December 2023

Y Combinator-backed Guac trains algorithms to predict grocery demand

December 19, 2023

Poor grocery demand forecasting is responsible for more waste than you might expect. According to one source, grocery stores in the U.S. toss 10% of the roughly 44 billion pounds of food that the country produces annually. It’s not only bad for the environment — food waste is a major source of carbon emissions — […]

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Anti-ransomware startup Halcyon lands fresh $40M tranche

December 19, 2023

2023 proved to be a be a challenging year on the ransomware front after a brief lull in 2022. According to data from cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis, victims had paid ransomware groups well over $400 million combined as of July 2023. Statista, meanwhile, reports that a whopping over two-thirds — 72% — of businesses have […]

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Dog cancer treatment ImpriMed aims to expand its AI technology into human oncology

December 19, 2023

ImpriMed, a California-based precision medicine startup, builds AI-powered dog cancer treatment technology that helps veterinarians identify the most suitable drugs for individual canine and feline blood cancers.   The startup, which centers on improving treatment outcomes of dogs and cats with cancer first, now aims to expand its precision medicine technology for human oncology applications.  “The […]

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SimSpace raises $45M to simulate tech stacks for cyber training

December 19, 2023

SimSpace, a startup that creates digital replicas of organizations’ tech and networking stacks for cybersecurity training, has raised $45 million in a funding round led by L2 Point Management. Bringing the company’s total raised to $70 million, the investment comes at an auspicious time for SimSpace, which had been entirely bootstrapped until about two years […]

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 The Download: the AI Edition

December 19, 2023
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. These six questions will dictate the future of generative AI The internet changed everything—how we work and play, how we spend time with friends and family, how we learn, how we consume, how…

With Amo’s third app, the makers of Zenly release a Zenly-like app

December 19, 2023

Amo, the buzzy Paris-based startup that keeps releasing consumer social apps, is dropping its third app today. And it’s going to look really familiar to former users of Zenly as Amo’s third app is a location-sharing app — just like Zenly. In case you missed the previous episodes, Amo is a relatively new startup created […]

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How to Transition to Solar Power on a Budget

December 19, 2023
Solar power is a rising star in the world of energy. The green tech is a renewable resource with well-developed tools for harvesting sun-infused energy. It also has a clear…