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Origami Labs shows off its voice-powered smart ring
Sep 06, 1:13AM
Origami Labs wants to bring voice assistants right to your ear without requiring you to wear a device like a Bluetooth headset or Apple AirPods. Instead, the startup is using a ring on your finger combined with bone conduction technology to allow you to use your smartphone’s built-in assistant – whether that’s Google Assistant or […]
Secretive semiconductor startup Groq raises $52M from Social Capital
Sep 06, 1:06AM
Groq has raised $52.3 million of a $60 million round, per an SEC filing. Social Capital co-founder and former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, who’s listed on the filing, has participated in the funding. Presumably, Palihapitiya’s investment came from Social Capital; the firm, which has been experiencing a boatload of personnel changes as of late, led Groq’s $10 […]
Nutrigene wants to personalize your vitamins using your genetic code
Sep 06, 1:06AM
Vitamins are proving to be a lucrative industry in the United States. Just last year vitamin sales pulled in roughly $37 billion for the U.S. economy. That’s up from $28 billion in 2010. To cash in on this growing market, several startups have popped up in the last few years — including Nutrigene, a startup combining […]
Bay Area VCs agree that Silicon Valley may be losing its gravitational pull after all
Sep 06, 1:03AM
Earlier today, we took the stage at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event with top VCs Megan Quinn of Spark Capital, Sarah Tavel of Benchmark Capital, and Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures to explore some of the trends rippling through the startup investing ecosystem. Think megafunds, SoftBank’s $93 billion Vision Fund — even whether Silicon Valley is losing […]
Here's what happens to your heart rate when you testify to the Senate
Sep 06, 12:43AM
Most of us won't ever have to present to the U.S. Congress, and that's probably for the best. It might be more advisable to hit the gym if you want to give your heart a good work out, as opposed to having to answer politicians who ask why your company is enabling foreign entities to influence domestic elections.
Forethought looks to reshape enterprise search with AI
Sep 06, 12:30AM
Forethought, a 2018 TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield participant, has a modern vision for enterprise search that uses AI to surface the content that matters most in the context of work. Its first use case involves customer service, but it has a broader ambition to work across the enterprise. The startup takes a bit of an unusual […]
Google will struggle if it re-enters China, says its former country head
Sep 06, 12:23AM
The odds are stacked against Google if the reports are true and the company is trying to bring its services back to China, according to the former head of Google China. News reports last month uncovered details of internal plans to introduce a search product and a news app in China, moves that would mark […]
Kegg tracks your fertility by measuring vaginal mucus with a kegel ball
Sep 06, 12:14AM
The fertility market is projected to be worth more than $30 billion by 2025, and today on the Disrupt Startup Battlefield stage, a new device called the Kegg, a Bluetooth-connected silicone kegel ball that monitors mucus to help determine a woman’s fertility by being inserted for no more than two minutes every day, is launching […]
23andMe might soon offer a more comprehensive $749 DNA service
Sep 06, 12:07AM
23andMe is testing a $749 “premium” service for deeper health insights, according to several customers who saw a test page for the new product and posted about it on Reddit. First spotted by CNBC, the company served up a test web page to several customers telling them about a service that would allow them to […]
Myki raises $4M Series A to decentralize identity management for enterprises
Sep 05, 11:58PM
Myki, a startup based between Beirut and New York which offers both a consumer and enterprise identity management solution to store sensitive information offline, today announced at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco that it's raised a $4 million Series A to scale its operations. The round was led by Dubai-based VC BECO Capital with participation […]
The US is losing out to the rest of the world on blockchain, warn crypto figures
Sep 05, 11:34PM
America’s reluctance to regulate crypto is costing the country on startups and potentially the future of technology. That’s the view of two major names in the crypto space, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse — whose company created cryptocurrency XRP — and Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch who runs a dedicated crypto fund, who shared their thoughts […]
N26 launches N26 Black for freelancers
Sep 05, 10:31PM
Challenger bank N26 is launching a premium plan for professional accounts. N26 already had a free plan for freelancers and the self-employed, called N26 Business. N26 Business Black introduces the same perks as N26 Black, but for freelancers and the self-employed. The new plan costs the same for regular users and business users. The company […]
Justice Department's threat to social media giants is wrong
Sep 05, 10:19PM
Never has it been so clear that the attorneys charged with enforcing the laws of the country have a complete disregard for the very laws they’re meant to enforce. As executives of Twitter and Facebook took to the floor of the Senate to testify about their companies’ response to international meddling into U.S. elections and […]
China is beating the US on AI, says noted investor Kai-Fu Lee
Sep 05, 10:18PM
America may have created AI, but China is taking the ball and running when it comes to one of the world’s most pivotal technology innovations. That’s according to Kai-Fu Lee, a world-renowned AI expert who founded Sinovation, a China-U.S. fund that raised its fourth fund worth $1 billion earlier this year. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt […]
McCarthyFinch AI services platform automates tedious legal tasks
Sep 05, 10:11PM
McCarthyFinch sounds a bit like a law firm — and with good reason. The startup has developed an AI as a Service platform aimed at the legal profession. This week, it’s competing in the 2018 TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in San Francisco. The company began life as a project at a leading New Zealand law firm, […]
Uppercase raises $3.5M to help e-tailers open brick-and-mortar stores
Sep 05, 10:05PM
Uppercase is launching out of stealth with $3.5 million in VC funding to help direct-to-consumer brands expand into the physical world. Lerer Hippeau has led the round, with participation from CRV and SV Angels.
TSA to expand 3D carry-on baggage screening to reduce security wait times
Sep 05, 10:04PM
The Transportation Security Agency will expand its 3D carry-on luggage scanning program it originally launched in more than a dozen airports this July. The agency originally estimated the program would be rolled out in 145 airports by 2019, but now raised that projection to 200 scanners, David Pekoske, the agency’s administrator, told lawmakers Wednesday. In contrast […]
PoLTE lets you track devices using LTE signal
Sep 05, 10:02PM
Meet PoLTE, a Dallas-based startup that wants to make location-tracking more efficient. Thanks to PoLTE's software solution, logistics and shipment companies can much more easily track packages and goods. The startup is participating in TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF. If you want to use a connected device to track a package, you currently need […]
D-ID launches its initial product with customers in printing, automotive and financial services
Sep 05, 9:43PM
D-ID, the company developing software to scramble facial recognition technologies, has signed its first customers and launched its initial product onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco. The culmination of an idea that was 14 years in the making, D-ID’s technology is being sold as both a service and as an enterprise software solution on-premise for […]
23andMe underscores that privacy-loving customers need to opt out of its data deal with GlaxoSmithKline
Sep 05, 9:41PM
23andMe, the genetics testing company, is in a state of constant evolution, as you’d expect any 12-year-old company would be. But that also means that customers need to be aware of how the company is using data that users may have earlier consented to give without anticipating its newer initiatives. One new tie-up was a […]
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