Candidly partners with employers and financial institutions to embed AI-driven student debt and savings optimization products into employee benefits engines.
Candidly picks up student debt relief where new US policies leave off by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
It takes a special kind of gumption to wake up in the morning and say ‘you know what? I can do better than Airbnb,’ but that’s what Andreas King-Geovanis did with Roami. The company added a $14 million of equity and venture debt, bringing its funding to a total of $29 million. The company used […]
Roami takes on Airbnb with creativity, grit and $14M by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
The Sonos One wasn’t broken, but that doesn’t mean the company’s is above fixing it. Over two generations and a few variants, the compact speaker has become one of the company’s most popular. Really, it’s been a big win for a firm whose portfolio can give off a whiff of inaccessibility, compared to other connected […]
Sonos replaces the One, adds a spatial audio speaker to lineup by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs — including transportation and raw materials costs — are rising thanks to inflation and other factors. Meanwhile, there’s a talent shortage, particularly in areas like logistics and operations management, and technical […]
Overhaul, which taps AI to secure physical supply chains, raises $73M in equity and debt by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Late last month, Artifact, a personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, opened to the public. The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news. It’s an ecosystem […]
The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
D-ID, the Israeli startup behind Deep Nostalgia, announced today that it’s launching the beta version of its new web app that allows users to talk face-to-face with photorealistic AI. The web app, called chat.D-ID, combines D-ID’s text-to-video streaming technology with OpenAI’s ChatGPT to make conversations with AI more accessible. The startup’s CEO and co-founder, Gil […]
D-ID’s new web app gives a face and voice to OpenAI’s ChatGPT by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Salesforce has been in the news for a lot of non-product reasons of late, so it would be understandable that the company wants to bring the focus back to the business of selling software and away from the machinations of activist investors. Today at the TrailheadDX developer conference, the company announced a generative AI push […]
Salesforce plans to incorporate generative AI across the platform by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Soci (pronounced “soh-shee”), a marketing automation platform with customers including Ace Hardware, Jersey Mike’s, Pet Supplies Plus and Ford, today announced that it raised $120 million in a financing round led by JMI Equity with participation from Vertical Venture Partners, Blossom Street Ventures and Renew Group Private Limited. Co-founder and CEO Afif Khoury says that […]
Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Despite the challenging fundraising environment of 2022, we saw more big corporations launching their corporate venture arms in Brazil last year than during the boom years of 2020 and 2021.
Despite the downturn, CVC gains traction in Brazil’s startup ecosystem by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch