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The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story

Capsule is upgrading its AI-powered video editing assistant for marketing, sales, and media teams following the close of a $12 million round of Series A funding, the company announced on Wednesday. The upgraded editor will include new features like AI suggestions and support for real-time collaboration. The new version of its studio software will feature…

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The British fintech has built a waitlist of about 450,000 users in India as it prepares for a broader launch. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story

Editor’s note: The following is the first profile in a series of articles in coming weeks about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. In November 2022, Adeel Khan was doing something rare for a longtime educator: taking time off. Having launched his career as a teacher in Atlanta Public Schools,…

On Sunday, a team of nine researchers at Sina Weibo — the Chinese social media giant better known for its microblogging platform than for cutting-edge artificial intelligence — quietly posted a 14-page technical report to arXiv that sent shockwaves through the AI research community. Their claim: a language model with just 3 billion parameters can…