Descript, the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which OpenAI and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage companies. Descript is the second startup to receive a cash […]
AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
While e-commerce was on the rise before the pandemic, the massive shift to digital supercharged the online shopping industry — bringing entirely new categories of products (and shoppers) to the web. According to Adobe, Americans have spent a record $1.7 trillion online over the last two years, a 55% uptick from two years before the […]
Zest wants to make buying and sending gifts online ‘delightful’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
If there’s one thing that gets the attention of investors, even in uncertain times like these, it’s data efficiency. Data is the fuel for machine learning models and getting it from point A to point B can be expensive and time consuming. That’s why a startup that can help make that process move faster with […]
Weka announces $135M investment on $750M valuation to change how companies move data by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
