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[ad_1] The future of work is no longer on the horizon — it’s being redefined in real time. On the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Mercor co-founder and CEO Brendan Foody will break down how artificial intelligence is transforming not just how we work, but also who gets to work in the first place. From talent access to hiring pipelines to the rise of AI-augmented teams, it’s a conversation that could reshape the way you think about your next hire. At the 20th anniversary of TechCrunchDon’t, miss this session on how AI is redefining hiring practices. Register by September…
[ad_1] Few investors speak as bluntly — or think as big — as Vinod Khosla. The Khosla Ventures’ founder has never shied away from calling out hype, doubling down on ambitious bets, and pushing founders to look beyond incremental progress. This October at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, Khosla will return to the Disrupt Stage for a fireside chat that promises insight, provocation, and inspiration. In a session overflowing with experience and hard-won lessons, he will share his unvarnished take on the world 15 years from now — a future he believes will be…
[ad_1] Robotics companies often have to deal with a simple but confounding problem: Robots produce a lot of data. Even a simple robot can easily produce up to a terabyte of data per day, since they continuously capture data from cameras and sensors. Sydney, Australia-based Alloy thinks it can help with that issue: The startup is building data infrastructure for robotics companies to help them process and organize all the data their robots collect from various sources, including sensors and cameras. At its core, Alloy encodes and labels the data it collects, and allows users to search through their data using natural language to find bugs and errors. Users can also set up rules to catch and flag issues in the…
[ad_1] Meta has raised the stakes in Big Tech’s fight against AI regulation. The Facebook-maker is investing “tens of millions” of dollars into a new super PAC to fight state-level tech policy proposals that could stifle AI advancement, reports Axios. Meta’s pro-AI PAC, called the American Technology Excellence Project, is the company’s latest effort to combat policies it sees as harmful to the development of AI. Last month, Meta launched a California-focused PAC to back tech-friendly candidates in state races. Axios reports that Meta’s new super PAC will be run by Republican veteran Brian Baker and Democratic consulting firm Hilltop…
[ad_1] For Julien Emery, the problem has always been personal. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Superpanel, a platform that helps law firms seamlessly onboard new clients. He listed emotional encounters with the law: As a Canadian, he found access to legal help hard and expensive; he also recalls his mother in a car accident, and how the legal payout helped keep his family afloat for years. He found the legal intake — the process of a firm evaluating a new client or request — tedious. “For consumers, it’s a maze of forms, phone calls, and dropped leads that cause…
[ad_1] Nvidia ‘s $100 billion mega investment in OpenAI was hailed as a sign of artificial intelligence’s momentum as the chipmaker’s rally continued to boost the broader stock market to a record, but seasoned investors said the move looked more like a troubling echo of past bubbles. The chipmaker said it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as the AI lab sets out to build hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers based around Nvidia’s AI processors. Nvidia shares jumped nearly 4% on Monday following the announcement, lifting the S & P 500 to another all-time high. However,…
[ad_1] Today’s setup is LULU (Lululemon) . On Sept. 4, the company beat EPS, but sharply cut full-year revenue guidance — triggering a classic knee-jerk selloff of nearly 22% in one day. After tagging a five-year low, the stock has been quietly basing and is starting to show signs of a recovery. For this trade, I’m consulting three technical indicators to build the case. RSI (Relative Strength Index) I’m starting with a classic technician’s tool: RSI. On LULU, RSI dipped into oversold territory on Sept. 5 and recently pushed back above the 30 level on Sept. 17. That transition out…
[ad_1] Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM took off to a spectacular reception at launch, capturing people’s imaginations with its ability to quickly whip up summaries and reports, and turn reams of documents into “podcasts” with AI hosts discussing the topic to help users in their research. Inspired by the success of the project, three devs who worked on NotebookLM since its inception are now building an audio-first app called Huxe, which can similarly help users dive deep into topics by generating a “podcast” with multiple AI hosts. The startup said on Tuesday that it had raised $4.6 million…
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[ad_1] A look under the surface of the S & P 500 may signal the benchmark is due for a pullback. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas noted that S & P 500 sector correlations are nearly 2 standard deviations below their long-term average at 0.64. This, Colas said, indicates “excessive animal spirts” are driving the market. In this case, investors appear to be chasing the tech sector and AI plays, while neglecting the rest of the market. Colas said that instances of such low correlation do not bode well for investors. “Correlations have been at similar levels 3 times since…