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I’m sure the team at RoboDeck is sick and tired of people referring to their robot is a “Roomba for decks.” But we did so in our write-up when the Israeli firm competed in Startup Battlefield, and I’ve just done so above. It’s a pretty memorable pitch as those things go. The system is designed […] RoboDeck, the deck maintenance robot, scores a $2M pre-seed by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

It was a very busy week in the world of fintech, which certainly kept us on our toes. We covered a couple of notable M&A deals (including one of the biggest of the year so far), a different kind of financial services startup aimed at undocumented immigrants, Brex’s official recommitment to the startup community and […] Fintech M&A gets a big boost with Visa-Pismo deal by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Humane, the startup launched by ex-Apple design and engineering duo Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, today revealed details about its first product: The Humane Ai Pin. It’s been a long time coming. Humane has kept its work more or less under wraps since 2018, its founding year, unveiling no products but bringing on dozens of […] Secretive hardware startup Humane’s first product is the Ai Pin by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

General Motors said Friday it has acquired Algolion, an Israel-based software startup that can detect potential hazards in battery cells. Financial terms were not disclosed. The automaker did say that Algolion six employees, including the company’s founders, will remain based in Israel and join more than 850 employees at the GM Technical Center in Herzliya, Israel. […] GM buys software startup that predicts EV battery fires by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re slightly less than three months away from kicking off TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. It’s shaping up to be our biggest and best show ever. No hyperbole. Facts are facts, Jack. We could not bring you this world-class event without our world-class partners — some of the startup ecosystem’s leading […] Meet Discover, Qualcomm, Wonder Women Tech and more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fidelity has further slashed the estimated worth of its holding in social platform Reddit and chat app Discord as well as SaaS startup Gupshup, giving a preview into how the asset manager sees the impact of the ongoing slowdown in the public market on privately-held shares. Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund valued its holdings in […] Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Seoul-based e-commerce company Levit, an operator of the shopping app Alwayz, wants to make the shopping experience more entertaining and affordable. The two-year-old startup has recently raised $46 million in a Series B round of funding led by DST Global Partners with participation from new investor BOND and existing backers KB Investment, Mirae Asset Capital, […] Korea’s Alwayz aims to make online shopping fun again with $46M in funding by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s a big day for generative AI funding. On the heels of Inflection AI landing a $1.3 billion investment, Runway, a startup building generative AI tools for multimedia content creators, today announced a $141 million extension to its Series C round from Google, Nvidia and Salesforce, among others. Building on the Series C the company […] Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Just about every developer wants to create APIs to help other companies connect to their services more easily, but creating and documenting an API is a time consuming process. Speakeasy, an early stage startup, wants to make that an easier and more automated set of activities. Today, the company emerged from stealth with a $7.6 […] Speakeasy is using AI to automate API creation and distribution by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Between the robots and an AI-powered workflow, GeologicAI’s new business model is looking far more scalable than its old approach. Batteries beat oil and gas as AI startup pivots to critical minerals exploration by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s still plenty of cash to go around in the generative AI space, apparently. As first reported by Forbes, Inflection AI, an AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” has closed a $1.3 billion funding round led by Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and new investor Nvidia. A source familiar with […] Inflection lands $1.3B investment to build more ‘personal’ AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Halo Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas. Driverless operations mean something different for Halo than they do for autonomous vehicle companies like Cruise or Waymo because Halo’s vehicles aren’t capable of self-driving. The startup’s fleet is kitted out with […] Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fintech startup Shares has raised $90 million for its stock trading app. And yet, the service is only available to people who live in the U.K. But that’s about to change as the company has received a couple of authorizations from French regulators. With EU passporting rules, Shares could also expand to other European countries. […] Social trading app Shares receives EU stock trading license by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cyware, a startup developing products to help enterprises modernize their security operations, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Ten Eleven Ventures. Advent International, Zscaler, Emerald Development Managers, Prelude and Great Road Holdings also participated, bringing Cyware’s total raised to $73 million. Cyware was founded in 2016 […] Cyware lands $30M to modernize cybersecurity operations by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

B Garage, a San Jose-based startup building autonomous drones along with software to track warehouse inventory, said today that it has picked up $20 million in a Series A round of funding.  New investor LB Investment led the Series A funding with participation from Ignite Innovation Fund, Krossroad Partners and existing backer SoftBank Ventures Asia. The […] B Garage raises $20M for its warehouse inventory drones  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2022, Abhay Parasnis, the former CTO of Adobe, founded Typeface, a generative AI startup focused on enterprise use cases. With it, he hoped to leverage generative AI — which at the time was just beginning to come into vogue — to deliver personalized content for brands at scale. Typeface, thanks in part to the […] Typeface, which is building generative AI for brands, raises $100M at a $1B valuation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Indian startups experienced a significant contraction in funding in the first half of 2023, revealing the knock-on effect of broader public market instability on young ventures in emerging regions. The first six months of 2023 saw Indian startups raise a mere $5.46 billion, a substantial 68% decline from the $17.1 billion during the same timeframe […] India startup funding slides 68% after Tiger and SoftBank make virtually no deals by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1 billion in cash in what is likely one of the largest fintech M&A deals taking place this year so far. Founded in 2016 by Juliana Motta (CPO), Ricardo Josua (CEO), Daniela Binatti […] Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Just over one year ago, spend management decacorn Brex declared that it was “less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers” in an announcement that caused shock waves in the startup community. While Brex soon clarified that by smaller customers it meant small to medium-sized businesses and non-funded startups, the move still felt like […] Brex refocuses on startups with hire of SVB veteran, ex-a16z partner by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI is expanding overseas. To London, specifically. Today, the Microsoft-backed AI startup announced that it plans to open an office in London, its first international outpost. When OpenAI’s London location opens its doors, it’ll focus on advancing “research and engineering capabilities” while balancing collaborating with “local communities and policymakers,” according to CEO Sam Altman. “We […] OpenAI brings the competition to DeepMind’s doorstep with new London office by Kyle Wiggers originally publish... →