Tag: In Brief
TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office | TechCrunch
TikTok is laying off 250 employees and closing its Nashville office, which housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation...
AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M | TechCrunch
Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the...
Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product | TechCrunch
Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, after a...
Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation | TechCrunch
AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20 billion valuation, sources...
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia | TechCrunch
Gradium, a Paris-based startup that offers voice AI models, reopened its seed round to new investors, including Nvidia,...
Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky said on Tuesday that it is now increasing video limits on the platform to 10...
AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned | TechCrunch
A cyberattack at AI music generator Suno last year allowed a hacker to steal the personal information of...
Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups | TechCrunch
Crypto VC firm Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion — its third venture fund and fourth overall — with...
Solo GP Ashley Smith announces second $25M fund to back startups in AI, security and more | TechCrunch
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the close of a $25 million Fund II. The firm was founded in...
Uber launches live video streaming for teen accounts | TechCrunch
Uber said Tuesday it is introducing a new live video streaming feature for parents to keep track of...
