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What happened to Artifact?
Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. The news came as a surprise as the app was generally well-received by its core audience, smartly leveraged AI to power recommendations, summarize news, and rewrite clickbait, and featured a clean and modern design […]
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YC’s Tom Blomfield will speak at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 about raising money with no regrets
What does it take to raise your first round of funding? That’s just one of the many topics that will be featured at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 on April 25 in Boston. At this daylong event, experienced founders, VCs and startup experts will lead sessions focused on the building blocks that new and prospective founders […]
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4 startup fundamentals to help avoid epic product fails
There are ways companies can better understand their customers’ pain points to develop the right products that solve the right problems at the right time.
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Briq, a startup that uses AI to automate finances in construction, brings in $8M extension at a $150M valuation
At a time where many startups are struggling to raise funding, or are raising – but at lower valuations, it’s notable when companies raise at flat or higher valuations. Especially when their last raise took place in 2021 – a time when capital was much easier to come by and valuations were climbing at crazy […]
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Instagram’s new ‘nighttime nudges’ aim to reduce teens’ time on the app
Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday. The new nighttime nudges will appear when teens have spent more than 10 minutes on Instagram in places like Reels or DMs late at night. The notice will remind teens that it’s late and […]
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Marketing Expert Amy Porterfield Shares How Businesses Can Successfully Navigate the AI Landscape
The American Dream Is ‘Rapidly Diminishing,’ Walgreens Boss Says in Plea to Raise Taxes for the Wealthy
Kashable banks $25.6M to offer employment-based lending
Kashable integrates with a company’s payroll systems and then uses that data to power its fully-automated underwriting ability to extend affordable credit to that company’s employees.
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