article thumbnail

3 views on CES 2022

TechCrunch

For fifty-four years, big and small hardware manufacturers that hoped to reach their target audiences rolled out new products at the Consumer Electronics Show. Brian Heater: Hardware startups should reconsider their media strategies. CES 2022 was not the year for evtols, hyperloop, and to a lesser degree, autonomous vehicle technology.

article thumbnail

TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups

TechCrunch

SaaS is still open for business, but it’s going to take longer to buy and sell How to pitch CVCs Image Credits: Getty Images As individual VC firms pulled back and began amassing dry powder in 2022, corporate venture capital (CVC) funds stepped up. 10 tips for de-risking hardware products Thinking about pulling the plug on your startup?

Hardware 215
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

TechCrunch

But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. New techniques and chips designed to accelerate certain aspects of AI system development promise to (and, indeed, already have) cut hardware requirements. Emerging from stealth today, Exafunction is developing a platform to abstract away the complexity of using hardware to train AI systems.

Hardware 243
article thumbnail

6 cloud trends to watch in 2022

TechCrunch

This momentum is expected to pick up in 2022 and beyond. Gartner projects that global spending on cloud services is expected to reach over $482 billion in 2022, up from $313 billion in 2020. Gartner projects that global spending on cloud services is expected to reach over $482 billion in 2022, up from $313 billion in 2020.

Trends 260
article thumbnail

Announcing the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 is weeks away, and today I’m thrilled to announce the 200 startups selected to participate in the first ever Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. These rising-star startups represent the innovation taking place across these tech categories: Hardware, Robotics, AI + ML. HealthTech + BioTech. Space + Security.

Biotech 238
article thumbnail

Pitch on stage at TC Sessions: Space 2022

TechCrunch

Space tech spans numerous verticals — satellite-data based applications, rockets, fueling, data analytics, geospatial information systems, hardware, satellites, national security, commercial launch, climate, tracking software and more. Pitch on stage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 by Neesha A. Have at least a minimally viable product.

article thumbnail

Daily Crunch: Apple’s M1 chips have an ‘unpatchable’ hardware vulnerability, say MIT researchers

TechCrunch

It’s Friday, June 10, 2022, and Haje is on the road, so it’s just me today. TC Sessions: Climate 2022. Growth marketing experts survey: How would you spend a $75,000 budget in summer 2022? Growth marketing experts survey: How would you spend a $75,000 budget in summer 2022? PDT, subscribe here. Have a great weekend!

Hardware 248