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DataDome, which uses AI to protect against bot-based attacks, raises $42M 03.04.2023 5:59

Online businesses are at risk of bad bot activity, certainly more now than they used to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Qualcomm-backed Aravita wants to help Brazilian supermarkets control food waste 31.03.2023 4:30

Aravita's AI-powered solution for supermarkets looks at variables, including climate, seasonality and consumer behavior, to manage the purchasing of fresh food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crypto wallet company Ledger raises another $108 million 31.03.2023 5:34

French startup Ledger has added more money to its Series C funding round. The company designs and manufactures so-called hardware wallets to secure crypto assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Green Labs secures $38.4M in debt financing 30.03.2023 4:11

Green Labs, a Seoul-based agritech startup, has secured $38.4 million (50 billion won) in debt financing from existing investors BRV Capital Management and Skylake Incuvest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Krisp expands from noise canceling to on-device transcription 30.03.2023 5:54

Krisp got its start as an AI-powered noise cancellation service, but now the startup is moving beyond that with instant on-device transcription of all your calls and meetings — and of course it integrates ChatGPT now for quick summaries as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon-backed Acko nears $120 million in new funding 29.03.2023 2:51

Indian insurtech Acko is in late-stage discussions to secure $120 million in a funding round at a time when weak global market conditions have subdued large financing deliberations in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe 29.03.2023 5:11

German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end 28.03.2023 5:57

Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400 by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet 28.03.2023 6:14

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year 27.03.2023 4:57

Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Workera double downs on AI for upskilling with $23.5M infusion 27.03.2023 6:12

Workera, an upskilling platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $23.5 million in a Series B round led by Jump Capital with participation from existing investors NEA, Owl Ventures, the AI Fund and Sozo Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Stripe engineer raises $4M for Beam, a fintech startup out to help contractors get paid faster 24.03.2023 6:05

Beam, a five-month-old startup out to more easily help general contractors pay subcontractors and get paid themselves, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Accel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Britive, which helps secure public clouds, lands $20.5M investment 24.03.2023 4:44

Proving that there’s still plenty of venture money in cybersecurity, cloud identity security platform Britive today announced that it raised $20.5 million in a Series B funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reselling marketplace Kream’s valuation rises to $742M with $168M Series C 23.03.2023 4:31

The startup funding environment is more challenging right now, but some companies and industries still draw investors’ attention and money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clerk is simplifying identity for front-end web developers 23.03.2023 4:16

Developers building front-end Jamstack web applications often struggle to build identity with traditional API tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cultivated meat is closer to our plate now that Good Meat also gets FDA blessing 22.03.2023 5:17

This means that Good Meat’s cultivated chicken was accepted as a product safe for humans to eat. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duolingo is working on a music app 22.03.2023 3:50

Duolingo, a language learning app with over 500 million users, is working on a music app, TechCrunch has learned. The Pittsburgh-based tech company currently has a small team working on a music product and is hiring a learning scientist who is an “expert in music education who combines both theoretical knowledge of relevant learning science […]Duolingo is working on a music app by Natasha Mascaren...

Pickle launches its truck unloading robot arm 21.03.2023 4:38

Somewhere along the way, ProMat turned into a robotics show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Consumer electronics reseller Reebelo adds to Series A as it lays down roots in US 21.03.2023 4:13

Reebelo has added embedded financial services, including a buyback program and device upgrade options, while its warranty program, ReebeloCare, grew 330% year over year. Consumer electronics reseller Reebelo adds to Series A as it lays down roots in US by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pull Systems launches out of Up.Labs-Porsche partnership to tackle EV performance 20.03.2023 5:42

When Porsche partnered with venture studio Up. Labs, the mission was to create six startups over three years all designed to solve the German automaker’s biggest problems and be compelling enough as a standalone business it that can attract other customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cast AI raises $20M to help companies reduce cloud spend 20.03.2023 6:20

Cloud costs remain a top concern for organizations. According to a recent Anodot survey, 50% of businesses are struggling to control them, in part because they lack visibility into their cloud usage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anonymous app Sidechat picks up rival Yik Yak…and users aren’t happy 17.03.2023 5:50

Sidechat, the anonymous posting platform that began blowing up last year on college campuses, appears to have acquired a rival anonymous social platform, Yik Yak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration 17.03.2023 5:55

Code editors are complex and demanding pieces of software, but from a business standpoint, they’re notoriously difficult to monetize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ADIA invests $500 million in Lenskart 16.03.2023 5:29

Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement to raise $500 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, they said Wednesday, at the height of the market slump as the Indian eyewear retailer bulks up its offerings and scales to international markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots 16.03.2023 5:17

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.”Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices