12-06-22 -

From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps...
Tea, an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 million in seed funding to its coffer as it builds on recent momentum that has seen some 16,000 developers authenticate their software p...

12-06-22 -

3 ways SaaS businesses can boost revenue in a recession
With the right tools, there’s every opportunity for SaaS businesses to continue growing — even in today’s economy. 3 ways SaaS businesses can boost revenue in a recession by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

12-06-22 -

Archive lands $15M as more clothing brands get serious about resale
After deploying peer-to-peer resale models, Archive created a warehouse management system for easier resale of inventory that was returned, damaged or exchanged online. Archive lands $15M as more clothing brands ‘get serious about resale’ by C...

12-06-22 -

How Chargifi pivoted to Kadence, a platform to enable hybrid co-working, then...
Coordinating people, projects and their various locations, has become a headache for companies in the post-pandemic world of remote and hybrid working. There is expensive office space to maintain, logistics to figure out which employees are going ...

12-06-22 -

Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out...
Rezonate, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup that offers an agent-less cloud identity protection platform that aims to help DevOps teams minimize attackers’ opportunities to breach cloud identity and access, is coming out of stealth today and ...

12-06-22 -

NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market
The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e., AI that generates images, text and more), is supercharging the AI inferencing chip market. Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate out...

12-06-22 -

Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPhone and MacBook users in Europe
Apple has announced that its Self Service Repair store for iPhones and MacBooks is now open for business in Europe. First announced last November, the repair program essentially enables anyone to purchase genuine Apple components to repair their d...

12-06-22 -

Metas Oversight Board wants Facebook to be more transparent about VIP accounts
A year ago, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook operated a two-tiered content moderation system. Normal users were subject to the platforms stated rules while VIP users were secretly flagged into special in a program internally called &...

12-06-22 -

Discovery+ brings the offline download feature to the US
The Discovery+ app is getting one of the most anticipated feature — and frankly, a must-have feature for today’s streaming apps — offline viewing. The company announced Monday that users of the ad-free plan in the U.S. will be able t...

12-06-22 -

Iran-backed hackers linked to espionage campaign targeting journalists and ac...
Hackers backed by the Iranian government targeted human rights activists, journalists, diplomats and politicians working in the Middle East during an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign, according to Human Rights Watch. In ...

12-06-22 -

One Peak scales up and closes $1B fund aimed at European and Israeli growth r...
There’s a prevailing logic (or you might say hope) in tech that says there is no better time to invent and invest than when the market appears to be in a bad place. With companies like Google and Apple born out of fallow periods, that wa...

12-06-22 -

Singapore-based financial admin platform Osome raises $25M Series B
Osome is a corporate “super app” that helps business owners with administrative tasks like payroll, accounting and tax reporting. The company announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B from Illuminate Financial, AFG Partners and Wint...

12-06-22 -

Expeto, a startup selling tools to manage private cellular networks, raises $13M
There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). For example, some mining and en...

12-06-22 -

Cubzh wants to build the next-generation Minecraft
Meet Cubzh, a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system. The company has designed a new platform from scratch and wants to empower creators with the ability to create new objects, build worlds and d...

12-06-22 -

Google introduces Continuous Scrolling on desktop for Search
Google is introducing a “Continuous Scrolling” feature on the desktop so users don’t have to navigate across pages to find the relevant search results for English-language queries in the U.S., expanding a feature the ...

12-06-22 -

Amazon set to launch Prime Gaming in India
Amazon is inching closer to launching Prime Gaming, its subscription service that offers free access to a number of titles and which ships bundled with Amazon Prime and Video plans, to its members in India, according to the company’s website. &a...

12-05-22 -

Onomotion raises 21 million to expand e-cargo bike urban logistics business
Berlin-based Onomotion has come up with a scalable way to do micromobility-powered urban logistics — cargo e-bikes with built-in cover from the elements and attachable containers. Today, Onomotion has a couple hundred vehicles on the roa...

12-05-22 -

SBM Bank India, building BaaS platform, seeks funding at $200 million valuation
The Indian arm of SBM Bank, one of the banks that has aggressively worked with fintech startups in the South Asian market, is engaging with investors to raise capital and pitching the vision of becoming one of the top banking-as-a-service provider...

12-05-22 -

Accacia tackles the real estate industrys massive carbon emissions problem
The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions, and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those industries work. Accacia gives large property owners a way to track their carbon impact in real-...

12-05-22 -

TuSimple and Navistar end deal to co-develop autonomous trucks
Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple and truck manufacturer Navistar have scrapped their deal to co-develop self-driving trucks, the companies said Monday. Neither company provided a reason for ending the partnership. Two years ago, TuS...

12-05-22 -

Microsoft could get its first official union as ZeniMax QA testers organize
A group of about 300 quality assurance (QA) testers at video game company ZeniMax Media are seeking to form the first ever union at Microsoft, the parent company to their studio. ZeniMax includes subsidiaries like Bethesda Softworks and id Softwar...

12-05-22 -

Uber Eats to pay millions for listing Chicago restaurants without consent
Uber has agreed to a $10 million settlement with the City of Chicago for listing local restaurants in the Uber Eats and Postmates food delivery apps without the restaurants’ consent, as well as for charging excess commission fees. Over ...

12-05-22 -

Chattermill, which uses AI to extract insights from customer experience data,...
Chattermill, a platform that helps companies unlock insights by analyzing customer feedback data from across myriad digital channels, has raised $26 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of London in 2015, companies such as Uber and ...

12-05-22 -

ChatGPT shrugged
ChatGPT is a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that’s designed to help people communicate with computers in a more natural and intuitive way — using natural language processing (NLP) technology. But what’s behind ...

12-05-22 -

Lensa AI, the app making magic avatars, raises red flags for artists
If your Instagram is awash in algorithmically generated portraits of your friends, you aren’t alone. After adding a new avatar generation tool based on Stable Diffusion, the photo editing app Lensa AI went viral over the last few days, w...

12-05-22 -

Tier-owned Spin exits 10 US markets amid low demand, unfavorable city regulat...
Micromobility operator Spin is leaving 10 U.S. markets due to a combination of low demand, over-regulation, under-regulation and poor cost structures, according to a company-wide email sent Friday by Philip Reinckens, Spin’s CEO, that wa...

12-05-22 -

Max Q: Building on the moon and Mars
In this issue: ICON's in-space construction tech ambitions; Astra's management switch-up; news from ispace, Metaspectral and more Max Q: Building on the moon and Mars by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

12-05-22 -

Daily Crunch: Another Salesforce C-suite exit Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield ...
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Another Salesforce C-suite exit — Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield will step down in January by C...

12-05-22 -

SpaceX goes full defense contractor with national security-focused Starshield
SpaceX’s launch services have already become an invaluable resource for the U.S. government, but the company is now jumping into the deep end of the pool it had heretofore only splashed around in. Starshield, a new vertical within SpaceX...

12-05-22 -

3 views: Predicting 2023s key startup themes
A good way to be wrong is to predict the future. A good way to be incredibly and embarrassingly wrong is to predict the future in a medium that is public and everlasting. 3 views: Predicting 2023’s key startup themes by Anna Heim origin...

12-05-22 -

Investors sound the alarm about possible private equity tech deals
Coupa's investors worry that its current value doesn’t reflect a possible lucrative future. Are they right? Investors sound the alarm about possible private equity tech deals by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

12-05-22 -

Gift Guide: More than 20 STEM gift ideas to inspire kids to code
All aboard the learn-to-code train! As another holiday season looms and kids everywhere start clamouring for shiny stuff, we’ve got you covered with a bumper edition of our annual STEM gift guide. This year’s guide is packed wi...

12-05-22 -

Meet the startups competing at TC Sessions: Space
We’re over the moon to announce the three early-stage startups that will take the stage and go head-to-head in the pitch competition at TC Sessions: Space — next Tuesday, December 6, in Los Angeles. There’s still time to join this mission. B...

12-05-22 -

Third-party Twitter app makers turn their attention to Mastodon
Open source Twitter alternative Mastodon has gained a bit of attention in the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition. Now, it’s gaining interest from third-party Twitter app developers, as well. The makers of popular Twitter c...

12-05-22 -

Autonomous drivings blunders are good news for the climate
If autonomous driving would have taken off before EVs got a foothold in the market, the results could have been catastrophic for the climate. Autonomous driving’s blunders are good news for the climate by Tim De Chant originally published on Tec...

12-05-22 -

How companies can slash ballooning SaaS costs
SaaS costs are rising, particularly for enterprise customers with lots of licenses. But there's ways to combat the climb. How companies can slash ballooning SaaS costs by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

12-05-22 -

Operative Intelligence helps contact centers figure out what customers really...
A company may have a good contact center, but ideally they are able to help customers before they need to make a call. Operative Intelligence helps contact centers figure out what customers want more quickly, improving automated inquiries and cutt...

12-05-22 -

Googles new Pixel update brings new features like clear calling and Google On...
Google’s latest ‘feature drop’ for Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch brings features like a call quality enhancement function called “Clear Calling,” free access to Google One’s VPN servic...

12-05-22 -

BrightDrop expands e-delivery van business to Canada with DHL Express
BrightDrop, General Motors’ electric delivery van subsidiary, added DHL Express Canada to its portfolio of customers, marking the company’s entrance into its first international market. BrightDrop has also started production on...

12-05-22 -

If Rowy has its way, if you can use Excel, you can build software
Low and no-code application building continues apace. Gently hum “Rowy rowy rowy your software, gently down the streams,” as we talk with the founder behind Rowy, the company that’s like Airtable on a lot of steroids,...

12-05-22 -

Confirmed: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield stepping down in January
Just days after co-CEO Bret Taylor announced his resignation, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announced that he will be stepping down in January. Business Insider first reported the news. Salesforce has confirmed the news by email. This comes on top...

12-05-22 -

Zenly was the best social app and it will (sadly) shut down on February 3
Zenly, the popular social mapping app that Snap acquired five years ago, is going to shut down on February 3rd, 2023. This is going to be a sad day as there is nothing quite like Zenly. The team based in Paris managed to create an app that was at ...

12-05-22 -

Thoughts on the demise of Circles SPAC deal
Declining USDC in circulation means that the asset base from which Circle generates much of its revenue is also falling. That's a harder growth story to pitch. Thoughts on the demise of Circle’s SPAC deal by Alex Wilhelm originally publ...

12-05-22 -

Facebook to now test age verification tech on Facebook Dating in the US
Meta is bringing its age verification technologies to another of its products, Facebook Dating. Though the service has not taken off as a significant Tinder rival, it will now serve as the testing grounds for further experimentation with new age v...

12-05-22 -

Which way is up? The end of free money and the importance of keeping cash on ...
Someone once told me that successful companies each succeed in their own way, but companies all fail the same way: They run out of cash. Which way is up? The end of free money and the importance of keeping cash on hand by Ram Iyer originally publi...

12-05-22 -

Is this what good news feels like?
Equity is getting into the holiday spirit. And by that, we mean thinking far too much about the geopolitical-technological landscape. Is this what good news feels like? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

12-05-22 -

Check out whats happening tomorrow at TC Sessions: Space
Happy TC Sessions: Space 2022 Eve! Tomorrow’s the big day in L.A. for everyone involved with or interested in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and forging humanity’s future in space. There’s still time to get on board this mission...

12-05-22 -

Twelve Labs lands $12M for AI that understands the context of videos
To Jae Lee, a data scientist by training, it never made sense that video — which has become an enormous part of our lives, what with the rise of platforms like TikTok, Vimeo and YouTube — was difficult to search across due to t...

12-05-22 -

Loft Dynamics raises $20M to tackle pilot shortage with VR training
Loft Dynamics, a Swiss startup creating virtual reality (VR) simulation technology for helicopter pilots, has raised $20 million in funding from U.S. venture capital (VC) firms including David Sacks’ Craft Ventures, Sky Dayton, and Up Ve...

12-05-22 -

If youre a bootstrapped startup, turn to user-centered design to thrive durin...
When it comes to user-centered design (UCD), the goal of each design process is the same: create a great product for your end users. If you’re a bootstrapped startup, turn to user-centered design to thrive during adversity by Ram Iyer or...