Komunal is reaching out to Indonesia’s rural customers by going where they are. The fintech partners with more than 220 banks in tier 2 and tier 3 cities spread through 19 provinces. Founded in 2019, the startup announced today it has raised $8.5 million in funding led by East Ventures Growth Fund, with participation from […]
Komunal raises $8.5M to digitize Indonesia’s rural banks by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Amplifica invests mainly in teams where there are female founders or co-founders or goods and services focused on women.
Amplifica Capital ‘wants to be fund that Latin America’s female tech founders reach out to first’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Overreliance on conventional wisdom allows valuation destroying timebombs to hide within successful businesses, only to detonate during a liquidity event.
Cost-effective IP strategies can lead to massive exit valuations by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
ChatGPT, the AI that can write poems, emails, spreadsheet formulas and more, has attracted a lot of negative publicity lately. Q&A coding site Stack Overflow temporarily banned users from sharing content generated by ChatGPT, saying that the AI made it too easy for users to flood the site with spammy answers. Then, New York City […]
AI21 Labs intros an AI writing assistant that cites its sources by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
The UK government has confirmed it will expand criminal liability powers contained in draft online safety legislation which is currently making its way through parliament with the aim of preventing platforms from intentionally flouting child-safety rules. The current version of the (already much amended) Online Safety Bill, which is set to return to parliament today for […]
Tech bosses who willingly flout UK online child safety rules to face criminal liability by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
On the heels of raising a big round of funding at a $1 billion valuation last week, DeepL is taking the wraps off a new language product, the first extension for a startup that made its name from its popular AI-based translation tools. Write is a new tool that fixes your writing — catching grammar […]
DeepL takes aim at Grammarly with the launch of Write, to clean up your prose by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
GoMechanic has laid off a significant number of its workforce as the Sequoia India-backed startup struggles to raise funds amid serious concerns of accounting troubles, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The Gurgaon-headquartered startup has cut 70% of the workforce and asked the remaining staff to work without pay for three months, Indian […]
Sequoia India-backed GoMechanic faces severe trouble by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Mill emerges from stealth as a sleek, climate-friendly solution for food waste that could slash half a ton of carbon emissions per household.
Nest co-founder Matt Rogers’ new startup is trash by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
There is very, very little room for error in aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing. For companies that build products like missiles, rocket boosters and avionics, each part must not deviate more than a hairsbreadth from its technical specifications. Despite the precise demands of the industry, however, parts ordering is generally done using systems that are […]
Stell wants to modernize the “unsexy” workflows slowing down America’s industrial base by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch