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March 26, 2024

0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain

As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm,” has raised $35 million in a pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. If $35 million sounds like a lot for a pre-seed round, it really is. “In order to build the basic technology, we wanted […]

March 25, 2024

Can you hear me now? AI-coustics to fight noisy audio with generative AI

Noisy recordings of interviews and speeches are the bane of audio engineers’ existence. But one German startup hopes to fix that with a unique technical approach that uses generative AI to enhance the clarity of voices in video. Today, AI-coustics emerged from stealth with €1.9 million in funding. According to co-founder and CEO Fabian Seipel, […]

March 25, 2024

Can you hear me now? AI-coustics to fight noisy audio with generative AI

March 21, 2024

Former Grindr exec and a married couple launch Rails with $6.2M round, for its decentralized FTX alternative

Rails, a decentralized crypto exchange, has raised $6.2 million in attempts to fill the void FTX left behind after crashing in 2022, the startup’s co-founder and CEO Satraj Bambra exclusively told TechCrunch. It is currently in the early stages of launching an offshore service in select crypto-friendly countries, which does not include the US. The […]

March 18, 2024

Quilt is building AI assistants for solutions teams

The job of so-called “solutions professionals” — people like sales engineers, solutions architects and consultants — revolves around pitching complex enterprise tech to potential customers. It’s important work. But despite this being the case, rarely are solutions teams adequately staffed and resourced, according to entrepreneur Dan Chen. “Solutions teams bring technical credibility to the selling […]

March 14, 2024

ShopMy lands $18.5M to help influencers earn more money from promoting products

ShopMy, a marketing platform for content creators to connect with brands and monetize their content, announced today that it raised $18.5 million. The company will use the money to help scale its network of 40,000 creators, including Alix Earle, the latest “It Girl” on the internet with over 10 million followers on TikTok and Instagram. […]

March 13, 2024

Luminary Cloud’s simulator taps GPUs to help speed up product design

Simulations are an essential step in physical product engineering. They enable engineers to create prototypes and understand how they might perform in the real world, accounting for factors like aerodynamic drag, air and water flows and pressure and temperature distributions. But today’s engineering simulators tend to be quite slow and difficult to scale up, according […]

March 12, 2024

OpenMeter makes it easier for companies to track usage-based billing

In enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS), usage-based pricing, a pricing model in which customers are charged only when they use a product or service, is gaining ground. According to a report from VC firm OpenView, ~60% of SaaS businesses offer some form of usage-based pricing today. Recently, Apigee, Google Cloud’s API management platform, made the shift, as […]

March 12, 2024

Axion Ray’s AI attempts to detect product flaws to prevent recalls

Recalls are costly for — and damaging to — any company, no matter the size or market. For instance, McKinsey estimates that, for businesses manufacturing medical devices, recalls have been as high as $600 million in recent decades. The reputational impact tends to be lasting; customers aren’t quick to forgive. A Harris Interactive poll found […]

March 12, 2024

Pienso builds no-code tools for training AI models

AI might be the “it thing” of the moment. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting easier to deploy. According to 2023 S&P Global survey, about half of companies with at least one AI project in production are still at the pilot or proof-of-concept stages. The reasons for the slow ramp-ups vary, but the commonly cited […]