I’m heading back to the South Bay next week, thanks to Google I/O, which is coming back to the Shoreline Amphitheater. I honestly don’t expect much of anything related to this beat, though AI is going to be all over that thing. That’s hardly a new phenomenon, of course — previous developer conferences have showcased […]
The life and death of a robot vacuum by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Tellus, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed fintech company that claims it can offer people higher yields on their savings balances by using that money to fund certain U.S. single-family-home loans, is under scrutiny by the U.S. government. On May 2, as first reported by Barron’s, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs […]
Senate Banking chair urges FDIC to look into Tellus, a fintech backed by Andreessen Horowitz by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan told investors that generative AI is going to “rapidly” change the business landscape.
As generative AI finds its footing in enterprise products, how will companies charge for its use? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Senzai’s technology measures impact, experimentation and optimization to determine which sales campaigns will appeal to customers.
Senzai taps into AI optimization to guide LatAm companies to the right customers by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The European Union’s top court has handed down a couple of notable rulings today in the arena of data protection. One (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and the second (Case C-487/21) clarifies the nature of information that individuals exercising GDPR rights to obtain a copy […]
Europe’s top court clarifies GDPR compensation and data access rights by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
The partnership will provide Alibaba’s clients with a launchpad that aims to help businesses launch their own metaverse spaces on Avalanche’s blockchain.
Alibaba Cloud, Avalanche partner to deploy metaverses on the blockchain by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
If you’ve heard of Flixbus, SumUp, StudiVZ, Seatwave, Cafe Press, Zalando, Wooga, HelloFresh, Depop, Delivery Hero, and Agreena, then you’ve heard of companies invested in by HV Capital. The German early and growth stage VC has been a stalwart of the European tech startup ecosystem since at least the early 2000s, funding largely German-born companies […]
HV Capital closes €710M fund amidst the wider European and global funding downturn by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Shopify revealed today that it’s laying off 20% of its workforce, impacting more than 2,000 people, and is selling its logistics business to Flexport for roughly 13% in stock. The news comes some 10 months after Shopify announced that it was reducing 10% of its workforce — roughly 1,000 people — and follows a trend that […]
Shopify to reduce workforce by 20%, sells logistics business to Flexport for 13% equity by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch