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Can AI improve the dating app market? A new dating app called Sitch aims to leverage human expertise in matchmaking to enhance AI models. Dating app banks today with speeds of onboarding and millions of options. Users will create profiles within seconds by uploading photos and answering simple questions. The app relies on basic information and feedback from a user's swipe to find potential matches. Sitch aims to adopt a more thoughtful approach in the onboarding process, using a large-scale language model (LLMS) to bring human matchmaker expertise to your dating app experience, helping you find potential matches without swipes.…
The Apple Sports app, launched last year, introduced tennis coverage before Wimbledon, and along with a redesigned home screen experience, Apple announced on Wednesday. Users now have access to live tennis scores for Grand Slams and 1000 level tournaments, allowing them to track every point in all male and female single matches. Fans will also be able to keep players up to date with progress throughout the tournament, and get results for every match from the first round to the final. According to Apple, Revamped Home Screen Experience is designed to make it easier for fans to follow their favorite…
AI-Native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like. Glasswing Ventures partner Kleida Martiro will lead the breakout to cut straight to the core of this cutting at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15th in Boston. Her session, “Acquiring Capital in a Competitive Market: How to Finance AI-Native Startups,” explores the fundamental stages of how AI founders can frame growth narratives in ways that resonate with advanced investors, and excludes investors who are still stuck in SaaS-era metrics. Martiro brings the perfect blend of operator and investor experience to the table. Before joining Glasswing, she led the…
Dating app Bumble announced Wednesday that it will resolve 30% of its workforce and affect around 240 positions. In its securities application, the company said the cuts were part of a plan to reorganize “an operational structure to optimize execution with strategic priorities.” Bumble expects to save $40 million a year as a result of the workforce cuts, and plans to reinvest most of this money in products and technology development. The company said it would incur a non-repeated fee of approximately $13 million to $18 million, primarily related to employee retirements, benefits and related costs affected in the third…
TechCrunch Discrupt is launching its first public stage. This is a brand new destination for founders navigating the mid- and late stages of the company's building. This content is essential for any founder, but it will especially scale fast and rethink what will come next. This is because the most successful founders, whether they're seed stage or Series E, are always thinking about 10 steps ahead. We hear from some of the biggest names of high-tech and ventures, including Eric Ewan (Zoom), Julie Wainwright (Ralal), David George (Andressen Horowitz), and Nirav Tria (Nextdoor). From IPO preparation to AI-powered GTM strategies,…
The Amazon-owned ring announced Wednesday that it was introducing new AI-powered features in its doorbells and cameras. Now, when users receive real-time notifications about events on their properties, updates become more descriptive. For example, “a person is climbing the stairs with a black dog” or “two individuals are looking at a white car parked in a driveway.” This feature is intended to improve previously available ambiguous notifications. This allows users to know exactly what is going on and quickly decide whether or not they need attention. It should be noted that AI only describes the first few seconds of a…
Almost a year after raising a $50 million megase round, e-commerce veteran Julie Bornstein startup Daydream is releasing an AI-powered chatbot for fashion-focused shopping. After testing the product with selected users, the company is releasing a chatbot to all users in the public beta today. People can sign up for chatbots. In the chatbot, you will ask if you have a name, date of birth, price range to shop for, or brand preferences. You can enter queries such as “I want you to wear it at my wedding in the summer in Paris,” upload images, add context via text to…
According to the Liquor e-Commerce site, the self-proclaimed “best” of All-in Podcasts, VC, Pod Brothers and All-in Podcasts launched their own tequila brand on Saturday night and sold out quickly. The Mexican spirit version cost $1,200 per bottle for a jaw dropping jaw, but only 750 bottles were made. The stacked poker chip containers were inspired by the love of the “best” of card games. The All-in-Podcast is one of the most popular shows by venture investors who look to politics. Besties is made up of the launch founder Jason Calacanis. David Sachs, founder of craft ventures, is the Trump…
This week I'm taking part in a recent event at Menlo Park with StrictlyVc download. Connie Loizos, editor-in-chief of TechCrunch, is joined by Katie Haun, founder and CEO of Haun Ventures. They explored everything from the Stablecoin infrastructure to the tokenization of real-world assets to the regulatory landscape that shapes the future of Crypto. They also went into why Katie started her own venture away from the A16Z and why we think we are still in the early days of cryptography. Source link
Apple customers aren't excited to get ads from the Apple Wallet app that promotes Tech Giant's original film, “F1 The Movie.” All across social media, iPhone owners complained that the wallet app sent push notifications offering $10 discounts on Fandango to those who are purchasing two or more tickets for the movie. The feature film starring Brad Pitt explores the world of Formula 1 and was filmed in the actual Grand Prix race. Also, Pitt's character, F1 driver Sonny Hayes, sleeps from a custom-made camera made from iPhone parts used to photograph the car. While the film may be well…