March 2023

Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end

March 28, 2023

Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400  by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation. The goal is part of an ambitious plan that the Seoul-based startup has laid out […]

Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Cabify, the Madrid-based Uber rival, says it’s raised $110M in new funding

March 28, 2023

It’s 2023, and we’re years past the peak of monster fundraising for on-demand transportation and delivery startups locked in highly competitive races with each other to dominate urban consumer mobility. But with many of the biggest and most tenacious players still in the market, those rounds have not disappeared altogether. Today, Cabify — the Madrid-based platform […]

Cabify, the Madrid-based Uber rival, says it’s raised $110M in new funding by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe

March 28, 2023

German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. The company, founded in 2018, is one of a handful of European startups looking to fill the gap in the launch market on that continent. There […]

Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Apple Music Classical is now available for download to everyone

March 28, 2023

Apple’s new app for classical music, Apple Music Classical, is available for download to everyone. The app is free for everyone, but you need an Apple Music subscription. Notably, it is not available in countries like China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey. The company said that there are more than 5 million tracks available […]

Apple Music Classical is now available for download to everyone by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

What if we could just ask AI to be less biased?

March 28, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Think of a teacher. Close your eyes. What does that person look like? If you ask Stable Diffusion or DALL-E 2, two of the most popular AI image generators, it’s a white…

Techstars-backed Fez Delivery gets funding to scale its last-mile logistics platform

March 28, 2023

Fez Delivery, a Lagos-based last-mile logistics startup with hubs across Nigeria, has raised $1 million led by pan-African investor Ventures Platform with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures and other angel investors.  CEO Seun Alley, in a statement, said the company plans to use the seed investment to deepen its work in Nigeria (which has […]

Techstars-backed Fez Delivery gets funding to scale its last-mile logistics platform by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Sequoia Capital India, GFC back 1-click payment checkout startup Nimbbl in $3.5m funding

March 28, 2023

Nimbbl, an Indian startup seeking to improve conversions for merchants with its 1-click payment checkout solution, has raised $3.5 million in seed and pre-Series A rounds from Sequoia Capital India, Global Founders Capital (GFC), financial services platform Groww and a list of angel investors, the startup said Tuesday. The Mumbai-headquartered startup offers a 1-click checkout […]

Sequoia Capital India, GFC back 1-click payment checkout startup Nimbbl in $3.5m funding by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

When life gives you carbon, make Carbonaide

March 28, 2023

Concrete. Ubiquitous. A mainstay of the construction industry — over 10 billion cubic meters of concrete are used every year. And also responsible for up to 8% of CO2 emissions — one ton of ordinary Portland cement creates somewhere between 800 and 900 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Finnish startup Carbonaide has just raised €1.8 million (~$1.9 […]

When life gives you carbon, make Carbonaide by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch