RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI
Sometimes it’s nice to have a simple app that does one thing well without a lot of fuss. Microsoft Lens was that type of app:
Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
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xAI’s legal chief steps down after whirlwind year
Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend
Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward “Big Balls” Coristine
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the teenage software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became
Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation
Sales automation startup Clay has raised a $100 million Series C at a $3.1 billion valuation in a round led by CapitalG, confirming TechCrunch’s report
Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India
Indian startup Jeh Aerospace founders Vishal Sanghavi and Venkatesh Mudragalla have had a front row seat to the commercial aircraft sector and its growing production
Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’
Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app, according to according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This team — reportedly called Answers, Knowledge,
Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI
Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI, according to Bloomberg’s
Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors
CRV has secured $750 million toward the 55-year-old venture firm’s twentieth flagship fund, it announced on Friday. The new fund is smaller than the $1
Female-founded semiconductor AI startup SixSense raises $8.5M
A Singapore-based deep tech startup called SixSense has developed an AI-powered platform that helps semiconductor manufacturers predict and detect potential chip defects on production lines