An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute

January 24, 2023
Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become unintelligible, leaving her reliant on a writing board or iPad to communicate. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the woman has been…

U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly

January 24, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust issues, claiming the search giant has monopoly control of the digital ad market. The DOJ is joined by eight states in its complaint, including New York, California, Colorado and more. This action was tipped as early as late 2021, and has clearly […]

U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna

January 24, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. In this week’s episode Darrell and Becca are joined by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian talks about what led him to found the startup and how it has navigated multiple market cycles since. He also dove into how Klarna […]

Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Accord, which offers a platform to manage sales processes, secures $10M

January 24, 2023

Accord, a collaboration platform designed to support business-to-business (B2B) sales, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding from Matrix Partners, Nat Friedman and Y Combinator. CEO Ross Rich says that the new funds, which bring Accord’s total raised to $17 million, will be put toward growing the startup’s engineering, sales and […]

Accord, which offers a platform to manage sales processes, secures $10M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

DevZero speeds up programmer tasks by shifting developer tools to cloud

January 24, 2023

Developers tend to build and test software on their local laptops, but these machines often lack the necessary resources to run a full scale development environment efficiently. Large companies have built custom systems to move development tools and testing to the cloud, but this kind of approach has often been out of reach for smaller […]

DevZero speeds up programmer tasks by shifting developer tools to cloud by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Sunfish’s technology wants to bring affordability to assisted reproduction

January 24, 2023

Sunfish, a new startup built by a former director at one of the oldest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the world, has raised $4 million to build financial assistance tooling for hopeful parents. The round, led by Walkabout Ventures with participation from Hannah Grey VC and Fiat Ventures, comes a little over a year […]

Sunfish’s technology wants to bring affordability to assisted reproduction by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Garmin launches a new FDA-cleared ECG app for the Venu 2 Plus

January 24, 2023

Garmin is the latest company to give its users the ability to take an ECG reading from their wrist. The company is launching a new ECG app that allows users to record their heart rhythm and check for signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), the company announced on Tuesday. The app, which is the company’s first […]

Garmin launches a new FDA-cleared ECG app for the Venu 2 Plus by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch