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Five benefits of a health tech accelerator program
In the ever-evolving world of health care, the role of technology is becoming increasingly crucial. From improving patient outcomes to streamlining administrative processes, digital technologies are changing the face of the industry. However, for startups developing health tech solutions, breaking into the market and scaling their products can be a challenging journey, requiring access to…
AI-powered crypto search engine Kaito raises $5.3M to improve browsing with AI, ChatGPT
Kaito, an AI-powered search engine for crypto, raised $5.3 million in a seed round led by Dragonfly Capital, the company exclusively shared with TechCrunch. “There’s constantly people fighting against information overload,” Yu Hu, founder and CEO of Kaito, said. “We are shortening the path to finding answers from 30 minutes or an hour into 10 […]
AI-powered crypto search engine Kaito raises $5.3M to improve browsing with AI, ChatGPT by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Swap’s robotic mowers score $7M in seed funding
Swap Robotics entered our orbit last year, when the firm was a finalist for our Battlefield competition at Disrupt 2022. In a world full of robot mowers, the startup grabbed the judges’ attention with a modular design that allows for the titular quick swapping of batteries and functionality with attachments for things like snowplowing. The […]
Swap’s robotic mowers score $7M in seed funding by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Lime reports first profitable year, tests the waters for IPO
Shared micromobility giant Lime said it has achieved full-year profitability on both an adjusted and unadjusted EBITDA basis, which would make it an outlier in an industry that has struggled to break even, much less turn a profit. Lime reported adjusted EBITDA profitability of $15 million and unadjusted profitability of $4 million in 2022. The […]
Lime reports first profitable year, tests the waters for IPO by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Replicate wants to take the pain out of running and hosting ML models
Replicate, a startup that runs machine learning models in the cloud, today launched out of stealth with $17.8 million in venture capital backing; $12.5 million of the total came from a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator, Sequoia and angel investors including Figma CEO Dylan Field and Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch, […]
Replicate wants to take the pain out of running and hosting ML models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
This Black Founder Stayed True to His Triple ‘Win’ Strategy to Build a $1 Billion Business
Wemimo Abbey and Samir Goel co-founded Esusu because “the color of your skin and your financial identity shouldn’t determine where you end up in the wealthiest nation in the world.”
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Sensitive US military emails spill online
A government cloud server was spilling internal military emails data onto the open internet because no password was set.
Sensitive US military emails spill online by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
Sublime nabs $9.8M for an anti-phishing email security platform built on collective, crowdsourced rules
Malicious hackers are getting ever more creative with the techniques they use to break into networks to steal data and wreak havoc, but their primary route for opening that door has remained pretty consistent. Email is by far the most popular entry point for setting up and executing phishing, ransomware and other attack vectors, leading […]
Sublime nabs $9.8M for an anti-phishing email security platform built on collective, crowdsourced rules by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
5 tactics for managing paid customer acquisition during a downturn
The narrative today sounds gloomy because it is so. But for opportunistic companies, there’s a silver lining: Now is a great time to go on offense.
5 tactics for managing paid customer acquisition during a downturn by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch