A Disney Guest Fell Into a Trash Can on a Ferry to the Magic Kingdom — Now He’s Suing
There was nothing magical about Justin Tripp’s Orlando journey.
Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
The startup fundraising squeeze could persist as VCs struggle to refill their own coffers
Many startups are hoping that the gradual opening of an IPO window and the prospect of interest rate cuts later this year will finally encourage VCs to be less stingy with their capital. But it’s unlikely that startups’ fundraising slog will become much easier soon, mostly because of venture capitalists’ own capital-gathering challenges. In Q1, […]
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These AI startups stood out the most in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch
Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward the tail end of December. So it’s not exactly surprising that AI startups dominated at Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 Demo Day. The Y Combinator […]
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YC’s Winter 2024 Demo Day confirms that we are indeed in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
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WhatsApp goes down in Meta’s second big outage this year
For the second time in just over a month, Meta’s apps including WhatsApp, and possibly Messenger and Instagram, are facing outages and intermittent issues. While it’s rare for services as large as those operated by Meta to go down entirely, Meta’s status page details disruptions to key business services, including its Ads Manager, Messenger Platform, WhatsApp […]
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Disney and CEO Bob Iger Triumph Over Hedge Funds and Investor Nelson Peltz, After Fierce Board Fight
Disney’s recommended board directors were elected “by a substantial margin,” announced Horacio Gutierrez, senior executive vice president of Disney.
Nightside’s ambient lamp rethinks the reading light
Nightside is the brainchild of Jess Gupta. The $350 LED bedside lamp is an intentionally simple product. It doesn’t have Wi-Fi or Alexa built in, but it does have a few clever tricks up its sleeve. “I went to design school at CCA [in San Francisco], studying furniture design. I got into lighting, and wanted […]
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Brave is launching its AI assistant on iPhone and iPad
Brave’s AI assistant, called Leo, allows people to ask questions, summarize pages, create content and more.
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Long Work Hours Lead to Burnout — Not Productivity. Learn When to Step Back From Certain Tasks — And When to Step Up
Fatigue is a reality for many of us, but how can we learn to do less and figure out where to really focus our efforts to become truly effective entrepreneurs?
How to Maintain Brand Authenticity in an Increasingly Skeptical World
What does it mean to be truly authentic, and how do you convey authenticity to consumers? Here’s what you need to know.