Gucci Ventures Into the Metaverse
The experience would feature a space called ‘Gucci Vault Land’ for its customers to witness the brand’s history through games and NFTs
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…
December 2022
Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M
Two months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had fined 16 Wall Street firms more than $1.1 billion for “widespread recordkeeping failures” regarding maintaining electronic communications, contravening federal securities laws. In addition, the SEC is now probing private equity firms on their employees’ use of messaging apps for work purposes, including WhatsApp, […]
Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
In defense of plastic (sort of)
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I’m coming in with a hot take this week: plastics might just be the most useful inventions of the 20th century. Before you get out the pitchforks, let me take you on a…
Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital
Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and […]
Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health
Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced both by consumers and researchers, it provided early data into how Covid-19 spread and the symptoms associated with the initial infection and its […]
Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Was Sam Bankman-Fried’s appearance a performance?
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried talked from an undisclosed location in the Bahamas today with reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin for a DealBook event, a discussion that his legal team “very much” did not approve of, he told Sorkin with a boyish grin. Having caught the live-streamed interview, what we’re still wondering is whether he’s credible. Throughout […]
Was Sam Bankman-Fried’s appearance a performance? by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Smartphone re-commerce startup Badili raises $2.1M pre-seed funding
Badili, a Kenya-based smartphone re-commerce startup, has raised $2.1 million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India. […]
Smartphone re-commerce startup Badili raises $2.1M pre-seed funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Indian Spacetech Startups Shoot for the Skies
In November 2022 alone, startups such as Agnikul and Pixxel have had significant successes, prompting spectators to wonder what more it will take to facilitate a true space revolution in the country
Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round
Much of the company’s sales are outside the UK today, with U.S. “Hueligans,” the company’s loyal fans, representing Huel’s second-biggest market.
Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
On the Path To an Enhanced Pedagogy: Globalised Education In the Age Of Metaverse
With decreasing attention spans and increasing complexity across the disciplines studied, newer pedagogical methods are imperative