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Telescope 2.0

Find exactly who youโ€™re looking for, fast Discussion | Link

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Lightyear looks to disrupt โ€œherd mentalityโ€ with ISA launch

A challenger investment app has today launched two ISAs as it looks to disrupt the โ€œherd mentalityโ€ of UK investors.Lightyear, founded in 2020 by two former Wise executives, is looking to take on est...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

EarthGuessr

Geoguessr, but it's satellite imagery! Discussion | Link

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Spanish insurtech Weecover closes โ‚ฌ4.2M round for embedded insurance

Spanish insurtechWeecover has closed a 4.2 million round of financing that will fuel new growth and international expansion plans.This second round of investment in the company has been led by Swan...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

AgileGTM Blockchain Fund secures $2M in first close of $10M Pan-European VC Fund

AgileGTM Blockchain Fund, a pan-European VC investingPre-Seed B2B blockchain startups announced the first $2 million close of a new $10 million fund, which will start deploying capital this month.The...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Jim Oโ€™Dea named general manager of Workhuman for Ireland

This is the latest in a series of new appointments for the company, which is in a period of personnel expansion. Read more: Jim Oโ€™Dea named general manager of Workhuman for Ireland

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Checkout.com targets full-year 2025 profitability but no immediate IPO plans

One of the UKโ€™s most valuable startups says it expects to be full-year profitable for 2025 but says it has no immediate plans to IPO.Checkout.com, which was once Europeโ€™s most valuable private tech s...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Databricks bags $15bn to expand and attract AI talent

The latest funding round puts the companyโ€™s valuation at $62bn, with Meta joining as a new strategic investor. Read more: Databricks bags $15bn to expand and attract AI talent

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Prodigy Learning and Minecraft offer students AI skills

The game-based learning programme has a 'future-focused curriculum'. Read more: Prodigy Learning and Minecraft offer students AI skills

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

5 start-ups in Paris you need to know about

The highly esteemed city is full of tech businesses which are bursting at the seams with originality and innovation. Read more: 5 start-ups in Paris you need to know about

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Chapter secures โ‚ฌ3M for energy sector workflow optimisation

Energy management platform Chapter has secured 3 million in funding from Rubio Impact Ventures and CapitalT to roll out its AI-powered operating system for knowledge in the sustainable energy industr...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Leadership that delivers with Medtronicโ€™s Robert Oโ€™Brien

The final episode of The Leadersโ€™ Roomโ€™s season two features Robert Oโ€™Brien, country leader of Medtronic Ireland and its VP of HR for global manufacturing. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. Read more: Leadership that delivers with Medtronicโ€™s Robert Oโ€™Brien

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Swedish fintech Open Payments secures โ‚ฌ3M

Swedish open banking platform Open Payments has raised 3M in a funding round led by Alfvรฉn & Didrikson, with participation from Industrifonden and other existing investors.The funding will suppo...

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Some shareholders of rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes may not see a dime from $1B sale

The $1 billion acquisition of rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes, which was announced Wednesday, is expected to leave some shareholders without a payout, according to sources familiar with the deal. The terms โ€” and Divvyโ€™s journey from buzzy startup to acquisition target โ€” reflects the roller-coaster ride the proptech industry has been on over the past [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Fortnite by the numbers: $342M paid to creators in 2024, with creators tripling to 70,000

Epic Games released its first Fortnite ecosystem year in review for 2024, and it has a lot to celebrate.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

UI-TARS Desktop

Control your computer using natural language Discussion | Link

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

ByteDanceโ€™s UI-TARS can take over your computer, outperforms GPT-4o and Claude

UI-TARS understands graphical user interfaces (GUIs), applies reasoning and takes autonomous, step-by-step action.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

EAโ€™s December quarter was weaker as Dragon Age and soccer missed forecasts

EA's December quarter was weak because of weaker-than-expected sales of Dragon Age: Veilguard and global football (soccer) games.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Scale AI is facing a third worker lawsuit in about a monthย 

In this suit, workers are claiming they suffered PTSD from disturbing content. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Google releases free Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model, pressuring OpenAIโ€™s premium strategy

Google challenges OpenAI with free Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model, offering million-token processing, native code execution, and breakthrough performance in math and science benchmarks.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes selling to Brookfield for about $1 billion

After a turbulent few years for proptech, Divvy Homes announced Wednesday that it is selling to a division of Brookfield Properties for about $1 billion. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Unreal Engine superpowers a CG TV show

Unreal Engine, which has been known in its various incarnations as the premiere โ€” perhaps even de facto โ€” game engine for over a decade, is already quite familiar to major game developers, especially those with AAA experience. It might be harder to explain to the world of animated TV shows, though perhaps not for[โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

AngelList, CoinList partner to help crypto startups raise and manage funds

Crypto is making such a big comeback that AngelList and CoinList are launching a way to help raise capital for crypto-specific founders using crypto coins. They are teaming up to launch crypto special purpose vehicles(SPVs) and crypto roll-up vehicles (RUVs), the companies shared with TechCrunch exclusively on Wednesday. The partnership, they said, will give users [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Due Gooder

Turn your syllabus due dates into a calendar, instantly Discussion | Link

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Spell by Spline

A model to generate 3D worlds Discussion | Link

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Founder Ted Price retires from Insomniac Games

Ted Price, the founder and CEO of Insomniac Games, has announced he will retire after more than 30 years with the company on March 2025.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Astro Bot wins the top prize at the New York Game Awards 2025

Astro Bot takes home another Game of the Year award at the New York Game Awards, along with two other trophies.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Samsung teases Android XR devices coming later this year

Samsung teased its efforts with multimodal AI and new form factors including smart glasses and extended reality (XR) devices.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

DeepMindโ€™s new inference-time scaling technique improves planning accuracy in LLMs

With "Mind Evolution" LLMs can use search and genetic algorithms to generate and combine different solutions and find the optimal one.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Opengrep

The open source code security engine Discussion | Link

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

6 key leadership lessons designed for success

Jennifer Hyman, founder and CEO of Rent the Runway, reflects on the lessons she learned in the first 15 years of building and leading her company. Read more: 6 key leadership lessons designed for success

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Livestream app Favorited, a new TikTok alternative, snaps up $1.3M

This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, which briefly went dark in the U.S. before a rapid return. Instagram recently faced backlash after ending its third-party fact-checking program. At the same time, startups like Favorited are attracting attention from investors, creators, and viewers. On Wednesday, the livestream app announced its $1.3 [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

OpenAI Stargate is a $500B bet: Americaโ€™s AI Manhattan Project or costly dead end?

OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank and MGX are investing a record amount in new AI infrastructure even as China's DeepSeek outperforms on cost.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

What is fair when it comes to hiring, digital assessment and disability?

While organisations are quick to say they have established diverse teams, for many living with a disability it can be a fight just to get a foot in the door. Read more: What is fair when it comes to hiring, digital assessment and disability?

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

AIโ€™s $100 billion impact: 2024โ€™s venture capital surge and the road ahead for startups

Itโ€™s no secret that 2024 was a breakout year for AI, with the sector attracting over $100 billion in funding โ€” nearly a third of the total global investment for the year. Today on TechCrunchโ€™s Equity podcast, Julie Bort sits down with Crunchbase Newsโ€™ senior data editor, Genรฉ Teare, to dive deeper into the yearโ€™s [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 22, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups