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Robotic process automation (RPA) has been a buzzword for a while now, but most of these tools that try to help businesses automate their workflows tend to be generalists. Quandri, a Vancouver, Canada-based startup, is taking a very different approach with its digital workers for the insurance industry. The company today announced that it has […] Quandri raises $8.5M Series A to bring process automation to insurance brokers and agencies by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

There are many fintech companies offering digital banking services to a variety of demographics, but one segment of the population has been underserved more than others: the undocumented immigrant. No SSN, no problem, says Maza, a fintech startup aimed at undocumented immigrants by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Parabola, a San Francisco-based startup that uses AI to help expedite back-office processes, particularly in the logistics and ecommerce sectors, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series B funding round led by OpenView with participation from strategic investor Flexport alongside Matrix, Thrive, Flexport, Good Friends, Webflow, Otherwise Fund, Abstract Ventures and Merus […] Workflow automation startup Parabola raises $24M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Startups have been looking for ways to disrupt event streaming, popularized in the last decade by Kafka, the open source event streaming platform. Just this week we looked at Redpanda getting a $100 million Series C for its event streaming platform, and today Memphis.dev, an earlier stage startup announced a $5.5 million seed investment to […] Memphis.dev looks to simplify event streaming with open source and SaaS products by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Smartphone sales are in decline as handset makers grapple with saturated markets and a tough consumer economic climate. But some are betting on a future where new approaches in design and tech will still find resonance with users. Nothing, the London startup behind the “Phone” smartphone, has closed an investment of $96 million — funding […] Carl Pei’s Nothing raises something – $96M – ahead of the launch of its Phone (2) by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fintech startup Bitpanda is splitting into two companies as Bitpanda Pro — the company’s cryptocurrency exchange — is going to become its own independent company called One Trading. As part of this move, One Trading is also raising $33 million (€30 million) in funding. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures is leading the funding round with participation […] Bitpanda’s crypto exchange separates from Bitpanda and secures $33 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Gleamer, a five-year-old French startup that has developed AI software to help radiologists diagnose and detect bone trauma lesions in scans among other conditions, has raised €27 million ($29.5 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded in 2017, Gleamer’s core flagship BoneView software, which it touts as an “AI companion for bone trauma […] Gleamer, which provides AI software for radiologists, raises $29.5M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Flowie, a new French startup that wants to facilitate money movements between companies. The company centralizes everything related to accounts receivable and accounts payable so that everyone in the company can see relevant information when it comes to getting paid by clients and receiving money from suppliers. Flowie was started by Yann Ravel-Sibillot, Rémi […] Flowie wants to make invoices flow freely by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

German startup Airmo is taking aim at climate change, with plans to launch a twelve-satellite constellation to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the planet. To fuel its ambitions, the company announced today that it closed €5.2 million ($5.7 million) in pre-seed funding, which includes €1.5 million from venture investors and a €3.7 million contract […] Airmo combines space and climate tech with emissions monitoring satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Rubber Ducky Labs, a San Francisco-based startup, is looking to make it easier for teams to debug, analyze and improve their recommendation systems.  The quest for better AI recommendation engines by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by the founders of Spout, a startup that makes a device that can pull fresh drinking water out of the air. Co-founder Reuben Vollmer talked about trying and failing to get the company off the ground […] Still, sparkling, or made from the air? with Reuben Vollmer and Tyler Breton from Spout by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you own a home, you know that there is always something that needs to be repaired, installed or generally addressed. Whether it’s a leaky faucet, a new bed that needs to be assembled or a Nest thermostat that needs to be installed, there is always something. One startup wants to make that particular part […] Khosla Ventures just doubled down on this handyman-on-demand service for homeowners by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last May, Astropad celebrated its two-year anniversary of being Sherlocked with a blog post. “In the first few years of Astropad’s existence,” the startup noted, “we were too dependent on the Apple ecosystem, and we paid the price.” Simply making it to the second anniversary was its own act of defiance. Many companies with similar […] Astropad returns with a $120 iPad drawing stand by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Infrastructure automation company HashiCorp today announced that it has acquired code security startup BluBracket. Founded by the team behind Vera Security, BluBracket raised a $12 million Series A round led by Evolution Equity partners in 2021. The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition. HashiCorp’s security play so far has focused on […] HashiCorp acquires code security startup BluBracket by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2020, Cisco bought Thousandeyes, a network monitoring company that provides a wealth of data on the health of networks, something near and dear to Cisco, whose core business after all remains networking hardware. As an extension of that three year old acquisition, the company announced a pair of startup acquisitions today, grabbing Accedian and […] Cisco increases its network monitoring capabilities with a couple of acquisitions by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch+ surveyed four active VCs about their views on the ecosystem for ML startups, an underexplored subfield of AI. 4 VCs illustrate why there’s good reason to be optimistic about the machine learning startup market by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Brilliant Labs’ augmented reality wearable stands in stark contrast to Apple’s pricey, bulky, stealthy Vision Pro. The startup’s inaugural product, Monocle, is an open-source, pocket-sized AR lens that can be clipped on any eyewear or held to the eye, Launched in March, Monocle has a much more accessible price tag of $349. “Other AR and […] Brilliant Labs puts AI in front of your eye with its tiny open-source AR lens by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Prosus, the largest non-founder shareholder in Byju’s, has drastically slashed the worth of its stake in the edtech giant, implying a starkly diminished valuation of $5.1 billion to the Indian startup. Prosus disclosed on Tuesday that it had downsized the value of its 9.6% stake in Byju’s to around $493 million in the financial year […] Prosus slashes edtech giant Byju’s valuation to $5.1 billion by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Building a fintech startup isn’t an easy task, as you have to deal with complex regulation and make sure that your service is extremely reliable because you’re handling money. That’s why we created the brand-new Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt and invited some of the brightest minds in fintech to learn how they pulled it […] Announcing the Fintech Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Spinal is one of the fastest-growing categories of surgery, with the number of operations taking place annually now approaching 8 million. But their frequency belies the complexity and sometimes less-than-perfect outcomes of these procedures. That’s created a vacuum that technology is mobilizing to fill: today, a startup called Augmedics that’s built an augmented reality-based navigation […] Augmedics snaps up $82.5M advance spinal surgery navigation using AR and AI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on ... →