Топ-10 технологий на 2026-04-18
1. New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets | TechCrunch
Описание: The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia’s new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.
2. Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises | TechCrunch
| Описание: Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com |
3. Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project | TechCrunch
Описание: The studio’s first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
4. Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board | TechCrunch
Описание: Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.
5. Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report | TechCrunch
Описание: AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
6. Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year
Описание: Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI smart glasses stylish enough people might actually want to wear them. According to Reuters, Gucci parent company Kering is planning to launch the glasses sometime in 2027. Google’s first pair of …
7. Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached.
Описание: Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That’s roughly seven years’ worth of government funding ($11.2m) after Trump and Congress cut funds for public media, but only a frac…
8. Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
Описание: The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
9. The end of subscription fatigue: How Picsart is leveling the playing field for creators | TechCrunch
Описание: There’s a quiet frustration running through the creative community right now, and it doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s not a lack of tools. If anything, it’s the opposite. Over the past two years, the AI landscape has exploded into a sprawling marketplace…
10. From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product | TechCrunch
| Описание: From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com |