Not all early-stage AI startups are created equal

The AI sector has gotten hotter over the last year. But unlike many of past venture fads — like crypto or web3 — the AI sector had a number of large startups and legacy players already active when the market started to froth. There have been AI exits and there are...

Deal Dive: Futureverse is a metaverse company that might actually get it

Startups that look to improve an industry’s outdated infrastructure are definitely welcome in sectors like financial services and healthcare. But why would a company build infrastructure for an industry that seems to have hit its prime and zoomed past it in...

Feels like you missed the generative AI train? 5 steps for speeding ahead in 90 days

Will Poole Contributor Share on Twitter Will Poole is a six-time serial entrepreneur and global investor focused on creating massively scalable tech-forward solutions meeting the needs of the rising middle class in the Global South (Latin America, Africa, India, and...

Vertical AI and who might build it

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. It was a short workweek in the U.S., but there was plenty to read...