June 24, 2025

Wispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app

Startups developing voice AI technology and applications are having their moment. Model builders like ElevenLabs and Cartesia have raised millions of dollars in the last few months. Applications such as AI-powered notetaker Granola, and meeting tools Read AI and Fireflies AI have also received investor attention and backing. Continuing the trend, dictation app Wispr Flow […]

India to spend $320 million to promote homegrown payments network

January 11, 2023

India will spend nearly $320 million to promote cards on RuPay and for low-value UPI transactions, the latest in a series of moves by New Delhi to fuel the growth of its homegrown payments network. New Delhi approved a plan Wednesday to spend $318.4 million for the promotion of RuPay debit cards and low-value person-to-merchant […]

India to spend $320 million to promote homegrown payments network by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog

January 11, 2023

Bad news for Google in Germany — where the antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections over its data processing terms and said it’s currently planning to require the tech giant to provide users with more choice over what it does with their information. The Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office (FCO), has been investigating […]

Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs

January 11, 2023
Organs on demand is one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2023. Explore the rest of the list here. I met the entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt for the first time at a meeting at West Point in 2015 that was dedicated to exploring how technology might expand the supply of organs for transplant. At…

OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot

January 11, 2023

OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code. In an announcement on the company’s official Discord server, OpenAI said that it’s “starting to think about how to monetize ChatGPT” as one of the ways to “ensure [the tool’s] long-term […]

OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M

January 11, 2023

Inflow, a company developing a platform to manage ADHD using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, has raised $11 million in a Series A round of funding. ADHD, or “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,” is a condition impacting as much as 10% of the global population. Symptoms vary, but typically involve inattention, hyperactivity, anxiety, and impulsivity. Founded […]

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Hack the Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

January 11, 2023

There’s long existed a divide in the world of computer hacking between those who are taking a malicious approach to crack a system, and those who are using the same techniques to understand the system’s vulnerabilities, help fix them, and at the same time to fight against the malicious actors. Today, Hack the Box, one […]

Hack the Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Kleiner Perkins-backed Vylo thinks the future of news is video commentary

January 11, 2023

TikTok has revolutionized the way people consume and share information. Now a startup called Vylo wants to take the short video format a step further and lets users share their thoughts about sports, current affairs, and other categories of news by filming themselves talking. My first reaction to the idea was: why does one need […]

Kleiner Perkins-backed Vylo thinks the future of news is video commentary by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

The app economy slowed for the first time in 2022, with consumer spend down 2% to $167 billion

January 11, 2023

The app ecosystem’s nonstop growth finally slipped this past year. An annual review of the app economy by mobile analytics firm data.ai (previously App Annie) found that consumer spending on mobile apps declined for the first time in 2022 after seeing 19% year-over-year growth the year prior. Consumer spending dropped by 2% in 2022, the […]

The app economy slowed for the first time in 2022, with consumer spend down 2% to $167 billion by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch