AI video startup Moonvalley raised a fresh $43M, SEC filing shows

Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley, which is developing AI tools for video creation, has raised a fresh $43 million in venture capital, according to an SEC filing. The filing lists 11 unnamed investors and comes roughly a week after Moonvalley launched its first AI video-generating model, Marey. Moonvalley previously raised $70 million in seed funding from backers… Continua a leggere AI video startup Moonvalley raised a fresh $43M, SEC filing shows

UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court

A UK surveillance court said the backdoor order targeting Apple iCloud can be heard partly in public.

Krea raises $83M to be the one-stop shop for GenAI creatives

Overwhelmed with trying to keep up with the different AI models you can use to make content? A startup called Krea is looking to solve this problem specifically for designers and other visual creatives, and it has now raised $83 million for its platform, which it believes will make working with generative AI a lot… Continua a leggere Krea raises $83M to be the one-stop shop for GenAI creatives

Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s most expensive AI model yet

On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring coding, reasoning, and math. For prompts up to 200,000 tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens (roughly 750,000 words, longer than the entire “Lord of The Rings” series) and $10 per… Continua a leggere Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s most expensive AI model yet

Microsoft’s Copilot can now browse the web and perform actions for you

For its 50th birthday, Microsoft is teaching its AI-powered Copilot chatbot a few new tricks. Copilot can now take action on “most websites,” Microsoft says, enabling it to book tickets, reserve restaurants, and more. The bot has gained the ability to remember specific things about you, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, like your favorite food and… Continua a leggere Microsoft’s Copilot can now browse the web and perform actions for you

Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild lawsuit against Deel

Rippling’s latest lawsuit reads less like a legal filing and more like the plot of a corporate espionage thriller, complete with secret crypto payments, an alleged mole, and a fake Slack channel trap. This week, the HR tech startup publicly named the employee at the center of its case against its rival Deel, claiming the… Continua a leggere Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild lawsuit against Deel

Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild lawsuit against Deel

Rippling’s latest lawsuit reads less like a legal filing and more like the plot of a corporate espionage thriller, complete with secret crypto payments, an alleged mole, and a fake Slack channel trap. This week, the HR tech startup publicly named the employee at the center of its case against its rival Deel, claiming the… Continua a leggere Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild lawsuit against Deel

Turbine raises $22M to help VC investors get cash without selling their stakes

Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth of liquidity. Lack of cash returns has been especially troublesome for wealthy individuals or their small family offices — who manage the assets of the wealthy — that made substantial investments… Continua a leggere Turbine raises $22M to help VC investors get cash without selling their stakes

OpenAI says it’ll release o3 after all, delays GPT-5

After effectively canceling the consumer launch of its o3 reasoning model in February, OpenAI now says it aims to release both o3 and a next-gen successor, o4-mini, in “a couple of weeks.” In a post on X on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the reversal in course is related to OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5, which… Continua a leggere OpenAI says it’ll release o3 after all, delays GPT-5

TechCrunch All Stage: Learn how AI can supercharge your MVPs with Chris Gardner

TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing partner Chris Gardner will join a loaded lineup of speakers by leading a breakout session… Continua a leggere TechCrunch All Stage: Learn how AI can supercharge your MVPs with Chris Gardner