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AI chip startup Tenstorrent lands $100M investment from Hyundai and Samsung 07.08.2023 6:03

The appetite for hardware to train AI models is voracious. AI chips are forecast to account for up to 20% of the $450 billion total semiconductor market by 2025, according to McKinsey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Haus, which helps companies measure marketing ROI, raises $17M 07.08.2023 4:16

Several years ago, Zach Epstein was leading marketing measurement initiatives at Google, helping large corporate customers to build out measurement infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Datasaur lets you build a model automatically from a set of labels 04.08.2023 4:25

Long before people were talking about ChatGPT and generative AI, companies like Datasaur were dealing with the nuts and bolts of building machine learning models, helping label things to train the model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cohart’s art marketplace makes buying and selling accessible for any kind of art lover 04.08.2023 4:41

The platform offers tools and infrastructure so that visual artists can be discovered and sell their art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lightup wants to shine a light on data quality with $9M Series A 03.08.2023 4:04

We all know how important data quality is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ramp expands into procurement, lands Shopify as a customer 03.08.2023 4:59

Ramp continues to ramp up its business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nile, which offers enterprise networks as a service, raises $175M 02.08.2023 6:05

If you ask Pankaj Patel, there’s too much complexity in networks today — particularly enterprise networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vanguard cuts Indian ride-hailing giant Ola’s valuation by 52% 02.08.2023 3:33

The U.S. index fund pioneer Vanguard has cut the worth of its holding in the Indian ride-hailing startup Ola by more than half since original investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topline Pro grabs $12M in new capital to help home service businesses get discovered 01.08.2023 5:26

The company added a social media hub for automated posts and ads as well as an AI-enabled “Super Assistant” to help with navigating through the application and digitizing customer interactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pollen is a professional development platform for tech workers, by tech workers 01.08.2023 4:13

Meet Pollen, a new French startup that wants to provide a better way to learn new skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HerMD opening new women’s health clinics following $18M extension 31.07.2023 4:44

The company offers comprehensive women’s healthcare, either in-person or virtual, and one of its differentiators is that the average appointment is between 20 and 60 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pet telehealth company Airvet closes on $18.2M to embark on enterprise focus 31.07.2023 5:13

The company has built up a base of employer clients, including Adobe, Ceridian and Rexford Industrial, eager to offer an employer-sponsored benefit for employees with pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AutogenAI, a generative AI tool for writing bids and pitches, secures $22.3M 28.07.2023 5:13

Business is regularly won and lost on the strength of a proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Helpful secures $7.5M to launch family caregiver app 28.07.2023 3:13

Helpful's app brings insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving resources into one place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bloom Money raises £1M to digitize microcredit finance for ethnic communities 27.07.2023 4:52

The company seeks to digitize the rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) financial technique often used by ethnic communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dioxycle raises $17 million for its electrolyzer that turns CO2 into ethylene 27.07.2023 5:04

Dioxycle is a carbon transformation startup that is working on a new process to produce ethylene at scale using recycled carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dial-up a therapist like an Uber? Wangie aims at Gen-Zs and the time-poor 26.07.2023 5:07

It would be fair to say there’s no global solution for instant 24/7 access to mental health support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prosus questions Byju’s governance, says Indian edtech ‘regularly disregarded advice’ 26.07.2023 4:49

A key Byju’s investor has gone on record to express its disappointment in the edtech giant’s governance issue, just weeks after all the independent members quit the startup’s board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bunq, the Dutch neobank, has raised $111M at a flat $1.8B valuation to break into the US 25.07.2023 5:47

Remote working and digital nomads became two very prominent aspects of the world of work during the pandemic, shedding a light on the millions of people who live in one country but earn money in another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whop, an online marketplace for digital goods, raises $17M 25.07.2023 5:39

Amazon might have the monopoly on physical goods sold online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cruise starts initial robotaxi testing in Miami 24.07.2023 3:24

Cruise, the self-driving arm of General Motors, has begun initial testing and data collection in Miami, the company said in a tweet Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Collectly wants to make paying healthcare bills easier so medical providers don’t lose $200B 24.07.2023 4:11

Collectly customers have, on average, been able to increase patient collections for medical group partners by 75% and reduce the “days sales outstanding” to 12 days from between 60 and 90 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

InDrive brings its ‘bid-based’ ride-hail app to the US 21.07.2023 5:49

InDrive (formerly inDriver) is bringing a new type of ride-hailing app to South Florida. The startup operates a “bid-based” platform wherein passengers can name their own fare for a ride, and nearby drivers can accept, decline or counter the offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gushwork.ai raises $2M, led by Lightspeed, to outsource business tasks to workforces trained in AI 21.07.2023 6:26

Gushwork.ai, a global platform that aims to advance business process outsourcing (BPO) using AI and human expertise, has raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Lightspeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With $37M seed round, Maka Motors begins EV pilot on Indonesia’s streets 20.07.2023 5:10

A recent report said that Indonesia’s electric vehicle (EV) market is projected to reach $20 billion by 2029, up from $533 million in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices