June 17, 2025

Own, a new social media app, aims to tokenize the creator economy

Own is the latest alternative to TikTok to emerge in the market, featuring blockchain technology and a token economy.

March 2023

Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by major banks, raises $23M

March 7, 2023

Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by finance heavyweights such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of New York in 2012, Droit serves to bolster financial institutions’ trading decision-making by integrating regulatory knowledge into the pre-trade process, highlighting key information on […]

Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by major banks, raises $23M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

reMarkable powers up its e-paper tablet with a keyboard case for distraction-free writing

March 7, 2023

The reMarkable 2 is a great tablet for reading long documents on, annotating them, taking notes, sketching… but not for full-on writing. At least, it wasn’t until they put out this great keyboard folio that converts this tablet into a pretty compelling minimalist writing station — if you don’t mind a slightly premium price. The […]

reMarkable powers up its e-paper tablet with a keyboard case for distraction-free writing by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

D-ID’s new web app gives a face and voice to OpenAI’s ChatGPT

March 7, 2023

D-ID, the Israeli startup behind Deep Nostalgia, announced today that it’s launching the beta version of its new web app that allows users to talk face-to-face with photorealistic AI. The web app, called chat.D-ID, combines D-ID’s text-to-video streaming technology with OpenAI’s ChatGPT to make conversations with AI more accessible. The startup’s CEO and co-founder, Gil […]

D-ID’s new web app gives a face and voice to OpenAI’s ChatGPT by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Salesforce plans to incorporate generative AI across the platform

March 7, 2023

Salesforce has been in the news for a lot of non-product reasons of late, so it would be understandable that the company wants to bring the focus back to the business of selling software and away from the machinations of activist investors. Today at the TrailheadDX developer conference, the company announced a generative AI push […]

Salesforce plans to incorporate generative AI across the platform by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Upway launches online marketplace for refurbished e-bikes in US

March 7, 2023

Upway, the French startup that refurbishes and resells electric bikes across a range of brands, launched in the U.S. Tuesday. The company will focus its efforts on the Northeast region of the country, but its bikes will be available for shipping across the continental U.S. Upway has already made a name for itself in Europe, […]

Upway launches online marketplace for refurbished e-bikes in US by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

March 7, 2023

Soci (pronounced “soh-shee”), a marketing automation platform with customers including Ace Hardware, Jersey Mike’s, Pet Supplies Plus and Ford, today announced that it raised $120 million in a financing round led by JMI Equity with participation from Vertical Venture Partners, Blossom Street Ventures and Renew Group Private Limited. Co-founder and CEO Afif Khoury says that […]

Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Tensor raises $3M for Solana-focused NFT trading platform

March 7, 2023

Tensor, a Solana-centric NFT trading platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Placeholder, the team exclusively shared with TechCrunch. The startup was co-founded by Ilja Moisejevs and Richard Wu, bringing a collective 10 years of experience in working on trading infrastructure and data-intensive systems. Until this point, Tensor was bootstrapped off […]

Tensor raises $3M for Solana-focused NFT trading platform by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

This geothermal startup showed its wells can be used like a giant underground battery

March 7, 2023
In late January, a geothermal power startup began conducting an experiment deep below the desert floor of northern Nevada. It pumped water thousands of feet underground and then held it there, watching for what would happen. Geothermal power plants work by circulating water through hot rock deep beneath the surface. In most modern plants, it…