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“Exploring the Benefits of Accelerators and Incubators: A Discussion with Emily Knight at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024”

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Emily Knight will talk about choosing an accelerator or incubator at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024In just three short months, TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 — our one-day founder summit/bootcamp — kicks off on April 25 in Boston. Emily Knight’s talking at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024Turning a deep tech breakthrough into a tech startup — and then turning it into a commercial success — is a series of complex challenges. TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 takes place on April 25, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. Buy a TC Early Stage pass now — saving up to $300 — and join us in Boston! Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TC Early Stage 2024?

“Programming Made Easy: Discover Your Answers with Brave Search!”

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Brave announced today that it’s adding its newly-built CodeLLM to its search engine to deliver results for programming queries. If Brave Search is your default search engine then all you need to do to access CodeLLM is start a search in your browser’s address bar. If Brave Search isn’t your default search engine, then you need to head to search.brave.com to conduct your search. Brave Search, which launched two year ago, has grown to serve an average of 25 million queries per day. The company says Brave Search is the default search engine for many of Brave’s over 60 million users.

“Diem: Empowering Women and Non-Binary Individuals through Social Search”

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A startup called Diem wants to tackle the problem of “search engine gender bias,” where results can produce default male information, making many women feel unsatisfied by the answers they receive to taboo or personal questions online. Diem also recently partnered with verified content providers so users can get information from trusted sources. The first four companies are experts in the reproductive health space, including hormone health startup Aavia, sexual telehealth clinic Hey Jane, vaginal health startup Evvy, and female health brand Stix. In the future, users will be able to nominate community members who already have a Diem account. Six spaces are available, run by community members and inspired by popular posts on the platform.

Unity Announces Significant Workforce Reduction: Nearly 2,000 Employees to be Affected

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Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. Unity is the maker of a video game engine that is widely used in the video game industry. Under the old pricing scheme, indie developers who earn less than $100,000 per year would be able to use Unity for free. Bigger video game studios would have to pay $1,900 per user per year. And yet, that controversy had some wide-ranging consequences as many developers lost faith in the game engine company.

“Perplexity AI Raises $70M in Funding, Valuation Skyrockets to $520M Thanks to Cutting-Edge AI Search Engine”

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As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. Srinivas, Perplexity’s CEO, previously worked at OpenAI, where he researched language and gen AI models along the lines of Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 3. This reporter is skeptical about the longevity of gen AI search tools for a number of reasons, not least of which AI models are costly to run. Concerns around misuse and misinformation inevitably crop up around gen AI search tools like Perplexity, as well — as they well should. Some plaintiffs, like The New York Times, have argued gen AI search experiences siphon off publishers’ content, readers and ad revenue through anticompetitive means.

“Get a Sneak Peek at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 in Boston: Featuring Engine Accelerator, Y Combinator, Glasswing Ventures, and More!”

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TechCrunch Early Stage returns to Boston on April 25, 2024, and the agenda for our flagship founder event is shaping up. For builders who are just starting on their founder journey, TechCrunch Early Stage is absolutely the place to be. Submit your application to our call for content by the January 10 deadline, and you could win a roundtable slot at TechCrunch Early Stage. TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 takes place in Boston on April 25. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024?