Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Starting next week, it moves to Fridays at 12 pm PT. As a startup founder, wouldn’t it be awesome if you could predict the future a little bit more than you currently do? It turns out you can: By paying […] Secure your startup’s future by watching the big corporations by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Network-focused startups have started getting a bad rep in startup land, but 2045 is actually bringing something new to the table. Deal Dive: Finally, a startup building a network for those who could benefit the most by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Consolidation continues apace in the world of fintech. FIS, the fintech giant that runs a wide range of payment, banking and investment services, has acquired Bond, a startup that specializes in embedded finance, multiple sources confirmed today.  Fintech Business Weekly’s Jason Mikula broke the news last week that the deal was in the works. Our […] FIS acquires fintech infrastructure startup Bond by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Digital mortgage lender Better.com is exiting the real estate business. The struggling fintech startup laid off its real estate team on June 7, multiple sources confirmed to TechCrunch. The company is said to be shifting from an in-house agent model to a partnership agent model. One person who was impacted by the move told TechCrunch […] Better.com lays off real estate team and shutters business unit by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

As a startup, it's your job to explain to an investor that you're on the right path. This deck doesn't do that. Pitch Deck Teardown: CulturePulse’s $1M seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

In a recent panel interview with Collider, Joe Russo, the director of tentpole Marvel films like “Avengers: Endgame,” predicted that, within two years, AI will be able to create a fully-fledged movie. It’d say that’s a rather optimistic timeline. But we’re getting closer. This week, Runway, a Google-backed AI startup that helped develop the AI […] Runway’s Gen-2 shows the limitations of today’s text-to-video tech by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Стартап Cohere был основан в 2019 году, компания создает языковые модели для бизнеса: программное обеспечение, натренированное на большом объеме данных, которое может анализировать текст и создавать новый. .... →

U.K.-based cultivated meat startup Higher Steaks has raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding and revealed that it’s changing its name to Uncommon. Founded out of Cambridge in 2017, Uncommon is one of countless companies pushing to make cultured “lab-grown” meat a reality in kitchens and restaurants around the globe, covering everything […] Cultured meat startup Higher Steaks nabs $30M and rebrands as Uncommon by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In a sign that there’s plenty of cash to go around for generative AI startups, Cohere, which is developing an AI model ecosystem for the enterprise, today announced that it raised $270 million as part of its Series C round. Reuters reported earlier in the year that Cohere was in talks to raise “hundreds of […] AI startup Cohere, now valued at over $2.1B, raises $270M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn launched Cloudflare to the world during the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt back in 2010. Fast-forward 13 years, and the startup has grown to become a leading internet infrastructure and security company. Operating one of the largest global networks, Cloudflare services 275 cities in more than 100 countries. […] Cloudflare co-founders will talk growth, changing markets and more on Disrupt’s SaaS Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published... →

Millions of personal injury cases are settled in the U.S. every year, as few go to trial — but the vast majority are kept under wraps. This leaves lawyers guessing what they should propose as a settlement price, oftentimes resulting in victims being undercompensated. It’s what led Rami Karabibar to launch EvenUp, a startup that […] EvenUp wants to automate personal injury settlements — to a point by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Pigment wants to take on Microsoft Excel and offer a business planning platform that works better than products from enterprise software behemoths, such as Oracle or SAP. It’s a new take on a critical product for […] Pigment secures $88 million for its business planning tool that will make you forget about Excel by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Haul247, a Nigerian end-to-end logistics platform connecting businesses to haulage and warehousing assets, has raised a $3 million seed round. Gender-lens investing fund Alitheia Capital provided the equity capital, with Investment One contributing $1 million in debt financing. The logistics startup allows small businesses and large companies to book trucks and warehouses across multiple African […] Nigeria’s Haul247 wants to be Africa’s “Airbnb for trucks and warehouses” by Tage Kene-Okafor originally publ... →

Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London. The ride-hailing and delivery app company launched a car-sharing service in Australia last year after acquiring local startup Car Next Door. The service, which lets apps users rent out […] Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amsterdam-based insurtech startup Insify has completed its Series A funding round with another €10 million ($10.7 million at today’s exchange rate). Overall, the startup has raised €25 million as part of its Series A round ($26.7 million). Munich Re Ventures, the venture capital division of the large reinsurance company, is leading the extension round. Insify […] Insify raises another $10.7 million for its business insurance startup by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Julie Wainwright, founder and former CEO of the publicly traded, luxury online consignment company The RealReal, is back with a new startup. Called Ahara, the Los Angeles-based outfit describes itself as a personalized nutrition company that provides recommendations to its customers after they first fill out a health questionnaire that asks them about their diet […] Julie Wainwright is back with a new, venture-backed startup by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

At least five people have been laid off from rocket engine startup Ursa Major, with one person citing budgetary constraints as the reason for being let go, according to posts on LinkedIn. Ursa Major did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s inquiry into the layoffs, or the number of people affected. According to LinkedIn, 292 people […] Layoffs hit rocket engine maker Ursa Major by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCE1vtiHBss&ab_channel=TechCrunch Atlanta’s venture scene is growing. To give you a look at the market’s strengths and areas of improvement, TechCrunch caught up with two local VCs as part of TechCrunch’s virtual spotlight on the city. Zane Venture Fund founder and managing partner Shila Nieves Burney and Overline co-founder and managing partner Sean O’Brien both told […] Atlanta investors are bullish on where the city’s startup scene is headed by Rebecca Szkutak originally p... →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0FlPMGyVE&ab_channel=TechCrunch TechCrunch sat down with investor and entrepreneur Rodney Sampson as part of a fireside chat for our TechCrunch Live Atlanta program. The topic at hand was his work with the Atlanta-based ecosystem OHUB, which was started by him and his wife in 2013 and seeks to engage the next generation of diverse startup and […] Why the economics of equality is key to Atlanta’s future by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI is still not training GPT-5, the likely successor to the current generation GPT-4, months after the Microsoft-backed startup pledged to not work on it “for some time” after many industry executives and academics expressed concerns about the fast-rate of advancements by Sam Altman’s large language models. “We have a lot of work to do […] OpenAI still not training GPT-5, says Sam Altman by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →