Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Generative AI has captured our collective imagination and will likely transform the world as we know it. While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? has likely put it near the peak of the hype cycle.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

There’s a subtext to the waves of layoffs and Craigslist ads for discounted office furniture: Tech investors have amassed approximately $290 billion in dry powder. Is generative AI already becoming a bubble? Generative AI is making a splash with apps like Lensa AI, DALL-E and ChatGPT, but does that make it a strong investment?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Softr’s quick revenue expansion is a good reminder that while the tech world seems completely consumed by all things AI , there’s quite a lot of work going on in other areas that are worth keeping an eye on. Amid the AI hype, don’t forget about no-code by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

What’s in a name and more from the world of AI, including where we’re seeing companies race to build the new tech into their products. Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch SVB collapse update , including what we are looking for next.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Behind the curtain of generative AI breakthroughs and GPU hype, a quieter transformation is taking place. Ethernets openness, flexibility, and multivendor support give tech giants like Meta and Google the freedom to innovate without being boxed in by a proprietary stack. times higher network throughput, 2.5

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Im a writer, not a programmer, so until recently a lot of the hype around ChatGPTs abitilies as a coding tool went over my head. But then I realized generative AIs programming powers can be helpful for more than just You dont need to know JavaScript to write powerful browser bookmarklets anymore.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

GPT-3, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 , is a piece of AI from the OpenAI group that takes text from the user, and writes a lot more for them. I will keep playing with the tech and the various software wrappers that are being built to productize GPT-3. As part of the process of covering the Copy.ai I was gobsmacked.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

While that ambition has made Substack a point of fascination for traditional media companies — in addition to the Times, Substack has attracted extensive coverage in Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and many others over the couple of years — investors may be wondering whether the business is capable of generating meaningful revenue.

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Towards Data Science

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The hype around generative AI is real, and data and ML teams are feeling the heat. And tech giants like OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have been flooding the market with features driven by large language models (LLMs) and image-generating diffusion models. Image courtesy of author.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

’ To its credit, the new app has perfectly executed on a series of choices designed to fuel day one growth — from its pre-launch TikTok hype cycle to drive App Store pre-orders to its post-launch social buzz, including favorable tweets by its backers. This manifesto hits the right notes at the right time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Generative AI reminds me of ball bearings: the technology is relatively inexpensive, highly adaptable and a proven way to reduce friction. “The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate tech across search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is the kind that shows up once a generation.”

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InfoWorld

JUNE 7, 2024

In the rapidly evolving field of cloud computing, the emergence of generative AI agents, or more colloquially, agentic AI, heralds a potential paradigm shift in how we do AI in the cloud—even before we fully capitalize on generative AI’s true potential. Yes, agentic AI has mind-blowing potential.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Already, weve lived through years of AI hype. Be the first to find all sorts of little-known tech treasures with my free Cool Tools newsletter from The Intelligence. We need to talk about AI. Have you noticed it often just isntwell, very intelligent? Weve watched companies pitch AI as a great tool for writing boring corporate emails.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Neeva is getting its generative AI search engine out to a wider audience, Paul writes. Here’s another handful: A future as bright as the sun : Clean tech Qotto embarks on a growth plan backed by $8 million in funding, Annie reports. Big Tech Inc. You can sign up here. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. federal courts FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars? federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Generative AI is already looking like the major tech trend of 2023. And that is what Tavus is looking to address, allowing users to create their own AI video templates in minutes, and then generate an unlimited number of versions of a video from that original source.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Bop House claims to have generated $10 million in revenue in its first month. Their TikTok presence leans into viral, algorithm-friendly content like flying private to the Super Bowl and reviewing popular cookie brand Crumbl. But their real revenue stream comes from OnlyFans.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

What emerged from the data is a startup market busy accelerating its ability to raise capital, mint unicorns and, increasingly, generate outsized exits. Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

These so called “ miners ” compete to win the reward by solving a difficult mathematical equation generated by a blockchain-based algorithm. Despite the hype and complexity, blockchain is a truly disruptive technology and one worth keeping an eye on by all nonprofit technology innovators. bitcoin) for doing so.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The company is putting itself in the mix in the intersection between the car’s radar and its self-driving tech. “While showing lots of initial promise, lidar is failing to live up to all the hype, but the need for high-resolution systems hasn’t gone away. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

And given some outsized first day pops from recent tech IPOs, it’s not too surprising to see a company like Coinbase opt for this path to public markets. Coinbase files to go public confidentially and we’re hyped. The company is not alone in going this route.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Even tech giant Apple couldn’t prevent its artificial intelligence from making things up. At the heart of these AI mishaps are the hallucinations and distortions that lead AI models to generate false information with seeming confidence. Amid a marketing onslaught by Big Tech companies, the challenge facing educators is complex.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

The hype around ChatGPT , OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. ” That new ventures are jumping on the ChatGPT hype train isn’t surprising, considering ChatGPT’s virality. “There are thousands of Shopify merchants around the world generating more than $10 million a year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Buyout firm Bain Capital just closed its second growth Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 But when an idea originates in a lab — whether it’s AI, biotech, robotics or another deep tech research project — things quickly become tougher and much more expensive. Big Tech Inc. billion , up from the $1.3 It wasn’t me : Security breach?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one. I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. Losing a job unexpectedly is more than a financial shock. But all is not going well. “We live in a new world order.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. But, anyway, I’m not putting the silly badge in the sidebar, sorry. These look like pretty interesting, and useful applications. I sure hope the reality catches up.

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The Verge

JANUARY 24, 2022

When not plugged in, the eStream also has solar panels that can regain power to the camper’s 80 kWh battery system (no more diesel generators powering campers). link] pic.twitter.com/eNhQhDVnCq — Autoblog (@therealautoblog) January 19, 2022.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

These are just some of the things that Austin, Texas-based construction tech startup ICON has been working on. And recently, ICON revealed its “next generation” Vulcan construction system and debuted its new Exploration Series of homes. ” “Our goal is to have ICON tech on the Moon in the next decade,” Ballard said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

It’s time to disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt This year, we’re reimagining and refreshing Disrupt to deliver the essential tools, knowledge, and connections that help ignite ideas and accelerate the next generation of startups. Sessions will include DeepMind and Benchmark. It’s like an MBA in a day — or three, to be exact.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

No one can accuse the category of being a hype bubble. It hasn’t entered the hype cycle the way things like crypto and generative AI have. Certainly valuations have come down alongside tech valuations, and the end of ZIRP is having a broad impact on venture investing. And there’s not a lot of gray area here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Hypefeast: How Hype Fuels The Economy And The Unique Opportunity Startups Have To Take Advantage. Gen Z: Adapting To The Next Generation Of Consumers. How To Build A Tech Team To Hack Government Bureaucracy. Traction vs. Funding: The Chicken-Or-Egg Problem For Deep Tech Startups. Don’t forget! How Will I Know?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

But as my colleague, Steven MacLaughlin points out, “We should keep in mind that AI is a “how” and not a “why” or “what” — but that gets lost in a lot of the hype.” This is a good analysis of the evolution of Tech for Good, Cloud for Good, Data for Good, and the latest iteration: AI For Good. What Is AI for Good?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

After a Tahoe-based tech conference, Sheel Mohnot, the fintech investor behind Better Tomorrow Ventures, is beatboxing in his head — all day, every day. And while it may feel like an uncommon takeaway from an event featuring the who’s who in tech that was precisely the point.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

There’s been a lot of hype about “web3”, but the reality is that it’s still a largely nascent and fragmented concept, and that has led to web3 startups building platforms to engage with it more easily getting a lot of attention. Projects are collectively generating $1.5 ”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

It’s that time of week again — the time for Week in Review , where we recap the past five days in tech news. most read ChatGPT in API form: OpenAI introduced an API that’ll allow any business to build ChatGPT tech into their apps, websites, products and services. (As TGIF, my TechCrunch homies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2023

I’m learning the ropes of Week in Review to make sure y’all stay up to date with the latest in tech. Few seem eager to leave tech altogether — but they’re certainly more cynical than they used to be. ” Is generative AI already becoming a bubble? Good, because TC’s serving ’em up like hotcakes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So its focus is firmly professional comms — rather than broader use cases for AI-generated words, such as copy writing etc (which GPT-3 is also being used for). While the tech tool is still in a closed beta, the startup has just announced a $4.4 million seed raise.

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