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What to know about Congress’s inaugural AI meeting

September 11, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. The US Congress is heading back into session, and they are hitting the ground running on AI. We’re going to be hearing a lot about…

Perfios raises $229 million for its real-time credit underwriting solutions

September 11, 2023
Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions, has raised $229 million in a new funding round as it looks deepen its expansion into North America and Europe. The 15-year-old startup’s Series D funding was led by private equity firm Kedaara Capital. The new funding included some […]

iRobot launches a $1,399 premium Roomba combo vacuum/mop and dock

September 11, 2023
Like many of us, iRobot has a long-standing love-hate relationship with the mop. The first Scooba system became widely available in 2010. Ultimately, however, mopping up and filling a tank with dirty water proved inefficient, and the line was eventually phased out. The new line was ultimately Braava, which arrived as part of its 2012 […]

Coinbase to discontinue services in India later this month

September 11, 2023
Coinbase plans to cease all exchange services for users in India, it has warned some customers in email, over a year after the company’s debut in the South Asian market faced regulatory challenges. The global crypto exchange is warning customers that it will be discontinuing services for them after September 25 and advising them to […]

A program so nice, these founders did YC twice

September 10, 2023
Parker Conrad may be best known as the founder of both Zenefits and Rippling, but he is also arguably the best-known founder to have gone through Y Combinator’s accelerator program twice. Of course, he’s not the only one to go through the program twice; some founders have even gone through three times. Y Combinator has […]

Finding business opportunity in startup failure

September 10, 2023
Welcome back to the Interchange! While we would love for all startups to succeed, the reality is that the vast majority fail. It’s not something that people often talk about, because quite frankly, it can be a downer topic. But failure is a part of life, and many founders who don’t succeed once do try, […]

The Pros and Cons of Color-Coding Your Calendars

September 10, 2023
Staying organized is one of the best approaches to keeping a schedule. Finding what you need and staying on track of upcoming meetings, events, or appointments is easier. However, if…