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StrictlyVC’s first San Francisco event of the year is nearly here, and with just a week to go, now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. The venture and founder communities will be gathering at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30 for an evening packed with what StrictlyVC does best: engaging in enlightening conversations with excellent speakers, with ample opportunity for networking that drives outcomes. And we’re excited to announce one more speaker is joining our lineup: Eclipse founder and CEO Lior Susan, who has recently raised $1.3 billion to solely back “physical AI” startups. That extensive investment…
The story of embattled compliance startup Delve keeps hitting twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident which led to a data breach at popular app and website hosting giant Vercel. On the other hand, Lovable, which had its own security incident, is no longer a Delve customer. To recap: Last month, Delve came under fire when an anonymous whistleblower alleged that the startup was faking customer data and using rubber-stamping auditors in its compliance and…
NASA announced that it will launch the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope into orbit in September 2026, eight months ahead of schedule. The new space telescope is expected to deliver 20,000 terabytes of data to astronomers over the course of its life. That will add to 57 gigabytes of breath-taking imagery downlinked daily from the James Webb Space Telescope, which began its work in 2021, and the start of a survey later this year by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the mountains of Chile, which is expected to gather 20 terabytes of data each night. For comparison, the Hubble…
It’s been clear for a while that Beehiiv wants to be more than just a newsletter platform. The L.A.-based company announced a slew of updates on Thursday that make that ambition even more obvious. The new features include webinars, AI analytics for podcasts, metered paywalls, and paid trials. Taken together, the announcement is a clear sign that the nearly five-year-old company is trying to become an all-in-one hub for creators, reducing the hassle of juggling various tools and services to run their businesses. With these additions, Beehiiv is positioning itself against platforms spanning newsletters, webinars, and podcasting — including Patreon,…
Elon Musk is going on a major spending spree as he looks to turn Tesla into an AI powerhouse. Loading audio narration… Tesla said on Wednesday it would hike capex spending this year to over $25 billion as it doubles down on Musk’s aggressive pivot to AI and robotics.It marks a massive surge from last year, when Tesla spent $8.5 billion on physical assets and infrastructure, and is above the $20 billion figure the company gave investors in January.The huge capex budget, which is more than half of Tesla’s total cash in hand, is a signal that Musk is going…
The new guy who’s soon to be in charge at Apple has big shoes to fill, and he can’t follow in his predecessors’ footsteps. Loading audio narration… Longtime Apple investor and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton told Business Insider that Apple’s incoming CEO should follow the advice Steve Jobs once gave his successor, Tim Cook.Jobs encouraged Cook, who was better known for his operational prowess than as a product visionary, to do things his own way when he became CEO in 2011.”He said to Tim Cook, When you’ve got to make a decision, don’t say to yourself, what…
Legora, the Swedish startup building software for law firms, has acquired a company as it races to close the gap with rival Harvey. Loading audio narration… Legora tells Business Insider it has bought Stockholm startup Qura, which built a search engine for lawyers that pulls together hundreds of legal sources, from case law to regulations. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.Founded in 2023, Legora sells a suite of AI-powered software tools for faster, more precise drafting and document analysis. Its core pitch is that it helps law firms strip the drudgery from legal work so lawyers can focus…
Venture capitalist Nabeel Hyatt has spent his career backing companies that reshape how people interact with technology. Loading audio narration… As a general partner at Spark Capital, he was an early investor in Discord and Cruise, two companies that redefined online communities and autonomous driving, respectively. He’s also founded and led tech companies. Back in 2010, Zynga acquired Conduit Labs, where he served as CEO.These days, Hyatt sits on the board of Instawork, a gig-work platform undergoing a dramatic evolution. The company, led by CEO Sumir Meghani, recently launched a robotics division and is building a new data-collection device, Instacore…
AI companies are getting a brutal reality check, and so are their customers. Loading audio narration… As users devour AI tokens, a few frontier AI model makers and hyperscalers are showing signs that they’re the ones being maxxed out.On Monday, Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot said it was pausing new signups for its Student, Pro, and Pro+ plans. It is also tightening its usage limits.On Tuesday, Anthropic said it was experimenting with whether to stop offering Claude Code, its most popular tool, to its lowest-tier paid subscribers. Anthropic later said it was a “test” and that it would inform users before making such…
Earlier this year, Advait Paliwal built an AI tool that he said could act as a student. Given an email and a password, Einstein could log in to Canvas, a portal where professors at colleges across the country upload presentations and list assignments. The bot could attend lectures, write essays, and do homework. Paliwal, 22, says he built it as a joke for a friend who said he was bogged down with coursework, and didn’t plan to code the ultimate cheating tool. It ended up becoming the latest flashpoint in a debate over AI and cheating at colleges.Einstein had a…