February 16, 2026

Tuning into the future of collaboration 

When work went remote, the sound of business changed. What began as a scramble to make home offices functional has evolved into a revolution in how people hear and are heard. From education to enterprises, companies across industries have reimagined what clear, reliable communication can mean in a hybrid world. For major audio and communications…

CertifID, which develops products to prevent wire fraud, raises $20M

September 12, 2023
CertifID, a startup developing fraud prevention tech for the real estate market, today announced that it raised $20 million in a funding round led by Arthur Ventures at “over double” its previous valuation. CertifID primarily develops products to fight wire fraud. The startup’s co-founder, Thomas Cronkright, launched the company in 2017 after losing $180,000 to […]

FloLive connects with $47M to give its IoT and localized cellular technology a boost

September 12, 2023
Carriers and enterprises that rely on cellular networks to connect workers, devices and machines are forever grappling with tricky unit economics: the promise of 5G was that these costs would come down, but the reality is that 5G networks, and device and machine support for them, are just not as ubiquitous as you might think, […]

Spotify’s latest personalized playlist, daylist, evolves with you throughout the day

September 12, 2023
Spotify is once again adding to its suite of personalized playlists with its newest offering, daylist, an ever-evolving playlist that adapts to your moods throughout the day. The new playlist will live alongside Discovery Weekly, On Repeat, your genre mixes, and other personalized playlists, offering a continually refreshed playlist designed for “every version of you,” […]

Building ethical thinking into technology

September 12, 2023
In his essay introducing this year’s class of Innovators Under 35, Andrew Ng argues that AI is a general-purpose technology, much like electricity, that will be built into everything else. Indeed, it’s true, and it’s already happening.  AI is rapidly becoming a tool that powers all sorts of other tools, a technological underpinning for a…

She was a semi-pro Go player but learned that biology is even harder

September 12, 2023
Julia Joung is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2023 Innovators Under 35.  When an AI beat one of the world’s best Go players in 2017, Julia Joung felt relief. She’d spent her childhood in Taiwan mastering the ancient game and once aspired to become a professional player, representing her country. “I felt like part of…

AuthMind raises seed funding for its identity SecOps platform

September 12, 2023
AuthMind, a Maryland-based startup that aims to help businesses protect themselves from identity-related cyberattacks, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million seed round led by Ballistic Ventures, with strategic participation from IBM Ventures. The company was co-founded by CEO Shlomi Yanai and CTO Ankur Panchbudhe. Both previously founded (and sold) a number of […]