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Chinese tech giant Alibaba is doubling down on India’s burgeoning video market, looking to fight back local rival ByteDance, Google, and Disney to gain its foothold in the nation. The company said today that it is pumping $100 million into Vmate, a three-year-old social video app owned by subsidiary UC Web. Vmate was launched as […]... →

Основанная россиянами американская компания ID R&D привлекла $5,7 млн от фондов Gagarin Capital Николая Давыдова и Михаила Тавера и GSR Ventures. Полученные инвесторами доли и оценку стартапа стороны не раскрывают. Gagarin Capital уже инвестировал в ID R&D и увеличил долю в компании, GSR Ventures стал новым инвестором. Инвестиции компания планирует направить на наём инженерных команд, а также на маркетинг и международные продажи.ID R&D основали в 2016 году Алексей Хитров и Константин Симончик, штаб-квартира... →

Конференция EdMarket ANTIconf пройдет 5 июня в Москве. Как обещают организаторы, на мероприятии не будет классических длинных докладов и заранее заявленных спикеров — акцент будет сделан на нетворкинге и обмене опытом и мнениями между участниками конференции.... →

Password manager maker Dashlane has raised $110 million in its latest round of funding, the company said Thursday. The company said Sequoia Capital led the Series D round, with partner Jim Goetz joining the board. Dashlane also said former Lyft executive Joy Howard was appointed as its new chief marketing officer and will start in […]... →

В Москве в 2019 году запустят конкурс на создание системы видеораспознавания лиц на более чем 200 тысяч камер. Об этом заявил мэр столицы Сергей Собянин на президентском совещании по развитию искусственного интеллекта в России, передает ТАСС.... →

OpenAI’s co-founders Greg Brockman and Sam Altman aren’t afraid of Terminator robots. At TechCrunch Disrupt SF in October, they’ll tell our audience why it’s the more subtle repercussions of artificial general intelligence like its impact on employment, cyberwarfare, and concentration of power that shake the duo. But the epic potential for the technology to generate […]... →

XFactor, the pre-seed and seed-stage VC out of FlyBridge Capital, has today announced that it has raised a second fund of $8.5 million. XFactor first came on the scene in 2017 with $3 million. FlyBridge Capital partner Chuck Hazard started the fund alongside several female founders who were interested in getting into investment. The idea […]... →

The Valley’s rocky history with clean tech investing has been well-documented. Startups focused on non-emitting generation resources were once lauded as the next big cash cow, but the sector’s hype quickly got away from reality. Complex underlying science, severe capital intensity, slow-moving customers, and high-cost business models outside the comfort zones of typical venture capital, […]... →

Entering into the world of Anthemis is a bit like stepping into the frame of a Wes Anderson film. Eclectic, offbeat people situated in colorful interiors? Check. A muse in the form of a renowned British-Venezuelan economist? Check. A design-forward media platform to provoke deep thought? Check. An annual summer retreat ensconced in the French […]... →

Google Maps want to help restaurant diners know what to order. The company today is rolling out an update to Google Maps on Android, with iOS to follow, which will highlight the restaurant’s most popular dishes. The feature itself is using machine learning to uncover these dish suggestions based on the restaurants’ reviews and photos. […]... →

Firefly, a startup that allows ridehail drivers to make money from advertising, has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The company is about to launch in New York City, where it’s also acquiring the digital operations of advertising company Strong Outdoor. Co-founder and CEO Kaan Gunay said this will allow Firefly to start working […]... →

Netflix has released a new teaser trailer for its collaboration with The Jim Henson Company on “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” and wow, is it a doozy. For a certain generation of moviegoer (including this author), “The Dark Crystal” was an eye-opening introduction to the darker, explicitly fantastic side of Jim Henson’s genius. Long-known […]... →

Google and its partners today announced that the 5,600-miles-long INDIGO subsea cable, which connects Sydney and Perth with Jakarta and Singapore, is now ready for service. To build the cable, which will significantly strengthen the connectivity between Australia and Southeast Asia, Google partnered with AARnet, Indosat, Singtel, SubPartners and Telstra. The cable, which features about […]... →

Businesses need to keep the content flowing on social media, so a startup called soona says it’s developed a new way to provide those photos and video. The company was founded by CEO Elizabeth Giorgi and Chief Creative Officer Hayley Anderson. Giorgi told me they both worked in production (Anderson as an animator, Giorgi as […]... →

Ритейлер «Магнит» запустил доставку продуктов на дом из своих супермаркетов в Краснодаре. Об этом говорится в сообщении на сайте компании.... →

Фонд Николая Давыдова Gagarin Capital и американский фонд GSR Ventures вложили $5,7 млн в раунде А стартапа с ройсскими корнями IDR&D, который разрабатывает бометрические технологии. Об этом Rusbase рассказали в Gagarin Capital.... →

NBC’s new digital streaming news network, NBC News Now, has officially launched. The service offers viewers 8 hours of continuous daily programming from 3 PM to 11 PM on weekdays. Its goal is to capture the attention of younger news consumers — those who don’t necessarily subscribe to pay TV or watch television in a […]... →

Команда предлагает другим компаниям решения для проверки пользователей и защиту от их обхода. Среди клиентов — Google, Alibaba и Samsung.... →

Тема айдентики «how we create space for change»... →

Он задолжал кредиторам более 600 млн рублей, сообщила представительница бизнесмена.... →