The Latest
Space startup Basalt Technologies started in a shed behind a Los Angeles dentist’s office, but things have escalated quickly: soon it will try to hack a derelict satellite and install…
Fintech
Former teen model co-created app Frich to help Gen Z be more realistic about finances
44 mins ago
As a teen model, Katrin Kaurov became financially independent at a young age. Aleksandra Medina, whom she met at NYU Abu Dhabi, also learned to manage money early on. The…
Can an AI help you tell your story? That’s the idea behind a startup called Autobiographer, which leverages AI technology to engage users in meaningful conversations about the events in…
AI-powered summaries of webpages are a feature that you will find in many AI-centric tools these days. The next step for some of these tools is to prepare detailed and…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved…
A surge of battery recycling startups have emerged in Europe in a bid to tap into the next big opportunity in the EV market: battery waste. Among them is Cylib,…
Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its delivery drones longer distances, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon says it can now expand its…
Startups
Former Priceline execs debut Plannin, a booking platform that uses travel influencers to help plan trips
2 hours ago
With Plannin, creators can tell their audience about their latest trip, which hotels they liked and post photos of their travels.
Fintech
Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
2 hours ago
It’s a lofty goal to take on legacy payments infrastructure, however, Forward’s model has an advantage by shifting the economics back to SaaS companies.
Amazon is rolling out its AI voice search feature to Alexa, which lets it answer open-ended questions about content.
Where we’ll be next
Oct 28th
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
San Francisco, CA
Jun 11th
StrictlyVC – Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Redpanda has already integrated Benthos into its own service and has made it the core technology of its new Redpanda Connect service.
Fertility remains a pressing concern around the world — birthrates are down in many countries, and infertility rates (that is, the ability to conceive at all) are up. And given…
Microsoft, Meta, Intel, AMD and others have formed a new group to design next-gen interconnects for AI accelerator hardware.
Fintech
Ambani’s Reliance fires opening salvo in fintech battle, launches JioFinance app
4 hours ago
With JioFinance, the Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani is making his boldest consumer-facing move yet into financial services.
Salespeople live and die by commissions. It’s no surprise, then, that Salesforce paid a premium to buy a platform that simplifies managing commissions.
Commerce
YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers
4 hours ago
YoLa Fresh works with over a thousand retailers across Morocco and records up to $1 million in gross merchandise volume.
Archer Aviation is partnering with ride-hailing and parking company Kakao Mobility to bring electric air taxi flights to South Korea starting in 2026, if the company can get its aircraft…
Social
Instagram now lets teens limit interactions to their ‘Close Friends’ group to combat harassment
5 hours ago
Instagram is expanding the scope of its “Limits” tool specifically for teenagers that would let them restrict unwanted interactions with people.
Agritech company Iyris helps growers across eleven countries globally increase crop yields, reduce input costs, and extend growing seasons.
Exactly.ai says it uses generative AI to help artists retain legal ownership of their art while being able to reproduce their designs faster and at scale.
