December 20, 2024

Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs

A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…

Google TV is getting parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions for kids

October 18, 2022

Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts from the Android-maker as it attempts to broaden the offerings of its TV operating system for family consumption. The company said it is adding these features to the kids’ […]

Google TV is getting parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions for kids by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Snapmint Raises $21 Million

October 18, 2022
The company intends to deploy the funds to expand its merchant network both online and offline to power the purchases of 550 million PAN card holders Indian consumers

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units

October 18, 2022

The European Commission is facing fresh calls to make good on its 2017 antitrust decision against Google Shopping by banning Google from displaying its own shopping comparison ads units in search results — boxes which Google populates with revenue-generating ads — as they argue the self-preferencing units constitute an ongoing competition abuse by the adtech […]

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

October 18, 2022
My parents don’t know that I spoke to them last night.  At first, they sounded distant and tinny, as if they were huddled around a phone in a prison cell. But as we chatted, they slowly started to sound more like themselves. They told me personal stories that I’d never heard. I learned about the…

Terra’s Do Kwon says South Korea’s charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated

October 18, 2022

Do Kwon says charges levelled against him by the South Korean prosecutors are not legitimate and politically motivated, sharing a rare update on what has become one of the most high profile events in the crypto industry this year in the aftermath of the $40 billion wipeout of his Terra blockchain. Kwon said he has […]

Terra’s Do Kwon says South Korea’s charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year

October 18, 2022

The United Kingdom is known for many things, but rocket launches are not one of them. Spaceflight startup Orbex is part of a slew of U.K.-based companies hoping to change that by bringing vertical launch to U.K. soil for the first time. Orbex is aiming to conduct its first orbital rocket launch as early as […]

UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Kenzz, an Egyptian e-commerce platform for the mass market, grabs $3.5M seed funding

October 18, 2022

Kenzz, an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA, is announcing that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. U.S.-based and MENA-focused venture capital firm Outliers Ventures led the round. Some of the participating investors include HOF Capital, Foundation Ventures, and Samurai Incubate. The company, founded this February by […]

Kenzz, an Egyptian e-commerce platform for the mass market, grabs $3.5M seed funding by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food

October 18, 2022

Verlinvest, a family-backed, “evergreen”, growth fund investor, that has previously funded a few well-known consumer brands like Oatly, Vita Coco, Tony’s Chocolonely, Who Gives A Crap, Pedego, Chewy.com, Hint & others, is getting into the venture game. After putting around €50m into VC initiatives globally, it’s now embarking on being the kick-starter LP in a […]

V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

IT Firms Onboard Over One Lakh Freshers

October 18, 2022
IT industry experts’ analysis stated that, the fear of global recession and spate of layoffs in the startup space are expected to have a sobering effect on high attrition levels in Indian IT industry over the next 2 to 3 quarters

Byju’s Raises $250 Million From Existing Investors

October 18, 2022
With this funding round, Byju’s total fundraise since its inception in 2013 moves close to $6 billion, in which half of it spent for acquisitions and strategic investments in 18 to 20 startups