December 30, 2025

The ascent of the AI therapist

We’re in the midst of a global mental-­health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety and depression is growing in many demographics, particularly young people, and suicide is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. Given the clear…

Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack

July 11, 2023

As email has becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels. But tracking those conversations and making sure they get directed to the right people is challenging for businesses. That’s where […]

Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote

July 11, 2023

Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announced Tuesday. Viewers will be able to interact with a Roku Action Ad for a Shopify merchant by using their TV remote. (For context, Roku Action Ads are advertisements that either send users […]

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot

July 11, 2023

Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI execs, today announced the release of a new text-generating AI model, Claude 2. The successor to Anthropic’s first commercial model, Claude 2 is available in beta starting today in the U.S. and U.K. both on the web and via a paid API (in limited access). The API pricing […]

Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

HCA Healthcare reports breach of 11 million patients’ personal data

July 11, 2023

U.S. healthcare giant HCA Healthcare says about 11 million patients’ data may have had their data stolen after a posting on a known cybercrime forum claimed it was selling the data. In a website notice, HCA confirmed that the data includes “information used for email messages, such as reminders that patients may wish to schedule […]

HCA Healthcare reports breach of 11 million patients’ personal data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M

July 11, 2023

After years of working for startups including Limeade and Zephyr Health, Martin Zych came to realize that companies were lacking an automated, cloud-based way to run their books and prop up their financial models. Most were stuck with legacy tools with siloed, clunky architectures that made it impossible — or close to impossible — to […]

Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M

July 11, 2023

Collective, a platform and advisory team that provides bookkeeping, payroll and tax advice to freelancers, today announced it raised $50 million in a funding round led by Gradient Ventures, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa and Better Tomorrow Ventures. The tranche brings Collective’s total raised to $82 million. It’ll be put toward […]

Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Backed by Gradient, Fileread use LLMs to make legal discovery more efficient

July 11, 2023

Legal discovery is one of the most time-consuming parts of litigation and typically involves team of specialists combing through towers of documents. Fileread, a startup that uses large language learning models (LLMs) to create tools for faster and more efficient discovery, announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was led […]

Backed by Gradient, Fileread use LLMs to make legal discovery more efficient by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Savvy, a platform to secure SaaS apps, launches out of stealth with $30M

July 11, 2023

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are an essential part of how many companies do business. But when the number of apps grows beyond a certain threshold, it can be difficult to secure them. According to Statista, in 2022, organizations worldwide were using an average of about 130 SaaS apps, up from just eight in 2015. The challenge […]

Savvy, a platform to secure SaaS apps, launches out of stealth with $30M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Verity brings in another $11M for its inventory drones

July 11, 2023

Seems were in the middle of drone delivery summer. A few weeks back, Gather AI snapped up competitor, Ware, following an executive shake and soon after, San Jose-based B Garage brought in a $20 million Series A. Today, Swiss startup Verity announced that it’s adding $11 million in funding. The addition is an extension of […]

Verity brings in another $11M for its inventory drones by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch