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SparkLabs’ new fund and its wider investment aims underscore the bigger trends that have swirled around artificial intelligence for the last few years. The explosion of interest in generative AI in particular has led to a surge of startups in the space, as well as a rush of investors looking for the next Open AI — or at the very least, a startup that a bigger company might snap up as it looks to sharpen its own AI edge.

SparkLabs closes $50M fund to back AI startups

He is replacing Philippe Laffont, the founder of the New York-based investment firm Coatue Management, on ByteDance’s board, per the report. Coatue has been considering selling a portion of its stake in ByteDance, according to a report by The Information on August 23. Niel is the owner of French...

Xavier Niel replaces Coatue’s Laffont on board of TikTok parent ByteDance

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Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi, Galaxy Ventures’ Will Nuelle, and NFX’s Morgan Beller will share their perspectives on the Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Get a rare glimpse into the evolving strategies, general consensus and anticipated trends of leading investors in the cryptocurrency space. These three experts — combined having backed some of the most significant protocols, exchanges and decentralized applications — are uniquely positioned to discuss the future of blockchain and crypto.

Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Ventures and NFX share insights on crypto scaling and strategy at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Most notably, it has a feature that analyzes billions of publicly available YouTube videos in order to draw inspiration from similar creators. Spotter Studio competes with various AI tools designed for creators, including TubeBuddy and vidIQ, as well as YouTube’s AI-powered inspiration tool, which suggests topics based on data about what viewers are currently watching. However, Spotter Studio claims to differ from other tools because its solution is more tailored to individual preferences.

Spotter launches AI tools to help YouTubers brainstorm video ideas, thumbnails and more

TikTok launched a new way to adjust your algorithm and personalize your For You Page so that users see more of what they want and less of what they don’t. TikTokers are more apt to use the platform when they see what they want on their For You Page, also known as a FYP.

How to change TikTok’s For You Page: Algorithm adjustment explained

Korea’s Institute of Machinery and Materials this week showcased a robotic wheelchair with large, deformable wheels that can manage rocks, stairs and other obstacles. During normal operation, the wheel maintains a standard rigid circular form. When it encounters an obstacle, however, it becomes compliant, conforming to the object’s height and shape.

Watch this robotic wheelchair’s compliant wheels take on bumps, rocks and stairs

The wheel uses a “smart chain” structure, which means that a chain on the wheels attaches to spokes that change tension when confronted with changes in the terrain. The team says that this design was inspired by the surface tension properties of water droplets, which are rounded by gravity.

TechCrunch Minute: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs

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It's been 33 years since actress Nancy Kulp died of cancer in 1991 at 69. Best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on TV's classic country comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies(CBS, 1962-1971, Kulp was a trailblazing political advocate. She was a Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 9th congressional district. She later worked as an artist-in-residence at Juniata College and taught acting. And she was also gay. Long divorced, she came out of the closet at the age of 67 and acknowledged she was a lesbian. This is her story.

The Secret Gay Life of Nancy Kulp ('The Beverly Hillbillies'): 33 Years After Her Tragic Death

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Recently, many iOS users found the Facebook icon on their smartphones switching from blue and white to black and blue automatically. Many iOS users have been baffled by the unexpected color shift in their Facebook app logo. While some speculate it’s a deliberate update by Meta, others believe it might just be a glitch.

Why Is The Facebook Icon Black & Blue? Change Explained

According to Forbes, Breslow sent an email to shareholders thanking them for signing off on the deal. The problem is that many of those investors, including Montauk Ventures and Ash Pournouri, claim they didn’t sign off on anything. Montauk’s founder, Philip Krim, told Forbes he does not support the financing, and Breslow didn’t have his permission to be included in a list of investors that had approved the deal.

Ryan Breslow’s $450M Bolt deal said to involve a restraining order now

This second fund is significant because Gupta expanded it beyond a corporate fund with one main LP — Prudential Financial — into one supported by a number of financial and insurance LPs. Prudential Financial is the lead investor but the fund also includes TIAA, Lincoln Financial, Generali, Nippon Life, Mutual of Omaha and Willis Towers Watson. Prudential was the solo LP in PruVen’s first fund of $300 million.

Former Citi, Battery VC has new $378M fund to back financial services and enterprise startups

Three years later, the Dubai-based startup, which now counts 50,000 retail and business customers after expanding its offerings to meet the needs of micro, small and medium-sized businesses in the UAE, has netted $22 million in Series A funding led by Altos Ventures. Indeed, such sizable follow-on funding despite the...

Ziina banks $22M as growth explodes for the UAE-based fintech for small businesses

The dispute between X and the Brazilian government started in April, when Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded the removal of seven accounts posting misinformation in support of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” did not comply with the takedown requests, even though he’s complied with similar takedown requests from governments in India and Turkey.

TechCrunch Minute: X lost millions of monthly active users after Brazil ban

The German automaker announced in January at CES 2024 plans to add an AI-powered chatbot into all Volkswagen models equipped with its IDA voice assistant. But the U.S. was excluded in that initial rollout. Now, the automaker is making its ChatGPT-integrated Plus Speech voice assistant — which is an AI...

Volkswagen is rolling out its ChatGPT assistant to the US

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Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

One stealthily operating startup thinks it can narrow the gap by helping miners extract more copper from their mines. To do that, Colorado-based Endolith is turning to microbes. Today, most copper is recovered using hydrometallurgy, which generally involves pouring acid on piles of rock, which strips out some portion of...

Endolith is using ‘Olympic caliber’ copper microbes to address the copper shortage

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Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

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The era of free-riding for online retailers ended in 2018 when South Dakota took Wayfair to court over sales tax collection. The Supreme Court ultimately sided with South Dakota. Now, online stores and SaaS companies have to collect sales tax from their customers wherever it’s required, which is not an...

Zamp targets growing demand for sales tax solutions

The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first or second quarter of Paylocity’s fiscal year, which would be sometime in the next 30 to 60 days. It is being funded by borrowings under Paylocity’s revolving credit facility. It’s a decent exit...

Paylocity is acquiring corporate spend startup Airbase for $325M

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Snapchat to test a ‘simplified’ app, CEO says

Spiegel attempted to rally employee spirits with his letter on Tuesday after a depressing year for the company’s stock price, which has fallen nearly 50% in...

Snapchat to test a ‘simplified’ app, CEO says

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