January 23, 2026

The Download: chatbots for health, and US fights over AI regulation

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. “Dr. Google” had its issues. Can ChatGPT Health do better?   For the past two decades, there’s been a clear first step for anyone who starts experiencing new medical symptoms: Look them up online.…

Back-end development platform Platformatic raises $3.5M

June 1, 2023

Platformatic, a new back-end development platform, wants to make it easier for enterprises to modernize their infrastructure by giving them the tools to build and deploy microservices-based architectures with the simplicity of a monolith. The company, which was founded by Node.js veterans Luca Maraschi (CEO) and Matteo Collina (CTO), also today announced a $3.5 million […]

Back-end development platform Platformatic raises $3.5M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: clean energy investments, and Amazon’s data privacy fine

June 1, 2023
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. The world is finally spending more on solar than oil production Money makes the world go round. And when it comes to energy, we’re seeing more investment than ever: companies, research institutions, and…

Ariga is helping developers define database schema as code

June 1, 2023

As companies look to update their databases, especially in a cloud native context, with so many different databases out there, it’s a huge challenge for developers when migrating from one environment to another. Ariga, an early stage startup wants to help by letting users define database schema as code, and greatly simplify how they interact […]

Ariga is helping developers define database schema as code by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Revolut alums raise millions for Vault, a startup offering banking services to Canadian SMBs

June 1, 2023

Vault, an online banking platform serving small-to-medium sized business (SMBs) in Canada, is launching to the public today after raising $3.7 million in seed funding. Founded in late 2021 by Saud Aziz and Ahmed Shafik (who previously worked at sunday, Revolut and Koho), Toronto, Ontario-based Vault says its mission is to “revolutionize” the banking experience […]

Revolut alums raise millions for Vault, a startup offering banking services to Canadian SMBs by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Match Group debuts Archer, a new face-first gay dating app for men

June 1, 2023

Online dating behemoth Match Group is introducing a new gay dating app, just in time for Pride. The company, which owns the lion’s share of the global dating market, is launching Archer, a “social-first” dating experience for gay, bi and queer men. Archer won’t actually be hitting the App Store just yet — that happens […]

Match Group debuts Archer, a new face-first gay dating app for men by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch