February 13, 2026

ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.

There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never got the chance to meet. But this performance is emotional for another reason: It’s Darling’s first time on stage with his bandmates since he lost the ability to sing two years…

Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments

July 11, 2023

Google Calendar has launched a new feature that allows professionals or freelancers to allow their customers to book paid appointments. This could be useful for people such as therapists or teachers providing time-based services. The company has partnered with Stripe for the facility, so users will need to connect their Stripe account to Google Calendar […]

Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Rocsys wants to automate EV charging, starting in ports and yards

July 11, 2023

America’s logistics sector is becoming more electrified and autonomous, and Rocsys, a Dutch startup, wants to hit that sweet spot in the middle. Rocsys has created a robotic arm that can transform any electric vehicle charger into an autonomous charger. In yards and ports, where vehicle uptime is crucial and the margin for error is […]

Rocsys wants to automate EV charging, starting in ports and yards by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI

July 11, 2023

In February, Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan said on Weibo that “China needs its own OpenAI.” The Chinese entrepreneur is now inching closer to his dream as his nascent startup Baichuan Intelligence rolled out its next-generation large language model Baichuan-13B today. Baichuan is being touted as one of China’s most promising LLM developers, thanks to its […]

China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum

July 11, 2023

Ivy, an API for instant bank payments, has secured €7 million ($7.7 million) in a seed investment round led by European VC Creandum. Payment and transaction fees can rack-up because of card networks, gateways and wallets that are all involved in today’s online transactions. Ivy’s solution is to allow merchants to accept instant bank payments […]

Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Solaris raises $42M at a flat $1.6B valuation to expand in embedded finance after a rough 2022

July 11, 2023

Solaris — the German fintech that, when it was known as Solarisbank, raised hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its embedded finance platform — is today announcing more funding. The company, used by the likes of Samsung, American Express and Coinbase to provide various financial services to their customers, has picked up €38 […]

Solaris raises $42M at a flat $1.6B valuation to expand in embedded finance after a rough 2022 by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch