a-reason-to-spend-big-on-security/ | 874 | 1 | c514e608473550733cdb7e765ce6962b | {"bias_density": 0.1, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
There was just one fintech unicorn minted in the first quarter | Global fintech funding totaled $15 billion in the first quarter of this year, growing 55% from the fourth quarter, according to CB Insights’ latest State of Fintechreport. While this generally may seem like a win, it’s important to note a few things. First, 2020 and 2021 were unique years where investment in fintech br... | 2023-04-18T22:39:30 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/there-was-just-one-fintech-unicorn-birth-in-the-first-quarter/ | 803 | 1 | ff1d52b2d46185d6010ea5acdfa94cdd | {"bias_density": 0.11, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Singaporean e-commerce firm Qoo10’s Korean units face probe due to payment delays to merchants | The e-commerce market in South Korea ranks as one of the largest in the world, but it’s also proving to be a precarious one. On Thursday, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission announced that it had launched an investigation into two major South Korean e-commerce platforms owned byQoo10— Ticket Monster (TMON) andWeMakePri... | 2024-07-25T12:58:50 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/25/singaporean-e-commerce-firm-qoo10s-korean-units-face-probe-due-to-payment-delays-to-merchants/ | 601 | 1 | 7c58e7d06c7155e5028b32419e82d671 | {"bias_density": 0.42, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
AuthMind raises seed funding for its identity SecOps platform | AuthMind, a Maryland-based startup that aims to help businesses protect themselves from identity-related cyberattacks, today announced that it has raised an $8. 5 million seed round led by Ballistic Ventures, with strategic participation from IBM Ventures. The company was co-founded by CEOShlomi Yanaiand CTOAnkur Panch... | 2023-09-12T11:00:09 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/authmind-raises-seed-funding-for-its-identity-secops-platform/ | 726 | 1 | 097642c8d4adfe6a734f550177d836fd | {"bias_density": 0.97, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 5, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 8, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Stop doomscrolling and watch the ‘Great Moose Migration’ livestream | You could say that TikTok is ruining our attention spans, and yet, viewers around the world are tuning in to watch a monotonous livestream from a Swedish TV station that they’ve probably never heard of. It’s time forthe Great Moose Migration. For thousands of years, moose have crossed the Ångerman River each spring, tr... | 2025-04-15T20:08:21 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/stop-doomscrolling-and-watch-the-great-moose-migration-livestream/ | 559 | 1 | ea1c2754c1b045e530b4425bdbd84d52 | {"bias_density": 0.45, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Shaquille O’Neal talks investing in edtech and startups that are going to ‘change people’s lives’ | Shaquille O’Neal, 15-time NBA All-Star, four-time NBA champion and three-time NBA Finals MVP, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to talk about his passion for investing in edtech and backing projects that aim to change people’s lives. He discussed how he got into investing, the road to developing his strategy and his... | 2023-09-19T22:47:54 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/shaquille-oneal-investing-edtech-and-things-that-are-going-to-change-peoples-lives/ | 1,037 | 1 | 26d758d07706c591aa37d73f5e24f6e0 | {"bias_density": 0.7, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 3, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 1}, "total_bias_indicators": 8, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Kalshi CEO admits enlisting influencers to dis Polymarket in a now-deleted podcast segment | KalshiCEO Tarek Mansour confirmed on a podcast interview that his employees asked social media influencers to promote memes about the FBI’s raid on the home of his archrival, the CEO of Polymarket. Both companies offer competing events-betting markets, a new kind of betting industry where people wager about the outcome... | 2024-12-13T22:51:34 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/kalshi-ceo-admits-enlisting-influencers-to-dis-polymarket-in-a-now-deleted-podcast-segment/ | 561 | 1 | f992fff2df2fc4b101040395e8358031 | {"bias_density": 0.6, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Meta lets businesses create ad-embedded chatbots | At theMeta Connect 2024 developer conferencein Menlo Park on Wednesday, Meta announced that it’s expanding its AI-powered business chatbots to brands on WhatsApp and Messenger using click-to-message ads. Now businesses can set up ad-embedded chatbots that talk to customers, offer support, and facilitate orders, Meta sa... | 2024-09-25T17:28:13 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/meta-lets-businesses-create-ad-embedded-chatbots/ | 217 | 0.9 | 8e11d3a24835c050c99311358b56c3a5 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Zeno emerges from stealth to crib Tesla’s master plan for Africa and beyond | When Elon Musk published Tesla’s first“master plan”in 2006, it seemed a bit far-fetched that batteries would end up changing the automotive industry, much less global power production and consumption. Today, as electric vehicles continue to gain market share and massive batteries displace smoke-spewing power plants fro... | 2024-09-19T13:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/zeno-emerges-from-stealth-to-crib-teslas-master-plan-for-africa-and-beyond/ | 1,136 | 1 | f018ec8feda75db656d5d065ef0bfbf0 | {"bias_density": 0.48, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 3, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": []} |
Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries | Reddit isbringingmachine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia, and Latin America in a move designed to open the largely English-centric social network to more users. The service comes nearly five months after Reddit first introducedsite-wide translation for French speakers, though t... | 2024-09-25T09:24:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/reddit-is-bringing-ai-powered-automatic-translation-to-dozens-of-new-countries/ | 448 | 0.9 | d998b8045411a0e3c05f70fea9da7b47 | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
In just 3 months, Ramp’s valuation jumped to $16B, up from $13B | Posted: Spend management startup Rampannouncedon Tuesday that it raised a $200 million Series E led by its largest investor, Founders Fund, at a post-money valuation of $16 billion. This is a jaw-dropping $3 billion increase over the$13 billion valuation Ramp announcedjust a few months ago in March, after a $150 millio... | 2025-06-17T17:10:57 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/in-just-3-months-ramps-valuation-jumped-to-16b-up-from-13b/ | 223 | 0.9 | 60a71e365e4c19a365eaf4fc4c6c8013 | {"bias_density": 0.6, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
TikTok to open in-app Election Centers for EU users to tackle disinformation risks | TikTok will launch localized election resources in its app to reach users in each of the European Union’s 27 Member States next month and direct them towards “trusted information”, as part of its preparations to tackle disinformation risks related to regional elections this year. “Next month, we will launch a local lan... | 2024-02-14T12:32:15 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/tiktok-eu-election-centers/ | 2,303 | 1 | 56428e538ce8c1762c1238470a6da736 | {"bias_density": 0.21, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Hank Green reckons with the power — and the powerlessness — of the creator | Hank Green has had a while to think about how social media has changed us. He started making YouTube videos in 2007 with his brother, novelist John Green, at a time when the first iPhone was in development, Myspace was still relevant and Instagram didn’t exist. Seventeen years later, posting videos on the internet is n... | 2024-07-14T17:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/14/hank-green-reckons-with-the-power-and-the-powerlessness-of-the-creator/ | 1,550 | 1 | ad528a86127bdf1dbdd347cb83218b69 | {"bias_density": 0.5, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 3, "age_bias": 5, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 8, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Ford taps Apple exec to lead new software services unit | Ford has hired Peter Stern, a former executive at Apple, to lead its newly formed Ford Integrated Services unit. The unit will create and market software-enabled customer experiences across Ford’s three business units: Ford Blue, for gas and hybrid vehicles, Model e for connected EVs, and Ford Pro for commercial produc... | 2023-08-14T14:48:07 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/ford-taps-apple-exec-to-lead-new-software-services-unit/ | 448 | 0.9 | 069ba6fce14ef759466b279603784bf5 | {"bias_density": 0.54, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Harbor is building a better baby monitor and an army of night nannies | Like most good startup stories,Harborbegan life as a product of disappointment. Kevin Lavelle, the co-founder and CEO of innovative clothing companyMizzen and Main, couldn’t find a baby monitor to suit his needs. He and his wife, Jen, had homed in onNanit, a popular product renowned for its AI smarts and and breathing ... | 2024-09-19T13:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/harbor-is-building-a-better-baby-monitor-and-an-army-of-night-nannies/ | 408 | 0.9 | 521bd2ce3cb5677dbf38d080023804e3 | {"bias_density": 0.3, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store | Microsoft is getting rid of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, the digital distribution platform for its flagship operating system, the company announced Monday during its Build 2025 conference. Starting June 2025, individual developers will be able to sign up and publish apps to the Microsof... | 2025-05-19T16:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/itll-soon-be-free-to-publish-apps-to-the-microsoft-store/ | 176 | 0.8 | 00f6a2ece707756e54163ea52c858327 | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Symbiotic Security helps developers find bugs as they code | Symbiotic Security, which is announcing a $3 million seed round today, watches over developers as they code and points out potential security issues in real time. Other companies do this, but Symbiotic also emphasizes the next step: teaching developers to avoid these bugs in the first place. Ideally, this means develop... | 2024-11-05T18:05:56 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/symbiotic-security-helps-developers-find-bugs-as-they-code/ | 676 | 1 | e48584cfb5c6de755161196cfdf4f9de | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
With new grant program, OpenAI aims to crowdsource AI regulation | OpenAI says it’s launching aprogramto award ten $100,000 grants to fund experiments in setting up a democratic process for deciding what rules AI systems should follow — “within the bounds defined by the law. ” The launch of the grant program comes after OpenAI’scallsfor an international regulatory body for AI akin to ... | 2023-05-25T19:31:42 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/25/when-new-grant-program-openai-aims-to-crowdsources-ai-regulation/ | 533 | 1 | 969b842b06fe1eee4fda9a314a6e2209 | {"bias_density": 0.99, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 7, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 7, "concerns": ["Strong left-leaning political language"]} |
Two Oxford PhDs are building an app to let you remix photos into memes | Earlier this month,Googlereleased a new feature with the Pixel 9 series phone to let users add the photographer to a group photo by swapping someone out and taking another photo. A new social network by a duo of Oxford PhDs is working on an app to let you add friends to a photo in a more memeable and fun way. Vybe is a... | 2024-08-29T15:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/two-oxford-phds-are-building-an-app-to-let-you-remix-photos-into-memes/ | 751 | 1 | 3aa5ff2031cccfffc36aac6202340f9b | {"bias_density": 0.23, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
How Index Ventures jumped to the front of the AI GPU line | Earlier this week, The New York Timesshone a lighton some of the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try and fail to secure compute power for their nascent artificial intelligence startups, thanks to thebig companies(and even richnations) racing to snatch them up. One founder reportedly said of the graph... | 2023-08-19T07:10:55 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/19/how-index-ventures-jumped-to-the-front-of-the-ai-gpu-line/ | 1,391 | 1 | fab96bb0cae58878b777bcb87206775a | {"bias_density": 0.24, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
South African e-commerce startup TUNL gets funding to accelerate growth of its exports platform | TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors, including Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa Ventures, E4E Africa, and Jozi Angels. The platform, which claims to help e-commerce merchants save between 50% and 80% on international shipping costs, said the f... | 2023-12-13T08:07:14 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/south-african-e-commerce-startup-tunl-gets-funding-to-accelerate-growth-of-its-exports-platform/ | 937 | 1 | f87cbfe3bce2d50a6aead07ec3c62dd6 | {"bias_density": 0.39, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 2, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Revel, the car subscription startup from Spain, raises $123M to take its business up a gear | The market for car sales has been onrocky groundin the last several years as consumers, facing tougher economic conditions, get presented with an ever-larger range of alternatives, from ride-hailing apps and multimodal alternatives through to new propositions for private car use. Today, a startup out of Spain calledRev... | 2023-09-15T04:00:53 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/14/revel-spain/ | 740 | 1 | ffb714675923fcfa626c8ae92b6fa68c | {"bias_density": 0.1, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
6-point checklist for making sure your sustainability tech pitch is newsworthy | From managing energy with innovative power solutions to decreasing the CO2 impact from food waste, impact-driven tech startups are actively decreasing our carbon footprint. So why isn’t there more coverage of these companies driving change? Where many go wrong when approaching the media is by thinking “the more the mer... | 2023-11-01T15:35:20 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/6-point-checklist-for-making-sure-your-sustainability-tech-pitch-is-newsworthy/ | 2,145 | 1 | 6c21f455b6958c05fb8aee8ad1346c75 | {"bias_density": 0.22, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 4, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": ["Strong left-leaning political language"]} |
Selector automatically spots IT issues and recommends fixes | AIOps, short for “artificial intelligence in operations,” is a process that uses AI to automate IT tasks. More organizations are embracing it as AI commodifies, yet adoption is still lagging. According to a recent IDCsurvey, almost half of companies said that they were just getting started in AIOps, while a third indic... | 2024-11-19T13:00:18 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/selector-automatically-spots-it-issues-and-recommends-fixes/ | 508 | 1 | 9d063cb73f479cb61d73f2585872efc8 | {"bias_density": 0.59, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS valuations up, clean energy tax credits, H-1B transfer options | Can emerging managers do a better job of expanding access to capital than established VC firms? Because many funds with less than $50M under management “are led by those from underrepresented backgrounds,” there’s “an opportunity for less experienced managersto step in and back the founders being overlooked and ignored... | 2023-06-16T17:00:43 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/16/techcrunch-roundup-saas-valuations-up-clean-energy-tax-credits-h-1b-transfer-options/ | 540 | 1 | f097a147ffe13e3683a7213d015169f8 | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 1}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason | Mercedes owners in the U. S. will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles:ChatGPT. The automaker is adding OpenAI’s conversational AI agent to its MBUX infotainment system, though what it could possibly be needed for is hard to say. U. S. owners of models that use MBUX will be able to opt into a beta ... | 2023-06-15T18:29:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/15/mercedes-is-adding-chatgpt-to-its-infotainment-system-for-some-reason/ | 650 | 1 | 1f4159bd0e6748eb6bea60f6539dbaaf | {"bias_density": 0.4, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share custom AI-powered apps | Poe, Quora’s platform that brings together a number of AI models under one roof, has launched a new capability that lets users build visual interfaces — apps, essentially — on top of any combination of models. CalledPoe Apps, the feature allows Poe users to describe the app they want to create in the new App Creator to... | 2025-02-25T18:34:46 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/quoras-poe-now-lets-users-create-and-share-custom-ai-powered-apps/ | 391 | 0.9 | fa636311372c5e813ccdb73b098690c7 | {"bias_density": 0.18, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Wreak havoc on your favorite streamer’s game with Crowd Control | You’re streaming the Sims to your loyal Twitch followers when suddenly, a fire ignites in the middle of your virtual home. As you scramble to put out the fire before the Sim firefighters arrive, another flame appears out of nowhere. In the Twitch chat, your fans are giggling — they have caused quite the ruckus in your ... | 2023-05-01T21:48:09 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/01/crowd-control-interactive-stream/ | 865 | 1 | b6876f956dfd4dd7c7d18f56ba2ff139 | {"bias_density": 0.52, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Why DeepSeek’s new AI model thinks it’s ChatGPT | Earlier this week, DeepSeek, a well-funded Chinese AI lab, released an “open” AI model that beats many rivals on popular benchmarks. The model,DeepSeek V3, is large but efficient, handling text-based tasks like coding and writing essays with ease. It also seems to think it’sChatGPT. PostsonX— and TechCrunch’s own tests... | 2024-12-27T18:49:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/why-deepseeks-new-ai-model-thinks-its-chatgpt/ | 714 | 1 | 8434d8fd5dd01c9304d5063209090837 | {"bias_density": 0.23, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
TechCrunch+ roundup: Venture debt VC survey, PLG boosting tactics, bootstrapping to $40M ARR | How many paying customers do you have, and how long are they locked in? Annual recurring revenue (ARR) has always been a key metric, but with valuations down across the board and new money too tight to mention, it’s now a lodestar — especially for self-funded startups. Hotjar CEO Mohannad Ali wrote an article for TC+ l... | 2023-05-19T17:00:49 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/19/techcrunch-roundup-venture-debt-vc-survey-plg-boosting-tactics-bootstrapping-to-40m-arr/ | 800 | 1 | b6cde21bde3c9b9a156094e9a175f920 | {"bias_density": 0.31, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live | Meta is taking on Twitter with a new app. Instagram today announced the anticipated launch of its text-based social networking app,Threads, which allows Instagram users to authenticate with their existing credentials in order to post short updates, including text up to 500 characters; links; photos; and videos up to 5 ... | 2023-07-05T23:00:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-metas-twitter-competitor-is-now-live/ | 1,169 | 1 | fcfa2db77724327b93ccd9a887c3e9d9 | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
AWS enters into ‘strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain | Amazonsaysit will work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, to invest “$5 billion-plus” in a strategic partnership to build an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia. The AI Zone will include dedicated Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI infrastructure, servers, networks, and training... | 2025-05-13T19:05:26 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/aws-enters-into-strategic-partnership-with-saudi-arabia-backed-humain/ | 306 | 0.9 | 4f01930812bc8ac51922129f86cfde8f | {"bias_density": 0.21, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Abu Dhabi pours $738.5M into China’s Tesla challenger Nio | China’s electric vehicle companies are pouring into the Middle East where both investors and consumers have a growing appetite for the country’s Tesla challengers. Shanghai-based NioannouncedTuesday that CYVN Holdings, a smart mobility-focused investment vehicle majority-owned by the Abu Dhabi government, will invest a... | 2023-06-20T14:16:58 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/abu-dhabi-738m-china-tesla-challenger-nio/ | 420 | 0.9 | 9ac1e357279aa9ec5a86ded934fa53a9 | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
The Rivian R2 SUV racks up 68,000 reservations a day after reveal | The Rivian R2, an all-electric sport utility vehicle that’s smaller and more affordable than the automaker’s flagship SUV, appears to be a hit with potential customers. At least, if the number of reservations for the R2 is any guide. Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe posted Friday on Instagram that the company had rec... | 2024-03-08T15:53:57 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/08/the-rivian-r2-suv-racks-up-68000-reservations-a-day-after-reveal/ | 278 | 0.9 | 18fa3448f5498de8d90711e18d66fc87 | {"bias_density": 0.22, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Africa’s newest fintech unicorns are winning by keeping their feet on the ground | Africa’s tech ecosystem just got a boost of attention, with South Africa’sTymeBankand Nigeria’sMoniepointboth raising funds in recent weeks at valuations of over $1 billion and joining the coveted unicorn pantheon. But those valuations don’t just reflect investor confidence. They signal the success they’ve had in takin... | 2024-12-29T15:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/29/africas-fintech-unicorns-blend-digital-banking-and-physical-touchpoints/ | 1,339 | 1 | 9c4df472f2cbc7b749af084f6278672c | {"bias_density": 0.28, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Happy Valentine’s Day, dating app downloads are slowing down | It may be Valentine’s Day here in the U. S. , but the dating app market isn’t looking as promising as it used to. According to a newanalysisby app intelligence provider data. ai, global downloads of dating apps saw only tepid growth year-over-year as of this January — a slight increase of just 1. 9% to reach 128 millio... | 2024-02-14T18:48:33 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/happy-valentines-day-dating-app-downloads-are-slowing-down/ | 811 | 1 | 0a6c02627d2973c40f2acce9268dd687 | {"bias_density": 0.4, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Karo is a to-do app that lets you assign tasks to your friends and family | You can build a reminder and task management system for yourself, and use a service that works for your team. But it might not be easy to get your family members or friends to use the same task management app. iOS appKaro(which means “do it” in Hindi) aims to solve the problem even if the other person doesn’t use the a... | 2024-09-06T10:19:29 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/06/karo-is-a-to-do-app-that-lets-you-assign-tasks-to-your-friends-and-family/ | 755 | 1 | d3b65eb1bbe3e026a90043399d69cb29 | {"bias_density": 0.35, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Astro Teller is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October | We are thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head honcho of Alphabet’s X, the Moonshot Factory, will be joining us as a featured speaker atTechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The whole affair promises to be fun filled and rife with intel and insights that you won’t w... | 2025-04-24T20:30:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/astro-teller-is-joining-us-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025-in-october/ | 413 | 0.9 | 5016073940954a4e99b98633b1206b86 | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Hot Topic data breach exposed personal data of 57 million customers | Millions of customers of Hot Topic have been informed that their personal data was compromised during an October data breach at the American retailer. Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), the breach notification service, said this week that italerted57 million Hot Topic customers that their data had been compromised. The stolen d... | 2024-11-13T15:57:39 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/hot-topic-data-breach-exposed-personal-data-of-57-million-customers/ | 406 | 0.9 | b7fe50561ff8db45b2390d1cc0f1284d | {"bias_density": 0.19, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
2 days left to vote for Disrupt Audience Choice | TechCrunch Disrupt 2024isn’t just an event for innovation; it’s a platform where your voice matters. With theDisrupt 2024 Audience Choice Program, you have the power to shape the future of tech by voting for your favorite thought leaders and sessions. But with just 48 hours left until the May 24 deadline, now is the ti... | 2024-05-23T16:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/2-days-left-to-vote-for-disrupt-audience-choice/ | 145 | 0.7 | 4b5dde75aa6bca62454f689d37881e1b | {"bias_density": 0.4, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerpt | Posted: An excerpt from the upcoming book “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future”offers new detailsabout why OpenAI’s boardbriefly fired CEO Sam Altmanback in 2023. Written by Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey, the book claims the nonprofit’s board members became increasingly concer... | 2025-03-29T20:22:51 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/sam-altman-firing-drama-detailed-in-new-book-excerpt/ | 241 | 0.9 | aef47c14c9665af566cb883adcf31d49 | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Kaspersky defends force-replacing its security software without users’ explicit consent | Earlier this week,some U. S. customers of Kaspersky’s antivirus were surprised to find outthat the Russian-made software disappeared from their computers and had been replaced by a new antivirus called UltraAV, owned by American company Pango. The move was the result of the U. S. government’sunprecedented ban on Kasper... | 2024-09-26T16:50:34 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/kaspersky-defends-automatically-force-replacing-its-software-without-users-explicit-consent/ | 684 | 1 | c2444ca605b2989b9e3c3f94a9d95ca4 | {"bias_density": 0.64, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Fintech Ramp lands Eagles’ Saquon Barkley as investor and Super Bowl commercial star | Philadelphia Eagles’ star running back Saquon Barkley has not only become an investor in fintech startupRamp, he is also the star of the company’s first Super Bowl commercial. Interestingly, it was Barkley who reached out to Ramp about investing, not the other way around as is so often the case with celebrity endorseme... | 2025-02-06T17:59:31 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/fintech-ramp-lands-eagles-saquon-barkley-as-investor-and-super-bowl-commercial-star/ | 392 | 0.9 | a18347433af97e32d946e0aaf0dc5376 | {"bias_density": 0.4, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Atomico backs Tem to help businesses buy renewable energy directly from sources | startup wants to do for utilities whatneobanks have been doingfor the financial sector for more than a decade: disrupt an age-old industry using technology, streamline it and cut out the middlemen. London-basedTemhas built a marketplace and platform to connect businesses directly to renewable energy sources, and it is ... | 2024-09-11T11:43:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/11/atomico-backs-tem-to-help-businesses-buy-renewable-energy-directly-from-sources/ | 980 | 1 | d029ac24f306dc28440518a20064f00b | {"bias_density": 0.58, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 5, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 6, "concerns": ["High demographic bias indicators"]} |
Mira Murati’s AI startup is reportedly aiming for a massive $2B seed round | Posted: Thinking Machines Lab, the new AI startup from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly attempting to close one of the largest seed rounds in history. Business Insider reported on Thursday that Thinking Machines Labhas doubled the target for its seed funding roundto $2 billion. The round, should it close accord... | 2025-04-10T19:58:10 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/mira-muratis-ai-startup-is-reportedly-aiming-for-a-massive-2b-seed-round/ | 223 | 0.9 | f962dd57ed16ddc352b740d569e7b25a | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens | Posted: Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting byNPRandKentucky Public Radio. Fourteen U. S. attorneys generalsued TikTok earlier this week, claiming that the app harms children’s mental health. Much of the material in those suits was re... | 2024-10-12T16:41:17 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/tiktoks-research-reportedly-acknowledges-negative-effects-on-teens/ | 254 | 0.9 | d206c6d4f0f0aa2c7b2c00444872355a | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
Lucid Gravity SUV owners will gain access to Tesla Superchargers on January 31 | Owners of the electric Lucid Gravity SUV will gain access to Tesla’s Supercharging network starting January 31. The Gravity is Lucid’s second vehicle model in its lineup after its flagship Air sedan series, and the first to be built with charge ports compatible with Tesla’s NACS (North American Charging Standard) charg... | 2025-01-28T14:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/lucid-gravity-suv-owners-will-gain-access-to-tesla-superchargers-on-jan-31/ | 396 | 0.9 | d9355a98e1ed4d9777f5faa39511968f | {"bias_density": 0.59, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Apple names 2025 Design Awards winners | Days before its Worldwide Developers Conference 2025 (WWDC), Apple has named the winners and finalists of its 2025 Design Awards for apps. This year’s winners and finalists mostly include indie apps and startups, and contrary to the trend everywhere else, generative AI apps are noticeably missing from the list. This is... | 2025-06-04T12:07:44 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/apple-names-2025-design-awards-winners/ | 361 | 0.9 | b025302103d8f88a1c914eeadf60ba3b | {"bias_density": 0.22, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Law firm that handles data breaches was hit by data breach | An international law firm that works with companies affected by security incidents has experienced its own cyberattack that exposed the sensitive health information of hundreds of thousands of data breach victims. San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe said last week that hackers stole the personal informat... | 2024-01-04T17:20:26 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/04/orrick-law-firm-data-breach/ | 538 | 1 | bd00cb009cbc081b57b44a60f71a50d1 | {"bias_density": 0.56, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Microsoft’s AI reaches Indian villages | Merely months have passed since Microsoft and OpenAIunveiled ChatGPT to the world, sparking a fervor among tech enthusiasts and industry titans. Now, the technology that underpins this generative AI is breaking barriers, reaching remote hamlets hundreds of miles away from the tech hubbubs of Seattle and San Francisco. ... | 2023-05-24T08:42:22 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/24/microsoft-ai-chatgpt-reaches-rural-india/ | 472 | 0.9 | 286c50e7fb2e082bebe4e5adc4f0dd14 | {"bias_density": 0.35, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 2, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Cycode acquires Bearer to accelerate its move into AI-enhanced security remediation | Cycodeis awell-fundedstartup that offers an end-to-end application security posture management platform — that is, a tool that continuously scans code (and the libraries it relies on) for potential security vulnerabilities throughout the software development life cycle and then helps remediate those issues. Today, the ... | 2024-03-05T13:00:05 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/cycode-acquires-bearer-to-accelerate-its-move-into-ai-enhanced-security-remediation/ | 756 | 1 | eadfa54b6340a8b6d1b0fa9404af4352 | {"bias_density": 0.46, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 1, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Apple brings concert discovery features to Apple Music and Apple Maps | Apple is bringing concert discovery to two of its flagship apps, Apple Music and Apple Maps, the company announced today. On the Apple Music app, fans will gain access to a new feature called Set Lists, which allows users to browse and listen to the set lists from favorite artists on tour, and read more about their pro... | 2023-05-16T14:00:28 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/apple-brings-concert-discovery-features-to-apple-music-and-apple-maps/ | 557 | 1 | ca961b9f6730db8b4a95311a9bacd11e | {"bias_density": 0.38, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Shared micromobility firm Veo launches retail seated scooter | Veo, one of the shared micromobility firms thatsecured New York City’s e-scooter permit, is moving into retail. Starting Thursday, the company will besellingits Cosmo X seated, pedal-less scooter across the United States. Veo will start with a small pilot and limit its first batch to 1,000 scooters in 2023. While e-bik... | 2023-08-10T16:05:21 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/shared-micromobility-firm-veo-launches-retail-seated-scooter/ | 846 | 1 | eeb2587ecf00a59b1b000bc4b1030fc2 | {"bias_density": 0.42, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 2, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Regulatory filing reveals ABL Space Systems targeting $100M in new funding | ABL Space Systemsis looking to raise up to $100 million in new funding, and has just closed over $40 million, according to a new filing with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The companyfiled the Form Don December 29. It’s the first indication that ABL has raised venture funding since October 2021, when the... | 2024-01-08T22:54:46 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/regulatory-filing-reveals-abl-space-systems-targeting-100m-in-new-funding/ | 543 | 1 | 2c09d1e25015116ce5466f40b41f6ddf | {"bias_density": 0.16, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Why Anthony Levandowski returned to his off-road autonomous vehicle roots with AV startup Pronto | Five years ago, as robotaxis and self-driving truck startups were still raking in millions in venture capital, Anthony Levandowski turned to off-road autonomy. Now, that decision — which brought the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur back to the roots that helped launch his pioneering and controversial care... | 2024-08-01T14:45:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/why-anthony-levandowski-pronto-av-startup-offroad/ | 787 | 1 | f18458b691dbb8766dd734f9c84dc2a0 | {"bias_density": 0.41, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 3, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Lordstown Motors’ ousted CEO settles with SEC for misleading investors | Steve Burns, the ousted founder, chairman and CEO of bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors, has settled with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission over misleading investors about demand for the company’s flagship all-electric Endurance pickup truck. Burns was ordered to pay a civil fine of $175,000 and cannot ser... | 2024-03-22T21:33:10 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/22/lordstown-motors-ousted-ceo-settles-with-sec-for-misleading-investors/ | 519 | 1 | 983a8b36262766c672789b7fcfae430c | {"bias_density": 0.43, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
To hire your first startup employee, begin with a list of 1,500 people | The best way to hire someone for your startup is through your own network, but even the most well-connected startup founder will find themselves tapped out pretty quickly. So what is a founder to do if they want to find a good candidate? Recruiting firms can be really good at finding candidates if you have a very clear... | 2023-05-17T13:30:01 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/hiring-your-first-startup-employee/ | 1,808 | 1 | 5596f4d83b6cb361b1d618394f7aa18f | {"bias_density": 0.0, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 0, "concerns": []} |
DuckDuckGo leans further into GenAI as its AI chat interface exits beta | Private search engine DuckDuckGo is leaning further into the generative AI opportunity. The non-tracking search engine has beendabbling with expanding the role of AI assistancein its product for the past year, including launching a chatbot-style interface last fall — available at Duck. ai. In ablog postThursday, the co... | 2025-03-06T16:20:20 | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/duckduckgo-leans-further-into-genai-as-its-ai-chat-interface-exits-beta/ | 1,187 | 1 | e307946bd9dfdfa208340354590635ac | {"bias_density": 0.31, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 3, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 4, "concerns": []} |
Giskard’s open source framework evaluates AI models before they’re pushed into production | Giskardis a French startup working on an open source testing framework for large language models. It can alert developers of risks of biases, security holes and a model’s ability to generate harmful or toxic content. While there’s a lot of hype around AI models, ML testing systems will also quickly become a hot topic a... | 2023-11-14T09:53:36 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/14/giskards-open-source-framework-evaluates-ai-models-before-theyre-pushed-into-production/ | 815 | 1 | a25dd467bb54214d34cef840fb654819 | {"bias_density": 0.54, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 3, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 1, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching the top 10; X falls to No. 36 | Instagram Threads is gaining traction after growth stalled last year, which had some prematurelywondering if the app was already dead. New data indicates that’s not the case — in fact, Threads is continuing to grow, having tripled its downloads month-over-month in December, which gave it a place in the top 10 most down... | 2024-01-30T14:06:35 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/30/instagram-threads-triples-downloads-in-december-reaching-the-top-10-x-falls-to-no-36/ | 620 | 1 | 3d5322aaa681f7fccd6b462cc8dd5814 | {"bias_density": 0.35, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Topsort helps e-commerce create ads without being ‘creepy’ | Regina Ye says she andTopsortco-founder Francisco Larrain have learned a lot in the two years since their auction-powered advertising startup launched. The company raised$8 million in seed fundingin 2022 to value the company at $110 million. Topsort develops retail media technology for small businesses to use auctions ... | 2024-03-04T14:01:20 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/04/topsort-150m-e-commerce-ads/ | 524 | 1 | 740a02ad5876f9f7a3a4aa9c723335ee | {"bias_density": 0.32, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 2, "concerns": []} |
Napkin turns text into visuals with a bit of generative AI | We all have ideas, but effectively communicating them and winning people over is no easy feat. So how can we best accomplish this in an era of information overload and shrinking attention spans? If you’re engineers Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler, you useNapkin, a new “visual AI” platform that the two built together.... | 2024-08-07T16:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/07/napkin-turns-text-into-visuals-with-a-bit-of-generative-ai/ | 984 | 1 | 35979d6a2b7015c1955955a175811b92 | {"bias_density": 0.43, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 2, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 5, "concerns": []} |
Testing automation platform Tricentis acquires Waldo | Tricentis, a test automation platform that has acquired quite a few testing services and startups over the years, is making another M&A move with the acquisition ofWaldo, an automated testing tool for mobile development teams. I have covered Waldoseveraltimesover the past few years. The company has raised a seed round ... | 2023-07-12T10:52:48 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/test-automation-platform-tricentis-acquires-waldo/ | 399 | 0.9 | 3969c0457da3ecb93b5c1d421b8df639 | {"bias_density": 0.2, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Ida uses AI to prevent grocery food waste | Idais a relatively new French startup that wants to work with supermarkets and grocery stores to optimize new orders of fresh products, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish. The startup recently raised a $2. 9 million (€2. 7 million) seed round from Frst, Daphni, Motier Ventures and Kima Ventures. Right n... | 2023-11-16T08:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/ida-uses-ai-to-prevent-grocery-food-waste/ | 789 | 1 | fa69777ba504987308b1d933f8c9418b | {"bias_density": 0.34, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 2, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 3, "concerns": []} |
Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google’s woes mysteriously vanishes | Posted: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has since moved on to greener and perhapsmore dangerous pastures,told an audience of Stanford students recently that “Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning. ” Evidently this hot take was not for wider ... | 2024-08-14T23:14:27 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/video-of-eric-schmidt-blaming-remote-work-for-googles-woes-mysteriously-vanishes/ | 269 | 0.9 | 1097bcbd65750370486675b42739c98a | {"bias_density": 0.27, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 0, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 1, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
Caliza lands $8.5 million to bring real-time money transfers to Latin America using USDC | Real-time payments are becoming commonplace for individuals and businesses, but not yet for cross-border transactions. That’s whatCalizais hoping to change, starting with Latin America. Founded in 2021 by American entrepreneur Ezra Kebrab, who now lives in São Paulo, Brazil, Caliza offers an alternative to transfers ma... | 2024-07-15T13:00:00 | https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/15/caliza-lands-8-5-million-to-bring-real-time-money-transfers-to-latin-america-using-usdc/ | 565 | 1 | 451dfd80346b85d56d90f955bd017937 | {"bias_density": 0.12, "is_balanced": true, "bias_scores": {"political_left": 1, "political_right": 0, "gender_bias": 0, "age_bias": 0, "geographic_bias": 0, "economic_bias": 0}, "total_bias_indicators": 1, "concerns": []} |
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