Tag: startups

Harmonyze wants to build AI agents to help franchisors make sense of unstructured data

For some businesses, there is a clear path to growth that doesn’t involve acquiring other companies or expanding organically: franchising. The U.S. has...

Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all

When AI companion startup Friend revealed it had spent $1.8 million on buying the www.friend.com domain name last week, it set off a...

Thursday, the dating app that you can use only on Thursdays, expands to San Francisco

Thursday seeks to shake up conventional online dating in a crowded market. The app, which recently expanded to San Francisco, fosters intentional dating...

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst thinks everyone needs to be more realistic on what AI can, and cannot do

AI companies are gobbling up investor money and securing skyhigh valuations early in their lifecycle. This dynamic has many calling the AI industry...

Europe’s most valuable fintech, and which startups became unicorns this year

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Revolut’s reported valuation hike, fintech unicorns, the Disrupt Fintech Stage, and more. To get a...

AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia

Groq, a startup developing chips to run generative AI models faster than conventional processors, said on Monday that it’s raised $640 million in...