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Finch, a platform that helps companies connect to various HR apps, services and systems, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures with participation from QED Investors, Altman Capital and PruVen Capital. Co-founder and CEO Jeremy Zhang says the new cash will be put […]

Finch lands $40M to connect disparate HR systems with a single API by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

“We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go,” one investor told TechCrunch about the event.

For Black founders and investors, ringing Nasdaq’s opening bell symbolizes progress by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Bulls took the early lead in 2023…yet as more cards are flipped over it looks like bears are going to take the pot once again. Let’s discuss the recent changes…

Sticky inflation might trigger more rate hikes this year, which could keep the stock market under pressure. Hence, investors could consider buying fundamentally strong stocks Stellantis (STLA), Honda Motor (HMC),…

Baidu today revealed more details about its much-anticipated intelligent Ernie Bot, widely seen as the search giant’s counterpart to ChatGPT. Ernie Bot is built atop Baidu’s large language model Erniethat released in 2019. In May last year, the third generation of Ernie launched. Here’s how Baidu plans to integrate Ernie Bot into its ecosystem of services, […]

Baidu to deploy conversational AI across search, in-car entertainment and more by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Planet42, a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $100 million in equity and debt from a wide range of investors. Naspers, through its early-stage investment vehicle, Naspers Foundry, co-led the $15 million equity round (the SA-based investor also led Planet42’s previous […]

South African car subscription service Planet42 raises $100M equity, debt by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

It’s the latest trend in the food industry, and it’s not slowing down.

The Supreme Court is examining a short but potent law this week that, if altered, could rearrange the modern internet. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet companies from liability for the user-generated content they host and it’s become an unlikely nexus of controversy in recent years. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard […]

Supreme Court arguments this week could reshape the future of the internet by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

For most founders, being seen by employees as cheap isn’t exactly a badge of honor, but venture investor Chris Farmer doesn’t mind. While Farmer’s 10-year-old, seed-stage venture firm SignalFire lost frustrated employees who weren’t able to compete for deals when the market was at its most frothy, he says, holding the line on price appears […]

SignalFire’s founder says his VC firm lost staffers who “thought we were too cheap” in prior years by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch