AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop
OpenAI’s agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks
Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – El Paso County officials in closed meeting on sheriff budget
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – El Paso County officials quickly retired behind closed doors in a special meeting discussion with the sheriff’s office on Thursday, April 16. The El Paso County Commissioners…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product
A herald of the SAASpocalypse? Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Everything we like is a psyop
If culture is shaped by TikTok’s algorithmic feed, then it’s time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking. Read more: Read More