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June 2023
Months after its last raise, Realtime Robotics drums up another $9.5 million
Realtime Robotics has been raising funding at a steady clip since announcing a two-pronged $31 million Series A back in 2021. This week’s $9.5 million announcement is a fast follow-up to last September’s $14.4 million raise. The new funds from Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life Insurance push the Boston-based firm’s to date raise to north […]
Months after its last raise, Realtime Robotics drums up another $9.5 million by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth
Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility with Kafka, the popular open source streaming project. Today, the company announced a $100 million Series C, just 16 months after announcing a $50 million Series B. This kind of trajectory was […]
Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter now allows subscribers to post 25,000-character-long tweets
Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, the platform has been expanding the limits of content you can post through one tweet. In its latest move, the company has increased the character count for a tweet to 25,000 for paid users. The company made the change to its Twitter Blue page today indicating the limit. […]
Twitter now allows subscribers to post 25,000-character-long tweets by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models
Companies are increasingly embracing generative AI. But they’re not necessarily considering all the blockers and challenges that come along with folding the tech into their existing workflows. In one recent survey by KPMG, 90% of businesses said that they had “moderate to highly significant” concerns about the risks of using generative AI and doubts about […]
CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Loora, a generative AI app that uses an audio interface to help users learn English, raises $9.25M
The jury is still out on whether AI adoption really will spell the end of humanity as we know it, but in the meantime, we’re continue to see a boom of AI startups and AI dealmaking. In the latest development, a generative AI-based language learning startup called Loora is coming out of stealth with $9.25 […]
Loora, a generative AI app that uses an audio interface to help users learn English, raises $9.25M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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NoTraffic raises $50M to tackle congestion and enhance road safety
AI-based traffic management platform NoTraffic has bagged $50 million in Series B funding as it picks up momentum in cities across the U.S. The capital injection comes as the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill enters its second year and a host of funding programs kick in to alleviate traffic congestion, tackle CO2 emissions and reduce road […]
NoTraffic raises $50M to tackle congestion and enhance road safety by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch