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Germ Launches Encrypted Messaging Service for Bluesky Users
Germ, a new end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, has emerged as a promising alternative to existing solutions such as iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp. Tessa Brown, a communications scholar formerly at Stanford, co-founded Germ. Alongside her is…
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Insights into TechCrunch’s Reporting Team and AI Industry Developments
Maxwell Zeff and Theresa Loconsolo are now showing their talents on TechCrunch, one of the biggest technology and startup news platforms in the world. Like this story? Senior reporter Julie Zeff is working AI specialties…
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Figma Achieves $33 IPO Price with $19.3 Billion Valuation
Figma, the web-based collaborative design platform, has had a successful IPO. It went public at a great final share price of $33. The new valuation of $600 million marks a big jump from the previously…
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Groq Set to Secure New Funding Round at $6 Billion Valuation
Groq, a technology company building advanced artificial intelligence infrastructure, is said to be nearing a final closing of a new funding round. Such an effort would increase the company’s valuation to $6 billion. Disruptive, an…
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Anthropic Approaches $170 Billion Valuation with New Funding Deal
Anthropic, another prominent LLM developer, is reportedly near completing a $550 million funding round led by Sam Bankman-Fried. This agreement has the potential to increase $3-5 billion in new revenue. If successful, this funding round…
