Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

May 3, 2024

It’s been almost one year since Match Group announced the launch of Archer, the online dating giant’s first app for gay, bi, and queer men. Since rolling out to New York last June, Archer has been downloaded more than 685,000 times, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Archer completed its U.S. rollout […]

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Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions?

May 3, 2024

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Musk’s 10-month-old baby, xAI, is closing in on a whoppin’ $6 billion funding round. The social network X, née Twitter — also part of Elon’s tech […]

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Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims

May 3, 2024

Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the masses, and the Alaska, Fisker’s entry into the red-hot pickup truck market. In the weeks that followed, Fisker stopped paying the […]

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Instagram now lets you post a secret Story that viewers can uncover with a DM

May 3, 2024

Instagram is adding a handful of new features for Stories to give users more creative ways to share content and engage with each other, the company announced on Friday. Most notably, the social network is introducing a new “Reveal” feature that lets you post a hidden Story for your followers to uncover by sending you […]

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Sprinklr lays off more than 100 employees

May 3, 2024

The new job cuts come over a year after the company cut about 4% of its headcount in February last year.

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