Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze Consulting, a CPA firm that specializes in venture-backed startups, recently analyzed average salary ranges for over 450 seed-stage startups and shared that data with TechCrunch. The following averages are based [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

David Krane is in an enviable position. As the CEO of GV, the venture firm that is funded entirely by Google to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 gets to make a lot of bets with just a couple of notable restrictions. During a TechCrunch StrictlyVC event in [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

AMD has its work cut out for it at CES 2025. Competitor Nvidia has been sucking the oxygen out of every room it graces, as the chipmaker remains at the forefront of the AI boom. So, how will AMD compete with Nvidias reported RTX 5000 announcement? The company should show of its own next-gen GPU. [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sharing security advice can go a long way in protecting your loved ones from the most common and damaging online threats. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A year after Onyx Motorbikes owner James Khatiblou died suddenly, leaving customers with unfulfilled orders and millions in unpaid debts, the brand has been revived by its original founder. Im excited to announce I have resurrected my original brand Onyx with incredible backers! founder Tim Seward wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday. Onyx is [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sony knows how to put on a show at CES. The companys pressers are high-octane, star-studded affairs, as these things go. In addition to standard Sony fare like TVs and audio systems, theres always a curve ball or two, be it a car, a drone, or a Gran Turismo movie. Thats one of the perks [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI has recently explored building its own humanoid robot, according to The Information. The report cites two people with direct knowledge of those conversations. The ChatGPT maker has been involved in the space for some time now, by way of financial backing. It has thus far invested in Figure and 1X, along with the general [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But its one thats been around for quite some time and as new, real data is increasingly hard to come by, its been gaining traction. Anthropic used some synthetic data to [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Samsungs CES presser is always an odd duck. The Korean electronics giant generally keeps its powder dry when it comes to consumer electronics. After all, its expected to announce its latest flagship handset the Galaxy S25 toward the end of January. CES 2025 is going to continue the companys tradition of TVs and [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude's, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In an era where it has become tougher to raise venture capital, many companies have turned to non-dilutive, revenue-based financing (RBF) as an alternative. As a result, plenty of startups have risen to meet that challenge, none more so than in the MENA region, which has taken to the model like a duck to water. [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week, as Santa suit-wearing electric Atlas performs a backflip. The feat occurs about 13 minutes into a new video, showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid robots arsenal. Its worth noting that unlike with humans a robot performing a backflip isnt necessarily more complicated [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The prolific ransomware gang says it hacked at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in tools made by Cleo Software. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A consortium of investors has resurrected Lilium just days after the electric air taxi startup ceased operations and laid off about 1,000 employees. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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EV owners of GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq will now officially have access to Teslas Superchargers. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

People with chronic kidney disease, or those at risk of heart failure, are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors are now commonplace and have transformed the lives of diabetes patients, potassium monitoring is in its infancy as its hard to do. Now, startups are [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Lux, which makes the iPhone camera app Halide, published a roadmap on Monday detailing the apps next version, called Halide Mark III, to be released sometime next year. The company said Halide Mark III will ship with two new features: Color Grades, and its own take on HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos. The company plans [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Hyundai said Monday it will send customers who have bought or leased an EV before January 31 a free charging adapter that will let them access Teslas supercharging network. The Hyundai-authorized adapter will give CCS-port-equipped Hyundai EV drivers access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the United States, according to Hyundai. Free adapters will [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Last month, AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that were now in the second era of scaling laws, noting how established methods of improving AI models were showing diminishing returns. One promising new method they suggested could keep gains was test-time scaling, which seems to be whats behind the performance of OpenAIs o3 model [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

xAI, Elon Musks AI company, has raised $6 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors gave a minimum of $77,593, per the filing (97 participated, but the document doesnt reveal their identities). xAI later announced (confirming some earlier reporting) that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

From Keith Rabois to Matt Miller, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists dont traditionally move around very much especially those who reach the partner or general partner level. VC funds have [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Nvidia will no doubt have the biggest CES 2025. After all, the company has pretty much the biggest everything nowadays. The chip giant is sporting a $3.4+ trillion market cap, due largely to its foundational position in the ongoing AI boom. Companies like OpenAI and Meta have purchased Nvidia processors by the boatload, and thats [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A Wired investigation found that Google Maps can be near impossible to use in the West Bank, especially since the start of the war. Users told the publication that the navigation app would direct them into walls, fail to account for time-consuming checkpoints, or steer them onto restricted roads leading to Israeli settlements, which can [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Venture funding into Europe is heading for a flat year, but this may obfuscate the fact that European AI startups are thriving. According to VC firm Balderton Capital and Dealroom, 25% of VC funding into the region approximately $13.7 billion went to AI startups this year, compared to 15% four years ago, resulting [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Coralogix, the well-funded observability platform, on Monday announced that it has acquired Aporia, a startup that focuses on giving businesses tools to observe and secure their AI workloads, as well as set guardrails for them to avoid hallucinations or unintended disclosures. As part of this acquisition, Coralogix will launch a dedicated AI research center, Coralogix [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

According to the calendar, were a mere weeks out from CES the perfect gift for your gadget blogger who has everything. The massive consumer electronics and automotive event kicks off in Las Vegas on January 7. TechCrunch is returning to the future home of the Oakland Athletics for the event, and as always [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

So far in life, I havent needed be a mesh guy. A well chosen and carefully placed Wi-Fi router has worked fine in our modest abodes, but one particular situation has resisted simple solutions until Eero put out a device in November seemingly made exactly for the purpose. This wont be a thorough examination of [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Instagram is testing a way for you to see content from friends that you might have missed. The social network has started displaying unseen Story Highlights from a users mutual followers at the end of the Stories tray, which is the area at the top of your feed where you see Stories from your friends. [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The first Juniper fund is $10.6 million and is oversubscribed. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

One of the most widely used techniques to make AI models more efficient, quantization, has limits and the industry could be fast approaching them. In the context of AI, quantization refers to lowering the number of bits the smallest units a computer can process needed to represent information. Consider this analogy: When [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Days after web hosting provider WP Engine won a preliminary injunction against WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and rival hosting provider Automattic, Mullenweg announced that WordPress.org is taking a holiday break. WordPress.com a site that provides access to WordPress plug-ins, themes, and other artifacts to the community will take a break from providing free [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The company's co-founder confirmed the shutdown in a LinkedIn post. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Japanese car giants Honda and Nissan are working out the details of a major merger that could create the worlds third-largest automaker, as the companies look to survive in an industry faced with uncertainty. The Tesla-led shift toward electric vehicles, and Chinas increased importance in the automotive market, have companies like Honda and Nissan feeling [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of how and why we use them. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Yet another major investment is going down in the travel sector, underscoring its ongoing rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic. Prosus, the tech conglomerate controlled by Naspers, is paying $1.7 billion to acquire Despegar, one of the biggest online travel agencies in Latin America, to scale up its operations in the region. Despegars board of directors [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said Monday that the company is now profitable. Durov said the chat apps total revenue surpassed $1 billion in 2024. The company, which launched its premium subscription service in 2022, now has 12 million paid users. Durov also said that the app is finishing the year with more than $500 million [] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A US judge ruled that the Israeli spyware maker breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with Pegasus 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.