Author: Becky Anderson
AI models are being cranked out at a dizzying pace, by everyone from Big Tech companies like Google to startups like OpenAI and Anthropic. Keeping track of the latest ones can be overwhelming. Adding to the confusion is that AI models are often promoted based on industry benchmarks. But these technical metrics often reveal little about how real people and companies actually use them. To cut through the noise, TechCrunch has compiled an overview of the most advanced AI models released since 2024, with details on how to use them and what they’re best for. We’ll keep this list updated…
Gong, a startup that helps companies predict their revenue from potential sales, has surpassed $300 million in annualized recurring revenue, the company announced on Wednesday. Since its founding in 2016, Gong has used AI to analyze customer interactions. The addition of generative AI capabilities in recent years has helped to fuel the company’s growth. “We’re seeing great momentum. That’s why we’re excited to share the numbers,” Gong CEO Amit Bendov told TechCrunch. Gong was last valued at $7.25 billion when it raised a $250 million Series E in 2021 in a deal led by Franklin Templeton with participation from Coatue,…
Prime Video is now experimenting with AI-assisted dubbing for select licensed movies and TV shows, as announced by the Amazon-owned streaming service on Wednesday. According to Prime Video, this new test will feature AI-assisted dubbing services in English and Latin American Spanish, combining AI with human localization professionals to “ensure quality control,” the company explained. Initially, it’ll be available for 12 titles that previously lacked dubbing support. These titles include the Spanish animated film “El Cid: La Leyenda,” the family-friendly drama “Mi Mamá Lora,” and the indie movie “Long Lost.” AI-based dubbing has gained popularity in the entertainment industry as…
OpenAI has begun rolling out its newest AI model, GPT-4.5, to users on its ChatGPT Plus tier. In a series of posts on X, OpenAI said that the rollout will take “1-3 days,” and that it expects rate limits to change. GPT-4.5 launched first for subscribers to OpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro plan last week. “We’d like to give everyone with access to GPT-4.5 a sizable rate limit, but we expect rate limits to change as we learn more about demand,” the company wrote in its post. GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s largest AI model yet, trained using more computing power and data…
CoreWeave’s initial S-1 document for its upcoming IPO is full of surprises. Backed by Nvidia, CoreWeave runs an AI-specific cloud service from its network of 32 data centers that together have more than 250,000 Nvidia GPUs as of the end of 2024, according to the company. Since then, it has also added a number of Nvidia’s latest product, Blackwell, which supports AI reasoning. While we don’t know yet how many shares CoreWeave plans to sell or at what price, the IPO specialists at Renaissance Capital estimate the company hopes to raise at least $3.5 billion at a $32 billion valuation,…
Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search engine upstarts Xift and Cuil, as well as recall.archive.org, which became the Internet Archive. She was the vice president of engineering at Google, and later started Gradient Ventures, an AI-focused seed fund. And she isn’t done building. Patterson told TechCrunch that a few years ago she had the itch to start something new again, but was unsure she had another startup in her. But after a breast cancer diagnosis in 2023 and being out of work a lot of that year, she realized she…