‘My Generation Is Lazy’: 23-Year-Old CEO Says One Specific Thing Is Destroying Gen Z’s Work Ethic
Luke Lintz was 16 when he co-founded public relations firm HighKey Enterprises with his brother.
3 High-Impact Ways Traditional Businesses Can Use AI to Boost Productivity
Businesses in traditionally low-tech environments can unlock significant productivity gains by focusing on three high-impact areas where AI can make a difference.
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India’s MPL cuts workforce by 50% amid taxation changes
India’s popular online gaming and fantasy sports startup Mobile Premier League has reduced its staff by approximately 50%, two people familiar with the matter said, weeks after New Delhi implemented a 28% tax on online real-money games. The Bengaluru-based startup initially announced its plans to cut jobs to employees last week and sent a formal […]
A small and electric Land Rover Defender sounds likely for 2027
The Land Rover Defender might be getting an electric little brother. According to an Autocar report, a Jaguar-Land Rover executive recently revealed some interesting details at an investor conference. This so-called baby Defender is said to use JLR’s Electric Modular Architecture (EMA) platform and is expected to arrive in 2027. This platform will also be […]
Simon Data is putting customer data to work with $54M Series D
The customer data platform (CDP) has become a standard way to collect first party customer data and put it to work. Simon Data, which was founded in 2015, has always had a vision of being more than purely a customer data repository. It also offers applications out of the box to work with that data, […]
Greenlight’s new credit card helps teens, their parents build credit together
Greenlight gets into the credit card game, offering families up to 3% cash back on all purchases with the Greenlight Family Cash Card.
Catch+Release is building an AI-powered search engine to help brands license user-generated content
Companies seeking images or videos for their materials materials will typically commission a shoot, or scour stock media catalogs. Catch+Release, however, wants to help marketers license existing user-generated content, and the eight-year-old startup is setting out to build an AI-powered search engine to help brands do just that. Catch+Release — founded out of San Francisco […]
Chargeflow, which taps AI to fight chargebacks, raises $14M
Chargeflow, a startup using AI to fight chargeback fraud, today announced that it raised $11 million in a seed round led by the VC firm OpenView Venture Partners. The tranche builds on Chargeflow’s previously undisclosed $3 million seed round closed several months ago, bringing the startup’s total raised to $14 million. Chargeflow was launched in […]
Sachin Bansal sells Navi’s microfinancing unit for $178.5 million
Svatantra Microfin has reached an agreement to acquire Navi Group’s microfinancing unit Chaitanya India for about $178.5 million, the two firms said Tuesday, latest in a series of events at entrepreneur Sachin Bansal’s firm that has struggled to secure a banking license. Svatantra said it will become the second largest microfinancing firm in India with […]
The Download: political AI models, and a wrongful arrest
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI language models are rife with different political biases The news: AI language models contain different political biases, according to a new study. Researchers conducted tests on 14 large language models and found…