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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Cacheflow, a startup building tools for the software sales closing process, announced this morning that it closed $10 million in new capital.
Cacheflow doubles valuation while raising $10M, proving that the venture market is far from dead by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Axiom, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on automating identity and access management (IAM) for developer platforms, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7 million seed round led by S Capital. The idea here is to provide a single platform that provides developers with easy access to the tools they need and […]
Axiom launches its automated identity and access management platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Autonomous trucking technology company Kodiak Robotics won a $49.9 million contract from the the U.S. Department of Defense to help the Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance. The two year contract, which was awarded by the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on behalf of the Army’s Robotic Combat […]
Kodiak Robotics wins $50M to help US Army build AVs for recon, surveillance by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Despite strong economic headwinds, many young startups don’t think the current market will materially impact their runway or headcount.
Early-stage startups say no runway, no problem heading into 2023 by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the other shifts we’ve seen in the economy, public health and technology investing. Oda, one of the bigger players in online grocery delivery in Europe with operations in its home market of Norway as well […]
Oda, the Norwegian grocery delivery startup, raises a fresh $151M, but at a lowered valuation of $353M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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 packages with Tea. Tea is the brainchild of Max Howell, creator of popular open source package […]
From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
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
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 Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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 to actually be in, and who’s working remotely each day. Let’s face it, earlier, hot-desk management software – […]
How Chargifi pivoted to Kadence, a platform to enable hybrid co-working, then pulled in $10M by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch