Last night, Motier Ventures held a tech meetup focused on AI startups featuring some of the most hyped tech startups in the French tech ecosystem, Dust, Finegrain, Gladia, Mistral AI and Scenario — all of them are portfolio companies of Motier Ventures. And you could feel a sense of excitement both on stage and in […]
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African fintech Flutterwave is off the hook in Kenya after the high court allowed the country’s Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), an agency that investigates and recovers proceeds of crime, to withdraw the second (and only remaining) case against the payments company. The case withdrawal brings relief to Flutterwave, which is hoping to acquire a payments […]
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Software maker SysAid is warning customers that hackers linked to a notorious ransomware gang are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in its widely used IT service automation software. SysAid chief technology officer Sasha Shapirov confirmed in a blog post Wednesday that attackers are exploiting a zero-day flaw affecting its on-premises software. A vulnerability is considered […]
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Picsart, a photo-editing startup backed by SoftBank, is launching a new suite of AI-powered tools for businesses and individuals. The suite, called Picsart Ignite, includes 20 tools that are designed to make it easier for create ads, social posts, logos and more. The suite includes tools that let you generate videos, images, GIFs, logos, backgrounds, […]
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Developers have been increasingly using third-party APIs to build their applications, and depending on the API, the costs can escalate quickly. It’s been challenging for companies to find ways to understand and manage these costs. That’s where Lunar.dev comes in. It’s a tool designed from the ground up to help developers monitor, manage and begin […]
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Chptr, an app for sharing and holding onto memories of lost loved ones, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The app is designed to give people a way to encapsulate the life of their loved ones by inviting others to share and store stories, images, audio messages, videos and more all in one place. […]
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As the crypto market continues to slog through a fundraising winter, Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, is betting big on the space. The firm has launched its inaugural $285 million fund, its co-founders exclusively told TechCrunch. Faction will focus mainly on early-stage blockchain projects raising seed or Series A rounds. Before launching publicly, […]
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Astra founders Chris Kemp and Adam London have proposed taking the company private, with the two saying they would acquire all the outstanding stock themselves, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Kemp, who is chairman and CEO, and London, chief technology officer, offered to purchase the outstanding stock at […]
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