Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India

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November 10, 2022

Even Healthcare, an Indian “healthcare membership” company, landed new financial support in the form of $15 million to further drive its mission of providing affordable care to communities across India. Even isn’t insurance, but allows members to access primary and preventative care at any of over 100 partnered hospitals. Typically, the way Indians access healthcare […]

Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Crypto pitch-off

November 10, 2022

One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s take a look at the judges […]

Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Crypto pitch-off by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Dispatches from the conference room

November 10, 2022

Greetings on a brisk New England morning. I’m finally here on my long threatened trip to Boston. I was planning to be here in early July ahead of our robotics event, but SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants had different ideas. I narrowly avoided another reschedule on my third time around with COVID, but now I’m […]

Dispatches from the conference room by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Who’ll get the last laugh over Musk toying with Twitter veracity?

November 10, 2022

Twitter’s painstakingly layered infosphere looks to be light-speeding back to chaotic noise under new owner Elon Musk. The billionaire is no fan of meritocratic signals nor, it seems, a friend to genuine information — preferring anyone pay him $8/m to have their account on his microblogging social network badged with a check-mark that looks like […]

Who’ll get the last laugh over Musk toying with Twitter veracity? by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck

November 10, 2022

Syneroid raised a $500,000 round to bring something halfway between microchips and dog collars to market. Its deck leaves a few things to be desired.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app

November 10, 2022

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment […]

OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Google Play to pilot third-party billing in new markets, including U.S.; Bumble joins Spotify as early tester

November 10, 2022

Google today announced it’s expanding its user choice billing pilot, which allows Android app developers to use other payment systems besides Google’s own. The program will now become available to new markets, including the U.S., Brazil and South Africa, and Bumble will now join Spotify as one of the pilot testers. Google additionally announced Spotify […]

Google Play to pilot third-party billing in new markets, including U.S.; Bumble joins Spotify as early tester by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

This is Amazon’s new delivery drone, the MK30

November 10, 2022

Following this morning’s debut of the Sparrow bin picking robot, Amazon just unveiled MK30, the latest iteration of its delivery drone. The system is the successor to the MK27-2, which is set to debut limited deliveries to residents in Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas. The MK30, which is set for a 2024 debut, is […]

This is Amazon’s new delivery drone, the MK30 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix

November 10, 2022

Waymo has opened up its fully driverless ride-hail service in downtown Phoenix to members of the general public. Previously, the company had only been operating a commercial service with no safety driver behind the wheel for participants in its “trusted tester” program. The expansion in Phoenix is yet another sign of Waymo’s accelerated push towards […]

Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

5 Ways to Find a Reliable Software Vendor

November 10, 2022

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