<p>Monzo, Britain&#8217;s biggest digital bank, is still synonymous with its neon debit cards, extensive use of emojis, and free spending abroad. But it’s no longer just trying to be cool; it’s trying to become a major financial institution. That shift, from an upstart fintech beloved by millennials to a mature, sustainable business, is what makes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A federal judge is asking Apple to approve Fortnite&#8217;s submission on the U.S. App Store or return to court to explain the legal basis as to why it has not done so. In a new filing, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers confirms the court has received Epic Games&#8217; latest motion, where it demands that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on how artificial intelligence affects research and innovation, the paper should be “withdrawn from public discourse.” The paper in question, “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation,” was written by a doctoral student in the university’s economics program. It claimed to show [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about the continent’s prospects in AI. But she’s wary of regulatory overreach that could hamstring its momentum. At a TechCrunch StrictlyVC evening earlier this week in London, De Rycker reflected on Europe’s place in the global AI [&hellip;]</p>

<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month.  When asked by one attendee about how ChatGPT can become more personalized, Altman replied that he eventually wants the model to document and remember everything in a person’s life. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Thursday, Windsurf, a startup that develops popular AI tools for software engineers, announced the launch of its first family of AI software engineering models, or SWE-1 for short. The startup says it trained its new family of AI models — SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini — to be optimized for the &#8220;entire software engineering process,&#8221; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>U.S. lawmakers introduced Wednesday the Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act in a bid to revise the FAA&#8217;s 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil. The bipartisan legislation &#8212; introduced by Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) &#8212; would allow supersonic travel, provided no audible sonic boom [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can&#8217;t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer&#8217;s tech stack. Tensor9 converts a software vendor&#8217;s code into the format needed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At long last, digital consumer bank Chime has moved forward with its IPO by filing its S-1 paperwork Tuesday. Chime had reportedly filed confidential S-1 paperwork back in December. S-1 filings typically reveal all kinds of information, covering financial, legal, and other risk factors. But Chime’s S-1 documents still have a lot of blank spaces. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>During the Android Show leading up to Google I/O, Google on Tuesday offered a brief update on the adoption of the RCS (Rich Communication Services) protocol, an upgrade to SMS that offers high-resolution photos and videos, typing indicators, read receipts, improved group chat, and more. The company shared that the messaging standard now supports over [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hungry to learn more about Anthropic, directly from Anthropic? You aren&#8217;t alone if so, which is why we&#8217;re so delighted to announce that Anthropic co-founder and Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan is joining the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley&#8217;s Zellerbach Hall. And TechCrunch Sessions: AI is right around [&hellip;]</p>

<p>23andMe, the genetic testing giant once valued in the billions, is now navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy and notifying millions of current and former customers that they may be eligible to file claims as part of the restructuring process. The company and 11 of its subsidiaries, including Lemonaid Health and LPRXOne, filed for bankruptcy protection on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>OpenAI appears to be pulling well ahead of rivals in the race to capture enterprises&#8217; AI spend, according to transaction data from fintech firm Ramp. According to Ramp&#8217;s AI Index, which estimates the business adoption rate of AI products by drawing on Ramp&#8217;s card and bill pay data, 32.4% of U.S. businesses were paying for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Applications are almost closed, and you have until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight to reserve your exhibitor table at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, our premiere industry event that’s happening at UC Berkeley&#8217;s Zellerbach Hall on June 5. Imagine walking into a room filled with 1,200+ investors, founders, enterprise leaders, and journalists — all hunting for the next [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Josh Raffaelli, who has deep roots as a Silicon Valley investor and has backed a number of Elon Musk companies, is suing his former employer, the massive trillion-dollar AUM Brookfield Asset Management, reports The New York Times.  Much of Raffaelli’s complaint concerns how Brookfield covered pandemic-related real estate losses and alleges the company fired him [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On YouTube, hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world are staring at an unmoving broadcast of the Sistine Chapel chimney. Occasionally, a seagull will swoop in and perch atop the roof for a few minutes. But for the most part, nothing happens. On Wednesday, the College of Cardinals started the process of picking the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, is directly benefiting from the Trump administration&#8217;s tariff trade war, according to leaked State Department memos obtained by the Washington Post.   The memos show the U.S. pushing countries to adopt Starlink. Some show that countries believe that doing so could help lubricate their U.S. trade and tariff negotiations. One memo [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Marathon Venture Capital, a venture firm in Athens that prides itself on being &#8220;day one partners to Greek tech partners,&#8221; just closed its newest fund with €75 million in capital commitments, according to partner Panos Papadopoulos. The vehicle brings the firm&#8217;s total assets under management to €175 million &#8212; a meaningful amount for an 8-year-old, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rork founders Levan Kvirkvelia and Daniel Dhawan are living a life that sounds like a movie plot &#8212; but it actually happened.&nbsp; They went from broke, with depleted life savings and $15,000 in credit card debt — Dhawan was even sleeping on a mattress at a friend’s apartment — to generating $100,000 of revenue within [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While many tech companies are mandating that their employees return to their offices, and putting an emphasis on building in-person teams, they are also turning in droves to Latin America to find developer talent — especially for post-training AI models. Revelo, a full-stack platform of vetted developers in Latin America, is seeing a new surge in [&hellip;]</p>