The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1B stolen records and rising
We’re over halfway through 2024, and already this year we have seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you think that some…
Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach
On Wednesday, Evolve Bank and Trust, a financial institution that’s popular with fintech startups, announced that it had been victim of a cyberattack and data breach that could have affected…
Dust grabs another $16 million for its enterprise AI assistants connected to internal data
French startup Dust has raised a $16 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. With Dust, companies can create custom AI assistants and share them with their employees…
Fast and generous data plans from Nomad make its eSIMs essential for travellers
Travelling is fantastic. The thrill of seeing new places, cultures and just getting away from it all. But it’s not without its stresses, as you need to be sure you’ve…
Data lakehouse Onehouse nabs $35M to capitalize on GenAI revolution
You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam engine” of…
CData, which helps orgs use data across apps and to build AI models, snaps up $350M
Artificial intelligence startups continue to dominate the headlines when it comes to VC mega-rounds, but there’s also an interesting opportunity out there for those building tools that enable working with…
OmniAI transforms business data for AI
The majority of companies struggle to extract value from their data. Several years ago, Forrester reported that between 60% and 73% of data belonging to the average business goes unused…
Women in AI: Charlette N’Guessan is tackling data scarcity on the African continent
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed…
Google’s AI Overviews relying less on Reddit, data suggests
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Third-party data strongly suggests Google has toned down Reddit’s influence on search results that use AI Overviews. This change comes from high-profile, outrageously terrible…
Tinybird raises another $30 million to transform data into real-time APIs
Tinybird is not so tiny anymore. The enterprise data startup TechCrunch first covered three years ago has been growing at a rapid pace and recently raised a $30 million Series…