The Alliance encourages firms and investors to collect diversity data and increase the number of women and minorities hired and funded annually.
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Only weeks after TikTok Shop’s entry into the U.S. market, YouTube today is making it easier for consumers to shop products presented by its own creator community. The company is introducing new creator-focused features that will allow them to add timestamps to videos for their tagged products and tag their affiliate products in bulk across […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
RevRoad was started in 2017 as a venture services firm for startups in Utah. The organization offered a two-year program with access to 12 resources ranging from legal services to sales help to mentorship in exchange for equity. But unlike many entities, it didn’t have capital to invest in the startups that completed the program. […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Statement, a startup developing a platform for enterprise cash flow management, today announced that it raised $12 million in seed funding. Glilot Capital Partners contributed to the tranche with participation from Citi, Mensch Capital Partners, Titan Capital and Operator Partners. Co-founder and CEO Idan Vlodinger says that it’ll be used to “double down” on Statement’s […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Whisper Aero emerged from stealth a little over two years ago with a straightforward (if ambitious) plan: to radically reduce noise emissions from next-gen aircraft with a never-been-done-before electric thruster. But according to Whisper COO Ian Villa, from the very beginning, the company was thinking more expansively. The startup was founded by Villa and CEO […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Chronic hormonal conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis are common in women, but also commonly go undiagnosed or inadequately treated. Allara, a New York–based telehealth startup, wants to help connect women with conditions like these with qualified medical practitioners and registered dietitians via its platform. PCOS is one of the most common […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Square, the financial services platform, is embracing generative AI in a very visible way. After announcing earlier this year that it would bring AI features to drive retail sales, Square this morning took the wraps off of new ten — count ’em, ten — generative AI capabilities focused on customer content creation, onboarding and setup. […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon, on the route to expanding new product categories and delivery routes, is today launching a new service that combines those two strategies into one: Amazon Pharmacy — the company’s online storefront for prescription medication — is going to start delivering products to customers by drones operated by Prime Air, Amazon’s drone delivery service. Amazon […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the UK last year. In May 2022, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a formal enforcement notice on Clearview — which included a fine of around £7.5 million (~$10M) — after concluding the self-scraping AI firm had committed […]
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.