February 2023

3 Software Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in 2023

February 15, 2023
The software industry has been under pressure due to macroeconomic challenges. However, the industry is expected to witness solid growth over the long term due to robust demand for its…

You.com takes aim at Google and Microsoft with multimodal chat search

February 15, 2023

You.com founder Richard Socher knows that his company has always been a David going after the Goliath in search, Google, and to a lesser extent Microsoft. He likes to point out that his company built search based on generative AI in December, several months before the other giant search players made their announcements. Today, the […]

You.com takes aim at Google and Microsoft with multimodal chat search by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: mitigating methane emissions, and testing AI-developed drugs

February 15, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These startups hope to spray iron particles above the ocean to fight climate change A Palo Alto–based startup wants to begin releasing iron particles into the exhaust stream of a shipping vessel crossing…

IFC leads $17M investment in South African insurtech Naked

February 15, 2023

Naked, a South African insurtech company that helps consumers to insure their cars, homes, and valuables, has raised $17 million in Series B funding led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The round welcomed participation from the German Development Finance Institution (DEG), and earlier investors, Yellowwoods and Hollard. The news follows the Naspers-led $11 million […]

IFC leads $17M investment in South African insurtech Naked by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

February 15, 2023

Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. Take Descope, for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. The money came from Lightspeed Venture Partners […]

Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch