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Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January 12.12.2023 4:42

AtomicJar was seemingly a high flying early stage startup with a hefty (by today’s standards) $25 million Series A last January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round 12.12.2023 4:57

French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is the Texas boom town of Austin losing its luster? 11.12.2023 8:50

Texas has been historically known for its oil booms. Today the state is perhaps better known as a magnet for tech companies and tech talent, especially in its capital city of Austin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Simply Homes nabs $22M, leverages AI to tackle affordable housing crisis 11.12.2023 7:03

The United States has long had an affordable housing crisis, but it’s been exacerbated as of late by a surge in mortgage interest rates and low inventory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mammoth, an X and Threads competitor, embraces news, curation, and more in latest release 08.12.2023 6:35

Mammoth, an app from the Mozilla-backed startup focused on building a more consumer-friendly entry point to the world of decentralized social media, is out today with its next big upgrade: Mammoth 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pimento turns creative briefs into visual mood boards using generative AI 08.12.2023 5:07

Pimento is a new French startup that is using generative AI in an interesting way as the company focuses on the first step of creative processes — ideation, brainstorming and moodboarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data 07.12.2023 5:36

A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features 07.12.2023 3:35

Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of small improvements that users have been asking for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees 06.12.2023 3:13

Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world’s largest esports markets is “prohibitively expensive.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

EnCharge raises $22.6M to commercialize its AI-accerating chips 06.12.2023 5:11

Around a year ago, TechCrunch wrote about a little-known company developing AI-accelerating chips to face off against hardware from titans of industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carbon Maps, a carbon accounting startup for the food industry, gets new backers 05.12.2023 3:39

Carbon Maps is a relatively new entrant in the carbon accounting space as it is less than one year old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India’s MoveinSync eyes $50–60M in fresh funding 05.12.2023 3:18

MoveinSync, an Indian startup offering mobility solutions to blue-chip companies for workplace commute, is engaging with investors to raise a growth round, according to people familiar with the deliberations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gravel gets funding from NEA to support Indonesia’s booming construction industry 04.12.2023 4:56

Indonesia’s construction industry is growing quickly, driven by residential and industrial building, alongside infrastructure development plans by the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clayful, a startup that helps students connect to mental health experts within 60 seconds, raises $7M 04.12.2023 4:40

Clayful is a platform that enables students aged eight to 18 to connect with a mental health expert within 60 seconds when they need it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yieldstreet to acquire real estate investment platform Cadre 01.12.2023 3:24

Alternative investment platform Yieldstreet announced today that it has agreed to acquire Cadre, an online real-estate-focused investment platform aimed at institutional and high net worth investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DuploCloud lands $32M infusion to make provisioning cloud apps easier 01.12.2023 4:04

It’s only appropriate that, during AWS’ biggest week of the year, a cloud-based software-as-a-service startup closed a sizeable funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kognitos raises $35M to help businesses automate back-office processes 30.11.2023 5:34

Businesses will never not (forgive the double negative) push to improve efficiency. It’s their commercial imperative. Sometimes, that takes the form of budget cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Layla taps into AI and creator content to build a travel recommendation app 29.11.2023 5:07

Many companies are trying to use AI chatbots (beyond ChatGPT) in different industries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inflow connects small fashion brands with manufacturers in Vietnam 29.11.2023 4:46

Textiles and garments contribute 16% of Vietnam’s total GPD, but it’s challenging for small garment brands to take advantage of the country’s manufacturing prowess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cradle’s AI-powered protein programming platform levels up with $24M in new funding 28.11.2023 5:46

Biotech and AI startup Cradle is finding success with its generative approach to protein design, landing big customers and a hefty $24 million of new investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stability AI gets into the video generating game 28.11.2023 6:06

AI startups that aren’t OpenAI are plugging away this week, it’d seem — sticking to their product roadmaps even as coverage of the chaos at OpenAI dominates the airwaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US chip export ban is hurting China’s AI startups, not so much the giants yet 27.11.2023 3:32

Well before Washington banned Nvidia’s exports of high-performance graphic processing units to China, the country’s tech giants had been hoarding them in anticipation of an escalating tech war between the two nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Birdseye’s AI-powered chief marketing officer drives personalized email campaigns for retailers 23.11.2023 3:46

The company offers hyper-personalization email and SMS campaigns and retail transaction data insights from one dashboard. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lightspeed finalizing leading $80M-plus funding in Pocket FM 22.11.2023 3:00

Audio series platform Pocket FM has topped $160 million in annual recurring revenue and is inching closer to raising over $80 million in a new funding round, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Lightspeed, an existing investor in Pocket FM, is in advanced stages of talks to lead the funding round into the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn...

Vendelux grabs new capital for B2B event marketing amid in-person resurgence 22.11.2023 4:59

Vendelux offers 65 million data points on over 160,000 global events, tradeshows and conferences so event marketers can make better decisions about what to attend or sponsor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices