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For years, recruiters have used machine learning to find potential recruits by searching for keywords on resumes and LinkedIn profiles. This method can help narrow down the candidate pool, but recruiters still need to manually review each profile to determine the best fit for their job. David Paffenholz (pictured on the left) and Ishan Gupta realized that at just 22 and 19, LLMS could find talent faster and more efficiently. They built JuiceBox, an AI-powered search engine that uses natural language to analyze professional profiles, personal websites, and other published information to identify the most qualified candidates. After joining Startup…
What happens when technology takes the wheels of our love life? From dating apps and AI-powered matchmaking to full digital companionship, artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming third parties in our most personal relationships. But does it really help us find a deeper connection, or does it simply turn romance into an algorithmic fantasy? Only on TechCrunch's AI stage, which takes place on October 27-29 in Moscon West, San Francisco, is what disrupts 2025 in 2025, bringing together the voices of the three powerhouses to unleash the future of love, trust and technology. Eugenia Kuyda is the founder of Replika, one…
One day, Shashwat Murarka was sitting in her college apartment thinking about its relationship with food delivery. Sometimes the orders didn't arrive, so he would wander around the apartment building, searching for misguided food. He also found himself giving step-by-step instructions to the confused delivery man. “What started as frustration has turned into a mission to fix the final stretch of the last mile, one of the most overlooked issues in the supply chain,” he told TechCrunch. He began studying the delivery supply chain, ran his own delivery and decided to tackle problems during his fourth year at university. He…
From model infrastructure to niche applications, AI is creating expectations for new kinds of founders and new investors. This candid conversation on the AI stage will be held in San Francisco in 2025 at TechCrunch from October 27-29th. Top VCs share what catches the eye (and doesn't), how they think about defensive possibilities in the world of AI monopoly, and how founders think about their next term sheet sheet. If you are planning to scale or scale your AI startup, you cannot miss this session. Learn what you really need to build a viable AI company. Sign up now to…
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For decades, Silicon Valley has been celebrating university dropouts. Founders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg left school early and built businesses and became billionaires. That spirit was later institutionalized through initiatives like the Thiel Fellowship. This will pay $100,000 to allow a promising student to leave the university and set up a company. Over the years, the well-known accelerator Y-combinator has also quietly strengthened its culture. Many of the most successful alumni, including Drew Houston of Dropbox, Steve Huffman of Reddit, John and Patrick Collison of Stripes, Drew Houston of Dropbox and Steve Huffman of Reddit, never…
The Trump administration announced a new $100,000 tax on H-1B visas last Friday. This allows 85,000 skilled foreign workers to enter the United States each year. The fees apply primarily to companies employing these workers with engineers. Veteran venture capitalist Michael Moritz doesn't have it. In the new Scathing Financial Times Op-Ed, former Sequoia Capital Honcho compares the White House to a Tony Soprano pork shop and calls the move another “cruel tor scheme.” Moritz argues Trump is fundamentally misunderstanding why tech companies hire foreign workers, noting that it's not filling skills and labor shortages, replacing Americans or cutting costs.…
The new app, which records calls and offers audio payments, allows data to be sold to AI Companies, the No. 2 app in the social networking section of APILE's US App Store. This app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a gold-making building tool that offers “hundreds or thousands of dollars a year” to access audio conversations. According to Neon's website, the company says it will pay up to $30 per day, up to $30 per day to call other neon users and call others. The app also pays for referrals. According to data from app intelligence firm AppFigures, the app…
On Wednesday, Enterprise AI Model Maker Cohere said it raised an additional $100 million (upped its valuation to $7 billion) in an extension of the round announced in August. The August round was an overloaded round of $500 million at a $6.8 billion valuation, the company said at the time. Cohere also announced an interesting twist on the partnership. Competitor Openai has won up to $100 billion in investments from the largest GPU player, Nvidia, but Cohere has signed a deal with AMD, one of the investors. The company's complete suite of command family AI models, including command vision, translation…
Going to the market is often a place where great startups stumble, but it doesn't have to be. This October 27-29, San Francisco's TechCrunch was destroyed in 2025, with GTM Pros Max Altschuler, Alison Wagnfeld and Marc Manara taking the builder stage to show how to build a way to not only support the product, but scale it. Sign up now to secure up to $668 on your 2025 pass and get a front row seat on how to create a winning GTM strategy. Lessons from a large-scale leader Max Altschuler, Alison Wagnfeld, and Marc Manara bring an unusual combination…