July 23, 2025

The Download: what’s next for AI agents, and how Trump protects US tech companies overseas

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Navigating the rise of AI agents AI agents is a buzzy term that essentially refers to AI models and algorithms that can not only provide you with information, but take actions on your…

Nimble makes the leap to fully automated third-party logistics warehouses

March 16, 2023

There’s a long-standing debate in the world of logistics robotics. On one side stand the greenfield folk, who insist that the best possible experience is one built from the ground up, with these automated systems at its core. Brownfield proponents, on the other hand, point to the time and money required for a full rebuild. […]

Nimble makes the leap to fully automated third-party logistics warehouses by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Fairmatic raises $46M to bring AI to commercial auto insurance

March 16, 2023

With inflation sparking an increase in the cost of repairs, labor and claims, fees for insurance are similarly spiking across the board. Car insurance premiums rose 13.7% nationally over the past year, according to a study from Bankrate.com. Home insurance, meanwhile, climbed 12.1% year-on-year, Policygenius found. But Jonathan Matus argues that it doesn’t have to […]

Fairmatic raises $46M to bring AI to commercial auto insurance by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion

March 16, 2023

If you own a non-custodial crypto wallet like MetaMask, you know the headache of keeping your 16-word seed phrase safe. That’s the responsibility that comes with having full control over one’s digital assets. A third-party wallet, like one hosted by an exchange, on the other hand, stores private keys on users’ behalf and provides a […]

Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

2 Big Problems the Feds Have to Overcome…

March 16, 2023
Lots has happened in the past two weeks and it has certainly been a bumpy ride for the S&P 500 (SPY). Just when it looked like hotter-than-expected data points were…

These aircraft could change how we fly

March 16, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole and developed a mild obsession with flying cars—or the version of them that’s hot right now in Silicon Valley, at least.  Some…

The Climate Choice wants to make supply chain emissions more visible and more green

March 16, 2023

The World Economic Forum says that so-called ‘Scope 3 emissions,’ – or CO2 in supply chains  – can make up as much as 90% of a company’s carbon footprint and worldwide more than half of all emissions can be traced back to only a handful of supply chains. Tracking and reducing these emissions are easier […]

The Climate Choice wants to make supply chain emissions more visible and more green by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

MLOps platform Seldon raises £20M Series B to improve the productions of AI models

March 16, 2023

The rise of ChatGPT has fuelled growth in the public awareness of AI, as well as the growing discourse around AI ethics. How should AI be used? What are its implications for society, not just business? The inherent bias within AI applications — remember, it’s not just how the algorithm is built and by whom, it’s […]

MLOps platform Seldon raises £20M Series B to improve the productions of AI models by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

SVB collapse forces African startups to rethink their banking options

March 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. Founders in Africa are now forced […]

SVB collapse forces African startups to rethink their banking options by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch