The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Founders are at a distinct disadvantage in the valuation game. By design, VCs play this game far better than most founders ever will.
How to respond when a VC asks about your startup’s valuation by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Historically, Twitter has had a tumultuous relationship with the third-party developer community. But in the last few years, the company has tried to appease the developer community with projects like a new API release and the ‘Twitter Toolbox’ collection to highlight some of the projects. However, under Elon Musk’s management, some of these programs are […]
Amid growing concerns from third-party developers, Twitter shuts down Toolbox and other projects by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Primer, a U.K. startup founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal that provides a drag-and-drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks, last year raised $50 million at a $425 million valuation from investors like ICONIQ, Accel, Balderton Capital and Seedcamp– a round the came amid a bullish period for e-commerce, with record-levels of […]
Primer, the UK e-commerce tech startup, has laid off one-third of its staff by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Chicago-based medical giant CommonSpirit Health has confirmed that an October ransomware attack exposed the personal data of more than 620,000 patients. CommonSpirit Health, which operates more than 700 care sites and 142 hospitals in 21 states, first confirmed an “IT security issue” on October 5. At the time, the company declined to comment on the […]
CommonSpirit Health says patient data was stolen during ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the health tech startup’s total funding to $45.2 million in Series C. The extension round consists of 90% equity and 10% debt financing, according to the co-founder […]
Japan’s health-tech Ubie wants to fuel its U.S expansion with $19M Series C extension by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch