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The biggest flops and fizzles in 2024 transportation, from Apple Car to Fisker
Autonomous vehicle technology and electrification startups were once the darlings of the VC and corporate world. The two technologies promised billions of dollars in revenue — and a new pathway for automakers to make money beyond building and selling cars. Those VC-money-printing days have been over for AVs for a while now, with a few […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Top SaaStr Posts and Videos of the Week: A16Z, Ironclad’s CEO, HubSpot’s CRO, YCombinator’s Secrets, and More!
Top Posts: #1. Inherent Churn vs. Fixable Churn: You Have to Attack Both #2. We Just Left a Vendor We’ve Used for 5+ Years. They Don’t Even Know It Yet. #3. How Many Sales Reps You Really Need for Next Year #4. Is SaaS Back? (TL;DR: It Sure Feels Like It) #5. 4 Truly Great... Continue Reading The post Top SaaStr Posts and Videos of the Week: A16Z, Ironclad’s CEO, HubSpot’s CRO, YCombinator’s Secrets, and More! appeared...
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:5 Great SaaStr Sessions with Databricks’ CEO, CMO, GM, VPP and VPS!
So with Databricks announcing the largest VC round ever this week, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the top SaaStr sessions and podcasts with Databricks’ founders and top execs: #1. The Future of AI, Open Source and Enterprise SaaS with Databrick’s Founder CEO Ali Ghodsi: #2. “Lessons Learned in... Continue Reading The post 5 Great SaaStr Sessions with Databricks’ CEO, CMO, GM, VPP and VPS! appeared...
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Lets Finally Meet!
Where friends finally meet Discussion | Link
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Ways to Keep Investors From Firing You?
Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Ways to Keep Investors From Firing You? Founders tend to worry a bit too much about getting fired — and not enough about transparency. Yes, it does happen. And sometimes, it’s very dramatic, see e.g., Travis Kalanik at Uber. But most investors absolutely do not want to fire founders. Because:... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Ways to Keep Investors From Firing You?...
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:SaaS-y Santa by Trupeer.ai
Create fun Santa product videos from screen recordings Discussion | Link
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Bright OS
Meal logging + image scanning + sleep tracking & more Discussion | Link
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Large language overkill: How SLMs can beat their bigger, resource-intensive cousins
Whether a company begins with a proof-of-concept or live deployment, they should start small, test often and build on early successes.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:OpenAI’s GPT-5 reportedly falling short of expectations
OpenAI’s efforts to develop its next major model, GPT-5, are running behind schedule, with results that don’t yet justify the enormous costs, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. This echoes an earlier report in The Information suggesting that OpenAI is looking for new strategies, as GPT-5 might not represent as big […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Open AI o3 API
Advanced reasoning models with safety-first innovation. Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Carta: Only 18% of Sales Execs Are Women
So have we made any real progress in diversity in SaaS the past 5 years? The past 10? In some ways, for sure yes. But we have a long way to go, still. A long way. Per Carta’s latest data, only 18% of tech sales execs are women, and 26% of reps overall: I’m slightly... Continue Reading The post Carta: Only 18% of Sales Execs Are Women appeared first on SaaStr.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem
On November 15, Peter Wang posted a message requesting ideas for a new incubator and fund to support experimental projects built on the burgeoning Bluesky/AT Protocol ecosystem. Four weeks later, Skyseed emerged with an initial commitment of $1 million. This turnaround, a speed underscored by the fact that the fund doesn’t even have a website […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Synthesys AI Voice Generator
Text-to-speech AI voiceovers in more than 140 languages Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:GitHub Wrapped 2024 – Your Year in Code!
Your GitHub journey with a personalized year in code Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Websparks
The AI software engineer that brings your ideas to life Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Dear SaaStr: When Does It Make Sense to Price Low in the Market?
Dear SaaStr: When and how should SaaS startups offer reduced pricing vs the competition? For most SaaS apps, you want to at least start with “just right”, Goldilocks pricing: #1. Too high a price, and you start to add friction to the sales process. Deals take longer, leads shop other vendors, etc. That may be... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: When Does It Make Sense to Price Low in the Market? appeared first on...
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Shortcutter
A new hot key, every day Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Memory
Your private daily photo journal for iPhone Discussion | Link
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Players rebuke clumsy ad strategies, even in popular games | Mobile Premier League
MPL's latest report show that popular mobile titles can leave players dissatisfied with certain approaches to in-game ads and updates.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Arm lawsuit against Qualcomm ends in mistrial and favorable ruling for Qualcomm
Qualcomm did not violate a license with Arm when it acquired Nuvia for $1.4 billion, in a ruling by a jury today.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Players invested 8.34B hours into Blizzard titles in 2024, says studio
Blizzard has released its 2024 End-of-Year report, detailing the amount of player investment in its titles across the year.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:After causing outrage on the first day of Y Combinator, AI code editor PearAI lands $1M seed
On the first day of Y Combinator the founders of PearAI got “cancelled." They used the hate to launch a new product, raise $1 million. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Hugging Face shows how test-time scaling helps small language models punch above their weight
Given enough time to "think," small language models can beat LLMs at math and coding tasks by generating and verifying multiple answers.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Perplexity’s Carbon integration will make it easier for enterprises to connect their data to AI search
With the acquisition of Carbon, Perplexity will expand the knowledge pool powering its AI search engine, making its responses more relevant.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:VCs pledge not to take money from Russia or China, and Databricks raises a humongous round
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week was full of news, likely because it is also the last “real” week of 2024. Which is another way for us to say goodbye for […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Nvidia clears regulatory hurdle to acquire Run:ai
Chip company Nvidia gets the green light from the European Union to complete its acquisition of Run:ai. The EU came to a unanimous decision today that Nvidia could go ahead with its acquisition of Israeli GPU orchestration platform Run:ai, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The European Commission determined that if the merger went through, other […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Home Assistant Voice
A open, local, and private voice assistant for your home Discussion | Link
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Here’s the full list of 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024
In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:OpenAI confirms new frontier models o3 and o3-mini
OpenAI has just confirmed that is releasing new reasoning models named o3 and o3-mini, successors to the o1 and o1-mini models.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Hall of fame: 10 sci-tech award winners of 2024
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on some of the greatest accomplishments from across the science and technology sectors. Read more: Hall of fame: 10 sci-tech award winners of 2024
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:My favorite games of 2024 | The DeanBeat
So many games. So little time. Seems like I say that every year, as my pile of shame gets bigger. But I had enough time to pick my fav games.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Ragie Connect
Build RAG applications on your user data Discussion | Link
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:Are AI companies just defense tech now?
AI is everywhere. And increasingly it’s being described as defense tech. This week, the Equity pod gang — which included newcomer Max Zeff, Margaux MacColl, and Kirsten Korosec — noticed an emerging trend: The worlds of AI and defense tech are colliding. And that matters, for a few reasons. For one, venture money is flowing […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:How to keep the cheer if you’re working this festive season
Not everyone has the benefit of being off this Christmas, so if you are working, here is how to keep yourself motivated. Read more: How to keep the cheer if you’re working this festive season
Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source:1KOMMA5° secures €150M pre-IPO, Robin Capital closes Fund One, and privacy-first emotion AI
This week we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over 1.5 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.In addition to this week's top f...
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