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Eric Schmidt-backed Augment, a GitHub Copilot rival, launches out of stealth with $252M | TechCrunch
AI is supercharging coding — and developers are embracing it. In a recent StackOverflow poll, 44% of software engineers said that they use AI tools as part of their development processes now and 26% plan to soon. Gartner estimates that over half of organizations are...
India’s JioCinema offers Hollywood streaming for a penny a day to box out Netflix and Prime Video | TechCrunch
JioCinema, the popular Indian on-demand video-streaming service, introduced a new monthly subscription plan on Wednesday, with the lowest tier costing just 35 cents. The revamp in the pricing strategy comes as the market-leading service seeks to exert greater pressure...
Rabbit’s R1 is a little AI gadget that grows on you | TechCrunch
If there’s one overarching takeaway from last night’s Rabbit R1 launch event, it’s this: Hardware can be fun again. After a decade of unquestioned smartphone dominance, there is, once again, excitement to be found in consumer electronics. The wisdom and longevity of...
IBM moves deeper into hybrid cloud management with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition | TechCrunch
IBM wisely gravitated away from trying to be a pure cloud infrastructure vendor years ago, recognizing that it could never compete with the big three: Amazon, Microsoft and Google. It has since moved on to helping IT departments manage complex hybrid environments,...
Anduril moves ahead in Pentagon program to develop unmanned fighter jets | TechCrunch
Anduril Industries has taken another step forward in its quest to become the next great American prime, this time by beating out major defense companies to develop and test small unmanned fighter jet prototypes. The venture capital darling beat out Boeing, Lockheed...
Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs | TechCrunch
Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revolutionize drug discovery. On Tuesday, ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Labs , an affiliate of Foresite Capital,...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150 million monthly active users | TechCrunch
Threads, the Twitter/X rival from Meta, is growing at a stable pace. The social network now has more than 150 million monthly active users — up from 130 million in February — Mark Zuckerberg mentioned during the company’s Q1 2024 earnings call. Since the last...
Swiggy, the Indian food delivery giant, seeks $1.25 billion in IPO after receiving shareholder approval | TechCrunch
Swiggy , an Indian food delivery and instant commerce startup, plans to raise $1.25 billion in an initial public offering and has secured approval from its shareholders, it disclosed in a filing to the local regulator. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup plans to...
Edonia grabs €2M to turn microalgae into less bitter-tasting ground meat alternative | TechCrunch
As the world’s population continues to grow, the need to be able to feed everyone is something a number of entities are working on. Paris-based Edonia , is one of the startups working on creating protein ingredients using microalgae. Edonia joins companies like Bevel...
Playruo lets you try game demos from your web browser | TechCrunch
It’s still unclear whether cloud gaming will ever become the next big thing. The appeal is clear: The game you’re playing runs in a data center near you, and the video output is directly streamed to your local device. When you interact with the game, everything is...