Intellemo Raises Over INR 3 Crore In Seed Funding Round
0The fund raised will be utilised primarily to expand the tech team, scaling video ads tech to provide instant landing pages, and integrate among the other ad platforms
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Klarna launches new creator features and shoppable video
As consumers turn to content creators to influence their online shopping habits, Klarna, the buy now, pay later platform, today launched a new Klarna Creator app for retailers and influencers to collaborate on brand campaigns and to track earnings, performance and sales. Klarna’s creator platform allows over 50,000 vetted creators to have access to leading […]
Klarna launches new creator features and shoppable video by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Well, that was Fast
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. And for the first time in the history of the show, the TechCrunch pod that opened up Disrupt on the big stage. Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann got to be together to record […]
Well, that was Fast by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon launches an insurance comparison site in the UK
Amazon launched an insurance comparison site today in the UK to sell home insurance. The ecommerce giant has partnered with three launch providers — Ageas UK, Co-op, and LV + General Insurance — with more coming next year. The company said the store will be available to select customers starting today on the web and […]
Amazon launches an insurance comparison site in the UK by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Mullen Automotive acquires bankrupt ELMS for $240 million
Mullen Automotive said Wednesday it has acquired Electric Last Mile Solutions, paving the way for the California-based startup to manufacture its first electric vehicle. The $240 million cash purchase allows Mullen the capability to build up to 50,000 EVs annually, accelerating the launch of the Mullen FIVE and Bollinger B1 and B2 retail vehicles. The […]
Mullen Automotive acquires bankrupt ELMS for $240 million by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch
Thunes integrates with Visa Direct’s digital payments network
Cross-border payments startup Thunes is partnering with Visa, in a move that will add more than 1.5 billion new endpoints to Visa Direct’s digital payments network. This enables many more consumers and small businesses to send funds to markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where digital wallets are often the default payment method. Based […]
Thunes integrates with Visa Direct’s digital payments network by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Alex Hanna left Google to try to save AI’s future
“I am quitting because I’m tired,” Alex Hanna wrote on February 2, her last day on Google’s Ethical AI team. She felt that the company, and the tech industry as a whole, did little to promote diversity or mitigate the harms its products had caused to marginalized people. “In a word, tech has a whiteness…
Pinterest partners with record labels to bring popular music to its TikTok rival, ‘Idea Pins’
Pinterest’s TikTok competitor is gaining new music. The company announced today its video-focused “Idea Pins” feature will now include the ability to add popular tracks from top artists, thanks to new licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin and BMG. This will expand upon the music already provided through Pinterest’s royalty-free music […]
Pinterest partners with record labels to bring popular music to its TikTok rival, ‘Idea Pins’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
The debate over whether aging is a disease rages on
Last year, over Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, Kiran Rabheru eagerly joined a call with officials from the World Health Organization (WHO). Word had spread of a change coming to the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a catalogue used to standardize disease diagnosis worldwide. In an upcoming revision, the plan was to replace the diagnosis of…
MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform for food and grocery supplies, nabs $40M
Last year, MaxAB, the food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving a network of traditional retailers across Egypt and Morocco, raised its $55 million Series A in two tranches; the latter accompanied its acquisition of the Morocco-based and YC-backed WaysToCap. The moves signaled MaxAB’s ambition to dominate Egypt’s and North Africa’s B2B retail […]
MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform for food and grocery supplies, nabs $40M by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch