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To give women academics and others their well-deserved—and overdue—time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is publishing a series of interviews focusing on notable women who have contributed…
Praktika raises $35.5 million to use AI avatars to make language learning feel more natural
Most apps that help you learn languages have features where you select options or remove wrong answer cards — you’re pretty much interacting with a machine.…
How Maven’s serendipity network with artificial intelligence can make social media interesting again
Everything in society can be geared towards optimization – be it standardized tests or artificial intelligence algorithms. They teach us to know what result you want…
Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund has created a new grant program aimed at bringing in top engineers and technologists to invest, a move that could help…
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulations, but warns against AI monopolies
Garry Tan, chairman and CEO of Y Combinator, told a crowd at The Economic Club in Washington this week that “regulation is probably necessary” for artificial…
Linktree has more than 50 million users, offers its social commerce program to more creators
Link-in-bio startup Linktree said Wednesday it has surpassed 50 million users. The number represents a significant increase from the 2.7 million users the company had in…
Big tech companies are plowing money into AI startups, which could help them avoid antitrust concerns
Another week, and another round of crazy cash infusions and valuations has emerged from the AI realm. DeepLan artificial intelligence language translation startup, raised $300 million…
In 2008, Marty Kagan, who previously worked at Cisco and Akamai, co-founded Cedexis, a company (now owned by Cisco) that develops observability technology for content delivery…
Keeping up with an industry as fast-paced as artificial intelligence is a tall order. So, until an AI can do it for you, here’s a helpful…
Spotify released its own font, the company was announced on Wednesday. The music streaming service hopes its new font, “Spotify Mix,” will help Spotify distinguish its…