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Google takes aim at Android malware with an AI-powered live threat detection service Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android. Its new live threat detection service leverages Google Play Protect’s on-device AI to analyze apps for mal...

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Google takes aim at Android malware with an AI-powered live threat detection service | TechCrunch

Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android. Its new live threat detection service leverages Googl...

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Dietitian startup Fay has been booming from Ozempic patients and emerges from stealth with $25M from General Catalyst, Forerunner For years, Sammy Faycurry has been hearing from his dietician mom and sister about how poorly many Americans eat and their struggles with delivering nutritional counseling. Although nearly half of all...

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Dietitian startup Fay has been booming from Ozempic patients and emerges from stealth with $25M from General Catalyst, Forerunner | TechCrunch

Three-way marketplace Fay matches dietitians with insurances and patients has seen increased interest from people taking Ozempic and other GLP-1s.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Apple announces new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad users Apple is bringing new accessibility features to iPads and iPhones, designed to cater to a diverse range of user needs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple announces new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad users | TechCrunch

Apple is bringing new accessibility features to iPads and iPhones, designed to cater to a diverse range of user needs.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Startup Blueprint: TC Disrupt 2024 Builders Stage agenda sneak peek! TechCrunch Disrupt, our flagship startup event held annually in San Francisco, is back on October 28-30 — and you can expect a bustling crowd of thousands of startup enthusiasts. Exciting news! We’re ...

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Startup Blueprint: TC Disrupt 2024 Builders Stage agenda sneak peek! | TechCrunch

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to unveil the near-complete agenda for the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Alkira connects with $100M for a solution that connects your clouds As cloud adoption continues to surge towards the $1 trillion mark in annual spend, we’re seeing a wave of enterprise startups gaining traction with customers and investors for tools to help manage tha...

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Alkira connects with $100M for a solution that connects your clouds | TechCrunch

Alkira has raised $100M for its “network infrastructure as a service,” which lets users virtualize and orchestrate hybrid cloud assets, and man...

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Venture firms form alliance to standardize data collection Seven firms so far have signed on to standardize the way data is collected and shared. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Venture orgs form alliance to standardize data collection | TechCrunch

Seven orgs so far have signed on to standardize the way data is collected and shared.

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Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo! recently acquired), is joining Anthropi...

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Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product | TechCrunch

AI startup Anthropic is hiring Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger as its new head of product, overseeing both consumer and enterprise efforts.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Weka raises $140M as the AI boom bolsters data platforms While an increasing number of companies are investing in AI, many are struggling to get AI-powered projects into production — much less delivering meaningful ROI. The challenges are many. But a common...

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Weka raises $140M as the AI boom bolsters data platforms | TechCrunch

While an increasing number of companies are investing in AI, many are struggling to get AI-powered projects into production -- much less delivering

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Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing Quickbooks So did investors laugh them out of the room when they explained how they wanted to replace Quickbooks? Kind of. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing QuickBooks | TechCrunch

So did investors laugh them out of the room when they explained how they wanted to replace Quickbooks? Kind of.

techcrunch 1 year ago

Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers Charging has long been the Achilles’ heel of electric vehicles. One startup thinks it has a way for apartment dwelling EV drivers to charge overnight. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...

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Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers | TechCrunch

Charging has long been the Achilles’ heel of electric vehicles. One startup thinks it has a better way for apartment dwelling EV drivers to charg...

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Meet PayHOA, a profitable and once-bootstrapped SaaS startup that just landed a $27.5M Series A PayHOA, a previously bootstrapped Kentucky-based startup that offers software for self-managed homeowner associations (HOAs), is an example of how real-world problems can translate into opportunity. I...

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Meet PayHOA, a profitable and once-bootstrapped SaaS startup that just landed a $27.5M Series A | TechCrunch

PayHOA, a previously bootstrapped Kentucky-based startup that offers software for self-managed HOAs, has raised a $23.5M Series A.

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Restaurant365 orders in $175M at a $1B+ valuation to supersize its food service software stack The restaurant industry in the U.S. is expected to pass $1 trillion in sales for the first time this year, despite wider economic pressures on consumers. Now Restaurant365, a startup building tech to ...

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Restaurant365 orders in $175M at $1B+ valuation to supersize its food service software stack  | TechCrunch

Restaurant365, which offers a restaurant management suite, has raised a hot $175M from ICONIQ Growth, KKR and L Catterton.

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Portuguese VC firm Shilling launches €50M opportunity fund to back growth-stage startups Venture firm Shilling has launched a €50M fund to support growth-stage startups in its own portfolio and to invest in startups everywhere else. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal us...

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Portuguese VC firm Shilling launches €50M opportunity fund to back growth-stage startups | TechCrunch

Venture firm Shilling has launched a €50M fund to support growth-stage startups in its own portfolio and to invest in startups everywhere else.

techcrunch 1 year ago

LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI Chang She, previously the VP of engineering at Tubi and a Cloudera veteran, has years of experience building data tooling and infrastructure. But when She began working in the AI space, he quickly ran...

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LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI | TechCrunch

Chang She, previously the VP of engineering at Tubi and a Cloudera veteran, has years of experience building data tooling and infrastructure. But w...

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Lydia, the French payments app with 8 million users, launches mobile banking app Sumeria Lydia is splitting itself into two apps — Lydia for P2P payments and Sumeria for those looking for a mobile-first bank account. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Lydia, the French payments app with 8 million users, launches mobile banking app Sumeria | TechCrunch

Lydia is splitting itself into two apps — Lydia for P2P payments and Sumeria for those looking for a mobile-first bank account.

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Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs Trawa simplifies energy purchasing and management for SMEs by leveraging an AI-powered platform and downstream data from customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs | TechCrunch

Trawa simplifies energy purchasing and management for SMEs by leveraging an AI-powered platform and downstream data from customers.

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Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” This might be port dues, towage, and pilotage fees. It’s a complex patchwork and all ports operate...

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Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico | TechCrunch

Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” These might include port dues, towage...

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AWS confirms European ‘sovereign cloud’ to launch in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European “sovereign cloud” which is designed to enable greater data residency across the region. The ...

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AWS confirms it will launch European 'sovereign cloud' in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years | TechCrunch

AWS has confirmed its European "sovereign cloud" will go live by the end of 2025, enabling greater data residency for the region.

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Indian insurance startup Go Digit raises $141M from anchor investors ahead of IPO Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, ADIA, and Morgan Stanley as part of its IPO. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For persona...

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Indian insurance startup Go Digit raises $141M from anchor investors ahead of IPO | TechCrunch

Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from investors, including Goldman Sachs, ADIA, and Morgan Stanley, as part of its IPO.

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Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoa Peakbridge intends to invest in between 16 and 20 companies, investing around $10 million in each company. It has made eight investments so far. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal u...

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Exclusive: Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoa

PeakBridge intends to invest in between 16 and 20 companies, investing around $10 million in each company. It has made eight investments so far.