Cava’s explosive IPO hints that public markets are more ready for growth-stories than founders thought
It’s been so long since TechCrunch+ has had the pleasure of covering an IPO from S-1 to first-day trading that we’ve nearly forgotten how to do...
Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications
I’ll admit that I’ve tiptoed around the topic a bit in Actuator due to its sudden popularity (SEO gods be damned). I’ve been in this business...
Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason
Mercedes owners in the U.S. will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles: ChatGPT. The automaker is adding OpenAI’s conversational AI agent to...
Twitch’s new Partner Plus program offers some streamers a 70/30 revenue split
Twitch announced a new creator tier on Thursday that would restore a more favorable subscription revenue split to streamers who qualify, with some strings attached. Last...
The Flash’s Visual Effects Are Meant to Look Like That
One thing most superhero movies have going for them is you know how they should look. When Batman, Spider-Man, or Iron Man put on their suits,...
Biden Meeting with Ticketing and Travel Execs to Tackle Junk Fees
Even Joe Biden is sick of annoying and excessive fees. To take action, the president is reportedly hosting executives from the likes of SeatGeek, Live Nation...
42% of CEOs Think AI Will Destroy Humanity. But They’re the Ones Hiring It.
A new survey of some of the country’s CEOs has revealed that 42% of them think AI will end humanity within the next decade. Meanwhile, AI...
VCs joining the climate race should scare the daylights out of you
Venture capital, as an asset class, is an industry of short-term wins. Most funds have a 10-year cycle: two years of initial investments; then two to...
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is Belching Up a Key Life Ingredient
Scientists have found traces of phosphorus, a fundamental ingredient for life, in ice grains spewed into space by Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Read more… Source...
YC-backed Eze raises new capital for its secondhand electronics marketplace
Eze, a B2B marketplace that connects global electronic wholesalers allowing them to trade devices in large quantities with real-time market data, has raised $3.7 million in...
