Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest

Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups is the latest bandwagon VCs are piling onto. But as last year’s crypto experts quickly work to rebrand as AI experts, they’ll have... Read more »

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most US charges against him

Former FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a pretrial motion to dismiss 10 out of 13 charges against him, according to court documents. Bankman-Fried is under house... Read more »

Liquidity Group, a debt financier for growth stages, raises another $40M and aims for Europe

Last year we covered how late-stage tech backer Liquidity Group had raised $775M for its fintech platform from Apollo (private equity) and MUFG (a Japanese bank). Liquidity is part... Read more »

Eventbrite integrates GPT capabilites into platform to aid the event planning process

Eventbrite, an event management and ticketing website, announced Monday new GPT-powered tools that will help event creators with arguably some of the most tedious, time-consuming steps in event planning—event... Read more »

US authorities seize more domains linked to prolific DDoS-for-hire websites

U.S. authorities have seized 13 more domains linked to some of the world’s most popular DDoS-for-hire websites. These websites, also described as “booter” or “stressor” services, are marketed as... Read more »

Meta reworks its Ads on Reels monetization program with a new performance-based payout model

Meta is testing a new payout model for its Ads on Reels monetization program that pays creators based on the performance of their public Reels, not the earnings of... Read more »

Apply now to pitch at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta pitch-off!

Hey Atlanta founders! Apply now to pitch at at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event. Next month, TechCrunch Live is shining a spotlight on the Atlanta tech ecosystem once again, in... Read more »

4 days until Disrupt early-bird pricing ends

It’s time for yet another countdown reminder. You have four — count ’em, just four — more days to take advantage of early-bird pricing on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt... Read more »

Europe’s CSAM scanning plan looks unlawful, per leaked legal advice

A legal opinion on a controversial European Union legislative plan set out last May, when the Commission proposed countering child sexual abuse online by applying obligations on platforms to... Read more »

With mandate to improve acquisitions integration, Salesforce CIO went to work

One of the most challenging aspects of purchasing a successful company, especially when you pay billions, is finding ways to integrate it successfully with your own. Melding products and... Read more »
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