AI for landlords, Grok-2 unleashed, and the latest attempt at AI regulation

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week on Equity Kirsten Korosec and Mary Ann Azevedo were joined by one of TechCrunch’s resident AI experts, Devin Coldewey. They broke down their deals of the week: WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup, seeking an initial public offering in the United States at a $5 billion valuation, EliseAI, the company offering AI solutions to landlords, raised $75 million and became a unicorn, and Grok-2 is now available on X but it will cost you. Then the team got into a couple recent startup shutdowns: Tally and Score. Tally was a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt. Score was a dating app for people with good to excellent credit that was only around for a few months before it got sunsetted. And last but not least, we did a deeper dive into a California bill known as SB 1047 that is aimed at stopping real-world disasters caused by AI systems before they happen.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity Tech Grunches flagship podcast about the
0:15.4	business of startups today is August 16th 2024 I'm Marianne Asavado and
0:20.7	joining me today is Tech Crunch senior reporter and editor Kirsten Korsek.
0:25.2	Kirsten, what's going on in your world this week?
0:27.5	I mean, the only thing really that I'm interested in this world right now is the great
0:32.4	waymo honkathon that's been happening in San Francisco.
0:35.3	I don't know if you've heard about this.
0:37.2	To be clear, it has been resolved now, but this software engineer set up a live stream from her apartment looking down at this parking
0:45.2	depot that Weimo Robot taxis were using and every morning around 4 a.m. when they would come home to like sleep I guess. As they were parking
0:54.8	they are programmed to honk like you know a car or is reversing into them but
1:00.3	when you have like dozens of these robot taxis all parking at once it was like a
1:05.2	chorus of honking every morning at 4 a.m. So she set up this live stream with this like
1:10.5	low-five beats in the background now so you can observe them.
1:14.8	And now the honking has been resolved,
1:16.9	but that's been the chatter around the San Francisco streets
1:20.8	and on my beat.
1:21.8	Oh my goodness.
1:23.0	Lofy chill beats to honk and park too.
1:26.0	Beautiful.
1:27.0	Yes.
1:28.0	Yeah. Beautiful indeed.
1:29.0	And hey, that voice from hearing, that's Devon Koldaway.
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