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Some developers say licenses for “open” AI models like Google's Gemma and Meta's Llama have limits that restrict commercial use without fear of legal reprisal (techcrunch.com)
17 days ago Google AI

Bluesky proposes letting users indicate if their data can be used for AI training, web archiving, and more; critics see it as a reversal of its prior statements (techcrunch.com)
18 days ago AI

A lack of consensus on what defines an AI “agent” is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently (techcrunch.com)
18 days ago Microsoft AI Salesforce

A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased 160 companies, including several creating tools to enhance other companies' AI agents (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago Startup AI

Orlando-based Worth, whose tech lets fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite SMBs by automating KYC, fraud verification, and more, raised a $20M seed (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago

The DOJ says Rostislav Panev, who is accused of being a key developer for the LockBit ransomware gang, has been extradited from Israel to the US (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago Israel

SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Osaka for ~$676M, sources say to turn it into a data center for jointly developing AI agents with OpenAI (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago AI

Flock Safety, maker of computer vision-enabled video surveillance tech for police and businesses, raised $275M at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4.8B a year ago (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago

OpenAI calls DeepSeek “state-controlled” and recommends that the US consider banning “PRC-produced” models that “violate user privacy and create security risks” (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago

Google releases its proposals for White House's AI Action Plan, arguing that “fair use and text-and-data mining exceptions” are “critical” to AI development (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago Google AI

UiPath acquires Peak, which makes AI tools to optimize product inventory and pricing; Peak raised a total of $121M and reported revenue of just ~£9M in 2023 (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago AI

Omni, which offers data analysis tools, raised a $69M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth at a $650M valuation, bringing its total raised to $97M (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago Data Analysis

Xiaomi plans to preinstall PhonePe's Indus Appstore on all new smartphones sold in India and replace its GetApps app store with Indus Appstore on existing ones (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago India Xiaomi

Estonia-based Blackwall, formerly BotGuard, raised a €45M Series B to protect SMBs from malicious online traffic, after a €12M Series A in March 2024 (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago

In its final decision report, the UK CMA finds that Apple and Google's mobile browser duopoly is “holding back innovation”, but offers no enforcement action (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago Google Mobile Apple Browser

Indian police arrest Aleksej Besciokov, the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange sanctioned by the EU and the US, at the request of US authorities (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago Russia India

Snapchat introduces AI video Lenses, powered by Snap's in-house generative video model, available to subscribers of the $16/month Snapchat Platinum tier (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago AI Snapchat

Ditto, which aims to enable “resilient” edge device connectivity, raised an $82M Series B at a $462M post-money valuation, after a $45M Series A in April 2023 (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago

India's largest telco Jio Platforms partners with SpaceX to offer Starlink in the country, just hours after rival Airtel announced a similar partnership (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago India SpaceX

Israeli startup Sola, which offers a low-code platform to build cybersecurity apps, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed co-led by S Capital and Mike Moritz (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago Israel Startup

Neobank Zolve, which offers services for those moving to the US, raised a $51M Series B led by Creaegis and $200M in debt, and says it has 750,000 customers (techcrunch.com)
23 days ago

Infinite Uptime, which uses AI and proprietary sensors to offer predictive maintenance solutions for factories, raised a $35M Series C led by Avataar Ventures (techcrunch.com)
23 days ago AI

Nirvana, which uses real-time driving telematics to build insurance policies for truckers, raised an $80M Series C at an $830M valuation, up from $350M in 2023 (techcrunch.com)
23 days ago Insurance

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf: current AI development paradigms won't yield outside-the-box problem-solving that leads to true scientific breakthroughs (techcrunch.com)
24 days ago AI

Some early users of Manus say the agentic AI is no panacea, with long waits, errors, unsatisfying answers, and endless loops often plaguing the experience (techcrunch.com)
24 days ago AI

A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which authors allege Meta violated IP rights by using their books to train Llama models, to move forward (techcrunch.com)
25 days ago

CoreWeave's S-1 reveals its three co-founders own less than 3% of Class A shares after cashing out ~$488M, but still control ~80% of votes though Class B shares (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago

Crogl, whose AI agent helps cybersecurity researchers analyze daily network alerts to find and fix security incidents, raised a $25M Series A and a $5M seed (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago AI

Signal President Meredith Whittaker says AI agents have a “profound issue” with privacy and security and refers to their use as “putting your brain in a jar” (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago AI

Meta is testing a feature that lets Threads users add their interests to their profile; the interests will direct users to active conversations about the topic (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago

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