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Beam, a startup that helps citizens access government financial aid, has raised $6.4 million in Series A funding. The company, previously known as Edquity, helps deliver funds across a wide array of programs, like emergency cash assistance, rental relief and public utility benefits. “We fundamentally work to transmit critical services and resources to those in […] Beam raises $6.4M to help citizens access safety net funds by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch... →

A new bankruptcy filing, first reported by CNBC, shows that FTX’s corporate funds were used to purchase homes in the Bahamas among other personal items. The details arise less than a week after the now infamous crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy – a decision that founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he regrets. FTX’s […] Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s that time of year again. It can drop 20 degrees on any given day, and we’re stuck indoors watching people watch Qualcomm announce new chips and reference designs in sunny Hawaii. The Snapdragon Summit is the component-maker’s annual opportunity to map out its big plans for the next year, ahead of the holiday scrum […] Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

What surprised me most on returning to Boston* for the first time since the onset of the pandemic was just how clustered things are. I’m not a great scheduler and I don’t know the city’s geography particularly well, but after two days spent meeting with more than a dozen startups, it slowly dawned on me […] Scene Report: Boston by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

General Motors’ e-delivery van subsidiary BrightDrop said Thursday it’s on track to reach $1 billion in revenue next year. The company, which launched in 2021 and was incubated at the automaker’s global innovation center, said reaching the financial milestone would make it one of the quickest tech startups to reach unicorn status, ahead of Apple, […] BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

General Motors’ e-delivery van subsidiary BrightDrop said Thursday it’s on track to reach $1 billion in revenue next year. The company, which launched in 2021 and was incubated at the automaker’s global innovation center, said reaching the financial milestone would make it one of the quickest tech startups to reach unicorn status, ahead of Apple, […] BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

Компанию можно найти как по названию, так и в каталоге по разделам «Еда и напитки», «Покупки», «Путешествия и отели» и другим.... →

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song […] Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here's the pitch deck that enabled Sateliot to raise an $11.4 million round of funding to enable IoT devices to communicate with satellites. Pitch Deck Teardown: Sateliot’s $11.4M Series A deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on […] Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Plaid today announced that it has named Meta veteran John Anderson to serve as its new head of payments. The fintech startup has slowly been evolving its offerings beyond its core product of account linking. Earlier this year, it moved into identity and income verification. Payments feels like a natural evolution of its business.  In […] Plaid names former Meta exec as its new payments head by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Facebook is notifying users that it will remove four information fields from profiles starting next month. These fields include religious views, political views, addresses and the “Interested in” field, which indicates a user’s sexual orientation. The change will go into effect on December 1. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch in an email that […] Facebook is removing several information fields from profiles, including religious and political views by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrun... →

Hyundai released fresh details Thursday at the LA Auto Show about the 2023 Ioniq 6, the all-electric vehicle that the Korean company debuted in June. With an estimated range of 340 miles and an on-sale date in spring of 2023, the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Ioniq 5 crossover is one more step towards the […] Everything we know about the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV by Abigail Bassett originally published on TechCrunch... →

The success of the commercial space sector, in both significantly reducing the cost of technology and massively increasing its capabilities, has captured the attention of the U.S. military. That attention translates into growing interest in startups and how they might secure the space domain for the U.S. and its allies. Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary […] Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google […] With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

During an unprecedented bull run, crypto-focused investors raised, and deployed, billions of dollars in capital. But now, not only are VCs operating in a bearish crypto market, they are navigating the fallout of the FTX collapse and the potential impact it will have on their investment strategies moving forward. Double Down founder and general partner […] Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechC... →

Zulu enables users to save in secure digital dollars and send free cross-border payments while also protecting against traditional currency devaluations. Zulu banks $5M for its LatAm digital wallet amid shaky ground for crypto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

WhatsApp is introducing new features to help users find businesses from within the instant messaging app, part of the Meta-owned platform’s growing attempts to make deeper inroads with e-commerce. The encrypted messaging service, used by over 2 billion users worldwide, said on Thursday that it’s expanding a feature called ‘Directory’ to all users in the […] WhatsApp broadens in-app business directory and search features by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

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CCTV and other kinds of security cameras have a strong big brother vibe, but for many of us that may be because we don’t really understand or know how the footage they pick up ever gets used. Today, a startup called Spot AI that’s built a system to help answer that question at least in […] Spot AI raises $40M to build smarter CCTV security camera tech by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →