When Business Is Slow, Do These 2 Things
Diversifying your projects and upskilling rather than upscaling are two tried and true methods to get through these hard times.
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…
July 2023
Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M
After years of working for startups including Limeade and Zephyr Health, Martin Zych came to realize that companies were lacking an automated, cloud-based way to run their books and prop up their financial models. Most were stuck with legacy tools with siloed, clunky architectures that made it impossible — or close to impossible — to […]
Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M
Collective, a platform and advisory team that provides bookkeeping, payroll and tax advice to freelancers, today announced it raised $50 million in a funding round led by Gradient Ventures, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa and Better Tomorrow Ventures. The tranche brings Collective’s total raised to $82 million. It’ll be put toward […]
Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Backed by Gradient, Fileread use LLMs to make legal discovery more efficient
Legal discovery is one of the most time-consuming parts of litigation and typically involves team of specialists combing through towers of documents. Fileread, a startup that uses large language learning models (LLMs) to create tools for faster and more efficient discovery, announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was led […]
Backed by Gradient, Fileread use LLMs to make legal discovery more efficient by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Savvy, a platform to secure SaaS apps, launches out of stealth with $30M
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are an essential part of how many companies do business. But when the number of apps grows beyond a certain threshold, it can be difficult to secure them. According to Statista, in 2022, organizations worldwide were using an average of about 130 SaaS apps, up from just eight in 2015. The challenge […]
Savvy, a platform to secure SaaS apps, launches out of stealth with $30M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Verity brings in another $11M for its inventory drones
Seems were in the middle of drone delivery summer. A few weeks back, Gather AI snapped up competitor, Ware, following an executive shake and soon after, San Jose-based B Garage brought in a $20 million Series A. Today, Swiss startup Verity announced that it’s adding $11 million in funding. The addition is an extension of […]
Verity brings in another $11M for its inventory drones by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: AI weather forecasting, and Threads is thriving
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. Weather forecasting is having an AI moment Last week was the hottest week on record. Punishing heat waves and extreme weather events like hurricanes and floods are going to become more common as…
Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments
Google Calendar has launched a new feature that allows professionals or freelancers to allow their customers to book paid appointments. This could be useful for people such as therapists or teachers providing time-based services. The company has partnered with Stripe for the facility, so users will need to connect their Stripe account to Google Calendar […]
Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
7 Preparation Essentials for Selling a Business
Even if you’re not ready to cash out of an enterprise just yet, there are a number of advantages in always being ready.
Lawrence Longo of Off the Menu on the Secret to Business Partnerships
Longo discusses his unique dining concept created out of providing access to food items that are not on the menu at popular restaurants.