Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’
Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
Bob Iger is returning to Thrive Capital as an advisor, just one month after stepping down as CEO of Disney, a role he held for
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
Meta announced on Thursday that parents using its supervision tools can now see the topics their teen has asked Meta AI about in the past
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the
Yelp’s updated AI assistant can answer questions and book a restaurant or service in one conversation
For years, existing consumer platforms have tried to keep users within their app by offering more services. After the rise of the AI chatbot, the
The 12-month window | TechCrunch
In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil — Gil made a point
VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’
Longtime venture capitalist Ron Conway said Friday that he was “recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.” In a post on X, Conway wrote
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid expansion of its ambitions. And
Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
More than three years after the emergence of generative AI, AI-assisted coding remains by far the most popular and lucrative use case for the technology.
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO
Nuclear startup X-energy began its investor roadshow Wednesday as it works toward its IPO, setting its target price between $16 and $19 per share, according