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• Ro CEO Zachariah Reitano says the benefits of being a private company are growing [498d]
• Lending fintech SoLo Funds faces class-action lawsuit [499d]
• EVTOL startups just got a big lift from the US government [499d]
• Cement startup Furno lands $20M grant to build low-carbon micro-kilns in Chicago [499d]
• LinkedIn confirms the ‘follower purge’ was just a bug that’s now resolved [499d]
• One Zero could be raising $100M [499d]
• OpenAI hires its first chief economist [499d]
• Farewell to Foursquare’s app [499d]
• SEC fines four companies $7 million for ‘misleading cyber disclosures’ regarding SolarWinds hack [499d]
• Researchers link Polyfill supply chain attack to huge network of copycat gambling sites [499d]
• Thousands of creatives sign petition against AI data scraping [499d]
• Artiphon’s new Orba instrument can sample sounds live [499d]
• The US AI Safety Institute stands on shaky ground [499d]
• Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC [499d]
• Footwork, Construct Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners discuss how to raise capital in 2025 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [499d]
• Ex-SpaceX engineers land $14M to scale new method for 3D printing metal [499d]
• Stability claims its newest Stable Diffusion models generate more ‘diverse’ images [499d]
• 6 days to go: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 kicks off and ticket prices go up [499d]
• Interface.ai raises $30M to help banks field customer requests [499d]
• Spotify now lets you create custom cover art for your playlists [499d]
• Marc Andreessen says AI model makers are in ‘race to the bottom’ and it’s not good for business [499d]
• As Ozlo’s Sleepbuds go on sale, company raises funds for tinnitus treatment [499d]
• iPad Mini 2024: Keeping up with the pack [499d]
• Paccurate helps companies ship in smaller boxes, saving them money while helping the earth [499d]
• WhatsApp introduces contact storing directly within the app, teases usernames [499d]
• Turnover Labs is helping chemical plants to reuse their waste CO2 [499d]
• Socket lands a fresh $40M to scan software for security flaws [499d]
• Desktop AI assistant app Highlight spins out of Medal with $10M in funding [499d]