Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис 3D-печати Tucanus, который позволяет загрузить файл с 3D-моделью и получить готовое изделие по почте или в руки. Владельцы 3D-принтеров могут подключиться к сервису, чтобы исполнять заказы. Передаем микрофон.... →

Every day, some tech startups are surpassing their numbers while others are struggling to keep going. Washio, an on-demand laundry service that abruptly shut down yesterday, is just the latest startup to lose its momentum. There’s no shortage of ways things go wrong. Markets change. Companies underestimate the cost of doing business. Sometimes, too, the CEO isn’t getting the job done. Read More... →

Mad Street Den, an India-U.S. startup focused on artificial intelligence that was founded by ex-Silicon Valley veterans, has pulled in an undisclosed Series A round of funding from Sequoia. Read More... →

Coursera, the education tech platform that offers online courses from prestigious colleges and universities, is branching into corporate learning and development  and has officially launched Coursera for Business today. Coursera CEO Rick Levin, formerly the president of Yale University, told TechCrunch that the move was a natural one for the startup. “We have 21 million registered… Read More... →

HTC is continuing to invest heavily in building up the virtual reality ecosystem that it hopes to one day dominate. Steel Wool Studios, an Oakland-based gaming studio made up of Pixar veterans with a few decades of animation experience under their belts, announced today that it has closed a $5 million round of Series A funding coming entirely from HTC, the manufacturer of the Vive virtual… Read More... →

Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley faces a serious challenge in that it has to keep outdoing itself to properly satirize the real Silicon Valley, where crazy pants crap happens all the time. So it’s not surprising to see stuff from the show bleed into the world of real Valley startups, as with the new promotion from Airbnb-for-cars startup Turo that kicks off today. For goofs, Turo is… Read More... →

A startup from Columbus called BYLINED is aiming to make it a bit easier for brands and people to come together in a win/win situation resulting in more unique photography. Through their free app and photo ecosystem, BYLINED enables brands, agencies or publishers to issue a request for a certain type of photo—an assignment or commission so to speak—that people with smartphones… Read More... →

Тем-временем бывший владелец издания Артём Игнатьев запускает свой стартап и получает $100 000 инвестиций.... →

A group of five engineers and product people get together, raise some angel funding, build a startup, make little to no money and sell for $10 million. What just happened? Common narratives assert that it’s the tech bubble; it’s a naive acqui-hire; it’s collective irrationality. Maybe it’s something else altogether: a fundamental shift in how we compensate the extreme… Read More... →

New York-based real estate startup Compass is raising yet another round of funding, this time at a valuation above $1 billion. The new financing was led by Wellington Management Capital and brings the total capital raised to $210 million. Existing investors IVP, Thrive Capital and Founders Fund also participated in the round. While there are a number of real estate sites including Zillow… Read More... →

This past week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated testing for the Zika virus at all U.S. blood centers. That juices demand for Zika-testing technology, but one company that isn’t welcome to provide it yet is Theranos. The beleaguered blood analysis startup has run afoul of the F.D.A., yet again, the Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou reports. Specifically… Read More... →

Startup Sauna открывает новый набор.... →

Именно стартапы будут играть ведущую роль в этой экосистеме... →

29 августа маркетолог Пенни Ким опубликовала на Medium историю о том, как переехала из Техаса в Калифорнию и устроилась на работу в стартап, который позднее оказался на грани банкротства. Его сооснователь сперва переносил срок выплаты долгов по зарплате, а затем подделал платежные ведомости и уволил часть сотрудников. На публикацию обратили внимание ИТ-издания, которые выяснили, что речь идет о компании WrkRiot и ее руководителе Исааке Чой. Редакция vc.ru публикует оригинальную историю Пенни Ким с незначите... →

Аляска — самый большой штат США — также считается одним из наименее технологически развитых. Экономика Аляски завязана на добыче нефти, а удалённость, суровый климат и небольшое количество жителей делают её практически непригодной для предпринимательской активности. Обозреватель vc.ru рассказал о том, как развивается стартап-индустрия штата, несмотря на сложные условия.... →

30 августа российская компания WayRay выпустила ролик, рекламирующий голографический навигатор Navion, которым можно управлять, не отвлекаясь от дороги. В видео показана краткая история создания устройства. Об этом vc.ru рассказали представители стартапа.... →

A little-known startup is in meltdown mode after a former employee took to Medium to accuse the company of scamming her out of her wages and firing her in retaliation after she filed a wage claim to recoup the unpaid cash. The Medium post was widely shared online; in response, the company shuttered its website and threatened legal action against the writer, calling her “a disgruntled… Read More... →

Online furniture shop Wayfair has acquired a Boston-based mobile messaging application called Trumpit, with the aim of utilizing its technology in order to expand its customer service offerings. So yes, that means messaging will be a part of the mobile Wayfair application in the future. Today, the app only offers users the ability to email or call the company when they click into the… Read More... →

Washio, the on-demand laundry startup that launched in 2013, has today announced that it will shutter its service. In a letter posted to the website, Washio founders announced that the company will shut down operations, effective immediately. No new orders will go through the service, and outstanding orders will be returned to customers promptly. You can read the full shut-down letter… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — инструмент Lingviny, который помогает перевести электронное письмо на иностранный язык. Сервис пользуется услугами профессиональных переводчиков, а сам перевод в среднем занимает около получаса. Передаём микрофон.... →