Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support | TechCrunch
…More than 600 million people speak Hindi in India, and Amazon is trying to tap the market of native speakers who might speak both Hindi and English in a code-mixed way…
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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch
…A functional MVP A clear product demo Strong market potential Founders with vision, execution, and real traction Thousands apply every year. Only 200 are selected. Just 20 finalists pitch live on the…
Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand | TechCrunch
…It’s worth noting that Meta and EssilorLuxottica are the largest players in the space, with an estimated market share of more than 80%, according to data from Counterpoint Research . The Meta…
A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here's what that means | TechCrunch
…One recent deal saw it build, launch and operate six new satellites for EarthDaily, which will analyze and market the data collected onboard the spacecraft. Yam-9 was launched in the fall…
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage | TechCrunch
…videos and images. In its latest filing , Midjourney seeks to overturn that limitation, arguing that it “unfairly” allows the studios “to cherry-pick only those documents they believe support their market harm…
Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite | TechCrunch
…Despite consumer backlash over so-called AI slop created by image models, companies continue to invest heavily in AI tools that can generate imagery and videos. However, Google often markets its models…
Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming — now he says the real AI winners won't be selling AI | TechCrunch
…three to six months between rounds now, and valuations change really quickly … Valuations are being marketed very aggressively as a way of demonstrating market leadership, attracting talent, potentially blocking out competition. There…
US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches | TechCrunch
…s incident response capabilities and its obligations to the institutions and individuals whose data it holds.” “The scale and timing of the Instructure breach, and the demonstrated inability of a major educational…
How to invest when everything is moving too fast | TechCrunch
…We always try to think about where they’re going first and where they’re going last. It was obvious they’d go after marketing and the obvious places. So we have…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch
…A clear product demo. Strong market potential. Founders with vision, execution, and real traction. This is the same launchpad that helped accelerate companies like Dropbox, Discord, Fitbit, Trello, and Mint. Thousands apply…