Financially Independent as a College Student
Without a job that allows them to be self-sufficient, most people cannot reach financial independence. Despite this, young people are taking longer than in the past to reach this milestone….
Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries
Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…
June 2023
Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot
The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Users can match with Klea, 27, a self-described “nepo baby embracing her wild side.” Aisha, 25, is looking for a “nerdy type” with a “good sense of humor.” Theo, 23, is a French architect who’s “ready […]
Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
Investor Alert: How to Trade Key 6/14 Event?
Are you impressed by the recent rally for the S&P 500 (SPY)? Steve Reitmeister points out why this may yet be another sucker’s rally before the next leg lower. This…
Positive Ventures’ new impact fund will be triple its flagship fund
With the new fund, Positive Ventures intends to invest in between 20 and 25 companies at the pre-seed and seed levels.
Positive Ventures’ new impact fund will be triple its flagship fund by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s quiet, untweeted China trip
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. We usually hear too much about what Elon Musk’s up to lately, but you may have missed the news last week that he paid a three-day visit to China and met with quite a few…
Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system on Tuesday. The company said that the assistant easily integrates with WordPress.com and all Jetpack-powered sites. When you’re writing a post or a page, you can add an ‘AI Assistant’ block […]
Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter increases window to edit tweets to one hour for Blue subscribers
Twitter has increased the time limit to edit tweets from 30 minutes to one hour for Blue subscribers. This gives people a bigger window to change their tweets and correct any typos. The company made the announcement by editing a tweet, but just within a minute of posting the original one. Blue subscribers now have […]
Twitter increases window to edit tweets to one hour for Blue subscribers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Benchmark’s view on the AI race: talking with Miles Grimshaw
At the end of 2020, Miles Grimshaw became — and remains — the most recent addition to the storied venture firm Benchmark, which has stubbornly refused to change how it fundamentally operates, despite the many changes the rest of the venture world has embraced — particularly regarding team size and assets under management. With just […]
Benchmark’s view on the AI race: talking with Miles Grimshaw by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Payrails banks $14.4M for its OS for complex payments flows
Enterprises and marketplaces that need to take and make payments across multiple geographies and products have typically relied on mix-and-match bags of third party services patched together by teams of engineers with some of their own code. But at best, these Dr Frankenstein creations can be buggy and still missing functionality — and at worst, […]
Payrails banks $14.4M for its OS for complex payments flows by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
How SaaS sales platform Minoa meets growing need for remote collaboration
COVID-19 has upended many aspects of busienss, including the way enterprises sell software. As the pandemic kept people at home, SaaS sales teams were forced to adjust their strategies. In the past, they relied mostly on in-person meetings to close deals, but with social distancing measures in place during the pandemic, they turned to the […]
How SaaS sales platform Minoa meets growing need for remote collaboration by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch