The Sonos One wasn’t broken, but that doesn’t mean the company’s is above fixing it. Over two generations and a few variants, the compact speaker has become one of the company’s most popular. Really, it’s been a big win for a firm whose portfolio can give off a whiff of inaccessibility, compared to other connected […]
Sonos replaces the One, adds a spatial audio speaker to lineup by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs — including transportation and raw materials costs — are rising thanks to inflation and other factors. Meanwhile, there’s a talent shortage, particularly in areas like logistics and operations management, and technical […]
Overhaul, which taps AI to secure physical supply chains, raises $73M in equity and debt by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Late last month, Artifact, a personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, opened to the public. The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news. It’s an ecosystem […]
The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Two years ago, Microsoft announced Florence, an AI system that it pitched as a “complete rethinking” of modern computer vision models. Unlike most vision models at the time, Florence was both “unified” and “multimodal,” meaning it could (1) understand language as well as images and (2) handle a range of tasks rather than being limited […]
Microsoft’s computer vision model will generate alt text for Reddit images by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce, with its marketplace outpacing everyone else when it comes to gross merchandise value, reach and market capitalization. That fact inevitably makes it a big part of how millions of brands and retailers sell goods online. Threecolts, a London startup founded by an ex-Amazon exec that builds […]
Threecolts raises $90M to build out its toolkit for third parties selling on marketplaces like Amazon by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by finance heavyweights such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of New York in 2012, Droit serves to bolster financial institutions’ trading decision-making by integrating regulatory knowledge into the pre-trade process, highlighting key information on […]
Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by major banks, raises $23M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch