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Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models

June 25, 2024

Marina Temkin

In 2024, it seems like no week goes by without a media organization, author group, or artist suing generative AI companies for using their work to train models without permission. The issue is, of course, that there’s still no clear framework on …
Read more: Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models
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Foray Bioscience is breaking down the barriers of bringing biomanufacturing to plants

June 25, 2024

Rebecca Szkutak

Ashley Beckwith spent years of her academic and professional career focused on the intersection of biology, materials and manufacturing to build medical solutions more efficiently. When she realized the tech could be applied to plants and plant-based m…
Read more: Foray Bioscience is breaking down the barriers of bringing biomanufacturing to plants
Startups, Tech Industry, Tech News, Venture

Prosus zeroes out 9.6% Byju’s stake

June 23, 2024

Manish Singh

Prosus, a big investor in Byju’s, says its share in the Indian edtech startup is now worth nothing, but it is still hopeful that the once-most valuable Indian startup can be salvaged. Prosus, the largest external investor in Byju’s with a 9…
Read more: Prosus zeroes out 9.6% Byju’s stake
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What Vinod Khosla Says He’s ‘Worried About the Most’

June 23, 2024

Connie Loizos

Vinod Khosla is more popular than ever right now. The Sun Microsystems co-founder turned prominent investor — first at Kleiner Perkins and, for the last 20 years, at his venture firm Khosla Ventures — has always been sought after by founder…
Read more: What Vinod Khosla Says He’s ‘Worried About the Most’
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Deal Dive: Sir Jack A Lot returns with a startup for retail traders

June 22, 2024

Rebecca Szkutak

When former YouTube product manager Kevin Xu, known as “Sir Jack A Lot” on Reddit, turned $35,000 into $8 million trading stocks between 2020 and 2022, many people thought his fortunes, and his way of investing, had peaked, just like 2021’s memestock c…
Read more: Deal Dive: Sir Jack A Lot returns with a startup for retail traders
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Khosla-backed Marble, built by former Headway founders, offers affordable group therapy for teens

June 21, 2024

Marina Temkin

Rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts are surging among U.S. teens. A recent report from the Center of Disease Control found that nearly one in three girls have seriously considered suicide, and a significant number, 13% have actually atte…
Read more: Khosla-backed Marble, built by former Headway founders, offers affordable group therapy for teens
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Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years

June 21, 2024

Rebecca Szkutak

Venture firms raised $9.3 billion in Q1 according to PitchBook data, which means this year likely won’t match or surpass 2023’s $81.8 billion total. While emerging managers are feeling the fundraising market’s frost the most, some eme…
Read more: Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years
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Brex’s compliance head has left the fintech startup to join Andreessen Horowitz as a partner

June 20, 2024

Mary Ann Azevedo

Ali Rathod-Papier has stepped down from her role as global head of compliance at corporate card expense management startup Brex to join venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as a partner and compliance officer, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Rat…
Read more: Brex’s compliance head has left the fintech startup to join Andreessen Horowitz as a partner
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Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

June 20, 2024

Aria Alamalhodaei, Devin Coldewey, Richard Smith

We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. And we’re excited to share we’ll b…
Read more: Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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Materia looks to make accountants more efficient with AI

June 20, 2024

Rebecca Szkutak

The U.S. is facing an accountant shortage. Fewer first-time candidates took the CPA exam in 2022 than in 2006, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. One possible reason people aren’t as interested in the field is th…
Read more: Materia looks to make accountants more efficient with AI

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Category: Venture

Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models

Foray Bioscience is breaking down the barriers of bringing biomanufacturing to plants

Prosus zeroes out 9.6% Byju’s stake

What Vinod Khosla Says He’s ‘Worried About the Most’

Deal Dive: Sir Jack A Lot returns with a startup for retail traders

Khosla-backed Marble, built by former Headway founders, offers affordable group therapy for teens

Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years

Brex’s compliance head has left the fintech startup to join Andreessen Horowitz as a partner

Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Materia looks to make accountants more efficient with AI

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