TC+ Roundup: Forestry tech is at an inflection point
Gathering data to monitor forests that are conserved or restored is tedious, leaving the door wide open for startups in the space.
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Meta in talks to acquire voice cloning startup Play AI
Meta is in talks to acquire a voice cloning startup called Play AI, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
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Bluesky rolls out automated moderation tools, plus user and moderation lists
Bluesky, the startup aiming to build a decentralized social network to take on Twitter/X, says it has begun deploying new safety tooling to help moderate content on the network through automation. Although still in private beta, the company has already made headlines for issues around content moderation in recent months after it initially didn’t ban […]
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Pitch Deck Teardown: Scalestack’s $1M AI sales tech seed deck
We’re going to put the deck Scalestack used to raise its $1M seed round under the microscope to see what it got right, and where it could have done better.
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We Are Only Using 33% of Our Marketing Tech — And Draining Our ROI. Here’s What Needs to Change to Profit Off Your Investment.
Thousands of martech tools have been discarded this year, mainly because of misaligned expectations and misguided implementation. Here’s a better way to get value out of your martech stack.
‘A Dystopian Parody’: Snow White’s Arm Bizarrely Detaches From Disney World Ride
A TikToker caught the unusual scene on camera on Tuesday.
How Growth Hacking Will Lead to Rapid Business Expansion
No longer a buzzword, growth hacking is a vital strategy for business success.
X says it will chase SMB ad dollars after Musk’s ‘go f*** yourself’ comments to fleeing advertisers
A new report by the Financial Times says X will now turn to small and medium-sized advertisers to shore up revenue after the company’s owner Elon Musk alienated big brands fleeing X over antisemitic content by telling them they could go fuck themselves during an interview at the New York Times DealBook Summit earlier this […]
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Why Rover’s $2.3B sale price makes good sense
The Rover deal is expensive, but it has some notable caveats that tell us quite a lot about the state of the market for tech, and tech-enabled, companies.
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Revenue-based financing heats up in the Middle East as Flow48 attracts $25M in funding
We’ve seen how non-dilutive, revenue-based financing has risen up the priority ranks for companies as the era of ZIRP — as the Zero Interest Rate Period is now lovingly and somewhat longingly known — recedes into the distance, and securing venture capital funds becomes harder. An example of this is how US companies in this […]
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How to Support Small Businesses This Holiday Season
Here are four great ways you can support small businesses during the holiday season.