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Human composting and timber marketplaces: talking “industrial” VC with investor Dayna Grayson

While the venture world is abuzz over generative AI, Dayna Grayson, a longtime venture capitalist who five years ago co-founded her own firm, Construct Capital, has been focused on comparatively boring software that can transform industrial sectors. Her mission doesn’t exclude AI, but it also doesn’t depend on it. Construct recently led a seed-stage...

Sat May 4, 2024 23:11
Women in AI: Tara Chklovski is teaching the next generation of AI innovators

Tara Chklovski is the CEO and founder of Technovation, a nonprofit that helps teach young girls about technology and entrepreneurship. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sat May 4, 2024 20:08
Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users

Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users to limit who can reply to their posts (competing services like X and Bluesky offer similar reply controls). Threads outlined its plans for quote controls last month, and last night Adam Mosseri […] © 2024 TechCrunch....

Sat May 4, 2024 20:08
Deal Dive: Amae Health is building an in-person approach to mental healthcare in an increasingly digital space

While many recent mental health-focused startups are digital first, Amae Health focuses on the importance of in-person care. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sat May 4, 2024 19:07
Why RAG won’t solve generative AI’s hallucination problem

RAG is being pitched as a solution of sorts to generative AI hallucinations. But there's limits to what the technique can do. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sat May 4, 2024 17:06
This Week in AI: Generative AI and the problem of compensating creators

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. By the way — TechCrunch plans to launch an […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...

Sat May 4, 2024 17:06

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