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When Dick Costolo, the former CEO of Twitter, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt, an audience member inquired if HBO’s popular satirical show “Silicon Valley” would ever be brought back. Costolo, who contributed as a writer to the series, essentially said it wouldn’t happen (around the 38:17 mark). He mentioned that while the writers frequently discuss it,…
Deepwatch, a cybersecurity business that offers an AI-driven detection and response platform, let go of a number of employees this past Wednesday, pointing to AI as a contributing factor. Deepwatch’s CEO, John DiLullo, stated in an email to TechCrunch that the company “is adjusting our organization to speed up our substantial investments in AI and…
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li’s startup, World Labs, is debuting its inaugural commercial world model product. Marble is now accessible through freemium and premium options, enabling users to transform text inputs, images, videos, 3D designs, or panoramas into adaptable, downloadable 3D settings. The generative world model’s launch, initially available as a limited beta preview two months…
According to global VC firm Accel’s 2025 Globalscape report, which concentrates on the AI and cloud market, the U.S. leads Europe in the development of large AI models; however, the application layer presents a different scenario, showcasing emerging category leaders like Lovable and Synthesia. (It’s worth noting that Accel has invested in both Lovable and…
At Web Summit, there’s a moment when a production staffer — significantly larger than Laurent Mekies — casually puts a strong arm around the Oracle Red Bull Racing CEO’s shoulders, guiding him toward the sound console to get his phone for a photo. Most executives running organizations of 2,000 people would be put off by…
Masayoshi Son is not one for moderation. The career of the SoftBank founder is filled with surprising wagers, each seemingly more shocking than the previous one. His most recent action involves liquidating his entire $5.8 billion Nvidia holding to focus entirely on AI. While this surprised the business world on Tuesday, perhaps it shouldn’t have….
A suite of new AI-driven functionalities has been launched for Google Photos, featuring options to modify subjects and figures within pictures, a fresh Ask function providing AI-assisted responses concerning images or alteration requests, AI-driven templates for generating images, alongside an expanded natural language search feature. The concept of prompt-based editing was initially presented by the…
Jennifer Neundorfer, the co-founder of January Ventures, visited the Equity podcast during TechCrunch Disrupt to discuss fundraising in this AI-dominated market. AI captivates both founders and investors, and Neundorfer mentioned her firm is exploring how AI can streamline tasks like market and competitor due diligence. Regarding startups, she favors founders aiming for groundbreaking innovation. “I…
Loading the player… This week, SoftBank and OpenAI revealed a fresh 50-50 partnership to offer AI enterprise solutions in Japan under the “Crystal Intelligence” name. Initially, it appears to be a standard international expansion agreement. Nevertheless, SoftBank’s position as a key investor in OpenAI is prompting questions about whether AI’s largest deals are genuinely creating economic value or merely…
Anton Osika, CEO of the Stockholm-based AI coding platform Lovable, revealed to this editor during a meeting on Monday that the platform is approaching 8 million users, a significant increase from the 2.3 million active users the company reported in July. Osika mentioned that the company, established almost exactly a year ago, is also experiencing…
