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Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support
Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app
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Post 6/1 Stock Trading Plan
The 6/1 debt deal deadline seems to loom large for the stock market (SPY). Yet that is nothing more than a side show and distraction from what really matters. 40…
Finance Gifts for the Financial Geek In Your Life
Shopping for financial geeks can be particularly challenging. Finance geeks are notorious for being hard to please due to their heart for value and their brains for constant cost-benefit analyses….
DataOps.live gets $17.5M from Snowflake, others for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts
DevOps has changed the game for how developers build, deploy, update and monitor applications across their network. Now, an eponymous startup called DataOps.live — which has built a DataOps platform based on the learnings of DevOps, but targeted at the world of data science — is announcing a round of funding on the heels of […]
DataOps.live gets $17.5M from Snowflake, others for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Meet the tiny, wireless sleep apnea diagnostic wearable headed for the US
UK medtech startup Acurable has gained FDA clearance for a novel wireless diagnostic device for remote detection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A formal launch into the US market is slated to follow this summer. Its wearable is already being used by a number of hospitals in the UK (where it launched in 2021) and […]
Meet the tiny, wireless sleep apnea diagnostic wearable headed for the US by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
The Backbone One: PlayStation Edition mobile controller is now available for Android
Backbone One – PlayStation Edition controller, made by Sony and Backbone, is now available for Android. Last July, both companies partnered to release an iOS version of the controller with a lightning port. The idea of a Backbone controller is to slide your phone into its extended grip and play games. Both iOS and Android […]
The Backbone One: PlayStation Edition mobile controller is now available for Android by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
UK’s Moonfire VC raises its second fund at $115M to aim at early stage startups
It was back in the Pandemic era of 2021 that we reported on the launch of Moonfire, at the time a $60 million “Fund I” seed-stage “data-driven” VC geared around the new world of remote working and remote pitching. It’s new $115 million fund-raise (“Fund II”) plans to continue what it calls its “data-driven” approach. […]
UK’s Moonfire VC raises its second fund at $115M to aim at early stage startups by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Indonesia’s Skorlife gets funding to give Indonesians power over their credit scores
Skorlife, the fintech that wants to give Indonesians more transparency into their credit scores, has raised $4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Hummingbird Ventures with participation from QED Investors, and returning investors AC Ventures and Saison Capital. The startup’s last funding round was $2.2 million in pre-seed funding announced in September. […]
Indonesia’s Skorlife gets funding to give Indonesians power over their credit scores by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
OpenFin’s attack on the ‘toggle tax’ in financial apps secures it a $35M Series D round
Not unlike a post-Internet-era Bloomberg Terminal, OpenFin was a startup which joined the revolutionary world of user interfaces to fast-moving information, back in 2010. If you cast your mind back, those old interfaces were not good, to put it mildly. Think what it was like ordering a cab 15 years ago? Any app that made […]
OpenFin’s attack on the ‘toggle tax’ in financial apps secures it a $35M Series D round by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
California urges EPA to approve ban on new gas-powered car sales by 2035
California is urging the Biden administration to grant approval for its proposal that mandates all new vehicles sold within the state by 2035 to be exclusively electric, hydrogen-powered or plug-in electric hybrids (PHEVs), according to a letter seen and reported on by Reuters. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the plan in August, but […]
California urges EPA to approve ban on new gas-powered car sales by 2035 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch