In yet another example of how competitive the spend management space has become, Brex announced today that it has expanded into travel. Besides seeking to snag market share from incumbents such as Concur, Brex is also taking on startups such as Navan (formerly called TripActions) — which actually started its business focused on travel expense […]
Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Hipstamatic is back. Actually, the one-time Instagram rival and iPhone camera app maker never really left. During its decade-plus existence, the company rolled out variations on its original concept, like its quirky Hipstamatic X for analog photography lovers while also maintaining Hipstamatic Classic, one of the first apps to receive Apple’s “App of the Year” […]
Retro camera app Hipstamatic makes its return as an anti-Instagram social network by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon may be closing a number of its own high-tech physical retail stores in recent days, but some of the technology it developed for those stores is finding a new home. The online retailer announced today that Panera will now become the first restaurant to deploy Amazon’s palm reading payment and loyalty system known as […]
Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech is coming to Panera Bread by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
While LinkedIn is helpful for displaying people’s educational and professional achievements, there exists a world of self-taught tech talent whose skills are not so easily reflected on the networking site. Rather, their expertise is hidden in the lines of code they write. Aspecta is trying to fill that gap by providing an AI-powered profile builder […]
Aspecta nabs $3.5M to build AI-vetted coder profiles by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing subsidiary of South Korean messaging and internet giant Kakao, has made its first acquisition as it looks to raise its international profile. It has acquired Splyt, a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by […]
Kakao Mobility picks up ‘super app’ startup Splyt, once backed by SoftBank and Grab by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Bing allows users to generate images using ‘very latest DALL-E models’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The worlds of technology and medicine are making big bets on AI playing a central role in the delivery of healthcare in the future. Today a startup out of Durham, NC, called Bionic Health — built by two early movers in the commercializing of AI — is throwing its hat into that ring to build […]
Bionic Health raises $3M for its AI health clinic using GPT-4 and other ML models to design better preventative care by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch