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European unicorn Alan becomes Canada’s first new health insurance company in almost 70 years

European unicorn Alan becomes Canada’s first new health...

In 2016, when Alan originally launched its health insurance product in France, i...

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Amazon makes shopping for groceries online less confusing

Amazon makes shopping for groceries online less confusing

On Wednesday, Amazon announced several new ways it plans to enhance the grocery ...

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Palantir now owns nearly 9% of EV startup Faraday Future — here’s why

Palantir now owns nearly 9% of EV startup Faraday Futur...

Palantir now owns 8.7% of struggling electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, ac...

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Streamer Plex rolls out movie and TV show reviews

Streamer Plex rolls out movie and TV show reviews

Following its $40 million fundraise at the beginning of this year, streaming med...

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This Week in AI: Tech giants embrace synthetic data

This Week in AI: Tech giants embrace synthetic data

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in ...

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Zoom’s custom AI avatar tool may come with risks

Zoom’s custom AI avatar tool may come with risks

Zoom plans to introduce a feature to let people effectively clone themselves dig...

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Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen says he’s been designing a robotaxi in his mind for years

Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen says he’s been desi...

About 12 years ago, not long after Tesla began delivering the Model S, chief des...

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After winning Nobel for foundational AI work, Geoffrey Hinton says he’s proud Ilya Sutskever ‘fired Sam Altman’

After winning Nobel for foundational AI work, Geoffrey ...

Geoffrey Hinton accepted a Nobel Prize this week, recognizing the foundational w...

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Basecamp Research draws $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’

Basecamp Research draws $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’

While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to popularize the idea of usi...

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Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup

Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a...

It’s been the stuff of science fiction for decades: to provide gigawatts of chea...

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Zap Energy shows off its new fusion power prototype, Century

Zap Energy shows off its new fusion power prototype, Ce...

After keeping Century under wraps for several months, the startup gave TechCrunc...

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Levy Health wants to help women identify fertility issues sooner

Levy Health wants to help women identify fertility issu...

Caroline Mitterdorfer’s fertility journey began with an early-stage cancer diagn...

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Amazon revamps Ring subscriptions with AI video search

Amazon revamps Ring subscriptions with AI video search

Amazon is introducing new Ring subscription plans, including a tier that'll brin...

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Amazon debuts AI-powered Shopping Guides

Amazon debuts AI-powered Shopping Guides

On Wednesday Amazon introduced the latest in a series of AI features and product...

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Basecamp Research taps $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’

Basecamp Research taps $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’

While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to popularize the idea of usi...

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Unhappy with their exit, these ex-Planetly employees are using AI to refine carbon accounting

Unhappy with their exit, these ex-Planetly employees ar...

Startup employees often go on to found interesting ventures, basing their new wo...