March 16, 2026

The billionaires made a promise — now some want out

In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign to get the richest people on earth to promise, publicly, to give most of their money away. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster than any industry in history, and the question of how those fortunes would impact […]

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Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M

July 11, 2023

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

July 11, 2023

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

Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments

July 11, 2023

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

Rocsys wants to automate EV charging, starting in ports and yards

July 11, 2023

America’s logistics sector is becoming more electrified and autonomous, and Rocsys, a Dutch startup, wants to hit that sweet spot in the middle. Rocsys has created a robotic arm that can transform any electric vehicle charger into an autonomous charger. In yards and ports, where vehicle uptime is crucial and the margin for error is […]

Rocsys wants to automate EV charging, starting in ports and yards by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI

July 11, 2023

In February, Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan said on Weibo that “China needs its own OpenAI.” The Chinese entrepreneur is now inching closer to his dream as his nascent startup Baichuan Intelligence rolled out its next-generation large language model Baichuan-13B today. Baichuan is being touted as one of China’s most promising LLM developers, thanks to its […]

China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum

July 11, 2023

Ivy, an API for instant bank payments, has secured €7 million ($7.7 million) in a seed investment round led by European VC Creandum. Payment and transaction fees can rack-up because of card networks, gateways and wallets that are all involved in today’s online transactions. Ivy’s solution is to allow merchants to accept instant bank payments […]

Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch