Welcome back to our Week in Review. After a thrilling ride at TechCrunch Disrupt! When conversations are missed, we highlight discussions featuring Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, and Disney star-turned-Accel area CEO Bridgit Mendler. In reality, we’ve garnered insights from the broader technology sphere. Let’s do it.
According to Wiz co-founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, his company turned down Alphabet’s offer due to their conviction that the cloud security space presents a $100 billion opportunity for Wiz. When Wiz rejected the supply offer, its private valuation stood at $12 billion. The CEO acknowledged that their company offered various providers, albeit none on the same scale as Google’s.
With the introduction of the latest M-series processors. The corporation unveiled its brand-new M4 Professional, which debuted simultaneously with a software update, offering users the option to enhance their experience further by upgrading to . Apple refreshed its desktop lineup, upgrading the Mac Pro and iMac with faster processors and improved displays. Meanwhile, the Magic Mouse’s charging port still resides uncomfortably on its underside.
of its workforce. Accordingly, in a correspondence to employees, CEO Drew Houston announced that the cloud provider, Dropbox, had reorganized itself to reduce costs and optimize its organizational structure by streamlining operations and eliminating inefficiencies. The reduction in headcount is expected to impact approximately 528 employees.
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas faced a question about “plagiarism”. Srinivas sidestepped a direct answer, but emphasized that Perplexity always credits its sources and does not claim ownership of any content.
According to a Reuters report, OpenAI is collaborating with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Broadcom to develop an AI chip specifically designed for running AI models, potentially available as early as 2026.
The Arcade AI marketplace allows clients to input their ideas into a generator, which subsequently produces numerous design options to bring to life as tangible, bespoke products.
Bridgit Mendler, a former Disney star, recently participated in a discussion at TechCrunch Disrupt about her entrepreneurial venture, Northwood House, and its commitment to addressing “unsexy” problems.
LinkedIn is unveiling its latest artificial intelligence innovation: Hiring Assistant. The product is engineered to address a wide range of recruitment responsibilities, including transforming unstructured notes into comprehensive job descriptions, identifying qualified candidate profiles, and engaging with potential hires effectively.
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Automattic’s CEO and WordPress co-founder downplayed concerns about the ongoing legal dispute with WP Engine potentially leading to a fork of the open-source WordPress software. In reality, he explicitly expressed his willingness to receive it.
Olivia Wilde, actor and director, stealthily unveiled her entrepreneurial venture, Proximity Ventures, towards the end of last year, according to Bloomberg reports. The agency has successfully closed four investments in collaboration with biotechnology company Pendulum Therapeutics.
Fintech Slice has made headlines by merging with North East Small Finance Bank, a rare feat for a startup to successfully enter India’s highly regulated banking sector. After several months of intense regulatory scrutiny, the merger enables Slice to evolve into a fully-fledged banking entity.
Introducing Spark at GitHub’s annual convention in San Francisco, the company unveiled an innovative project emerging from its GitHub Substrate labs: a tool enabling developers to rapidly build small-scale web applications solely through natural language.
Meta has rolled out a publicly accessible implementation of the AI-powered podcast generation functionality within Google’s NotebookLM framework. The NotebookLlama venture enables the creation of interactive, podcast-like summaries of uploaded text-based content through a conversational, back-and-forth format.
Jesse Levinson, Zoox’s co-founder and chief technology officer, expresses skepticism about Tesla’s prospects for launching a robotaxi ride-hailing service next year. At TechCrunch Disrupt, the “basic challenge” was highlighted, with the speaker noting that the issue lies in a lack of specialized knowledge that effectively addresses the problem.
Salva Health took home the top spot among 200 Startup Battlefield competitors at TechCrunch Disrupt.
The corporation’s innovative Julieta system is a portable, AI-driven breast cancer detection platform that breaks down barriers to early screening, ensuring accessibility even in remote regions.
