Lost in all of the celebrations of success and the billions in venture capital funding are the ideas that did not succeed.
A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
A joint venture (JV) between four big European carriers to build cross-network ad-targeting infrastructure — which they claim will rely on “affirmative” consent to target mobile and/or fixed network subscribers with “personalized” ads across participating brands/publishers’ sites — has been given the green light to proceed by the European Commission’s antitrust division in a decision […]
Adtech joint venture by European telcos DK, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone not a competition concern, finds EU by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
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Uber and Lyft earnings diverge, a self-driving truck roadblock emerges and Redwood Materials lands a big one by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Challenger search engine Neeva wants to replace the familiar “10 blue links” in search results with something more fitting for the modern AI age. Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business, teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype […]
As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Qotto, a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering. The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF), […]
Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation. Looking to bridge the gap, booking platforms are emerging in the […]
BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch