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“In order to become a better writer, read your written words out loud.” That’s one of the first, and best, writing tips I ever received. I always found the advice ironic because it required me to change the medium of my writing to become a better writer. Still, all these years later, it’s true: vocalizing […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Less than a year after raising its $6 million seed funding round, Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup Build.security is being acquired by Elastic. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time. The deal is expected to close in Elastic’s Q2 FY22, ending Oct. 31, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Givz, which has developed an API-powered platform that gives brands a way to convert discounts into donations, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Eniac and Accomplice co-led the financing for the New York-based startup. Additional investors include Supernode Ventures, Claude Wasserstein of Fine Day, Phoenix Club and Dylan Whitman. Givz was founded in 2017 […] Learn more about your ad choices....

Adra is bringing AI into the dentist's day-to-day workflow so they can spend less time finding cavities and more time with patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rutter is developing a unified e-commerce API that enables companies to connect with data across any platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bay Area-based Diamond Age this week announced that it has raised $8 million. The seed round is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC and features a slew of additional firms, including Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Ventures, GFA Venture Partners and Suffolk Construction. The startup looks to put a slew of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

As developers build applications, they often want to test new functionality on a limited set of users to blunt any possible negative impact or to gauge user reaction to the change before rolling it out more broadly. They use a technique called a feature flag, and Split.io, a startup that has built a platform to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Floods are devastating. They rip asunder communities, wipe out neighborhoods, force the evacuation of thousands of people every year, and recovering them can take years — assuming recovery is possible at all. The U.S. government estimates that floods in recent decades (exclusive of hurricanes and tropical storms) have caused an estimated $160 billion in damage […] Learn more about your ad choices....

Last time I was in Hong Kong, a startup gave me a jar of mealworms as a snack. They were crunchy and a bit odd looking (as one might expect from a jar full of baked larvae). They really didn’t offer much in the way of flavor, though, so maybe supply your own seasoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forward Foods, creating healthy and sustainable food products, changed its name to Starday and raised $4 million in seed funding to take on “big food” incumbents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Among Apple’s more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability and climate change. The program now has its first 15 participants, gathered from all over the country for a three-month program and a shot at an […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

The pandemic was a catalyst for showing companies looking to cut costs, just how much they were spending on their software tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shopistry enables customers to create personalized commerce experiences accessible to all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ThirdAI is building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for hardware like graphics processing units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Outcomes Collective. The financing came nearly three years after Kiddom’s Series B, a $15 million […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Talkdesk uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve customer service for mid-market and enterprise businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chip design is a long slog of trial and error, taking years to bring a design to market. Motivo, a five year old startup from a chip industry veteran is creating software to speed up chip design from years to months using AI. Today the company announced a $12.5 million Series A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Built on Salesforce and Google Cloud platforms, consumer goods companies can use Aforza to digitally transform product distribution and customer engagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Orbital manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries is moving fast. Only a few weeks after announcing a $42 million Series A, Varda has signed a deal with launch company Rocket Lab for three Photon spacecraft to support the startup’s initial missions. The first spacecraft will be delivered in the first quarter of 2023, with the second […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

The company's remote hiring technology enable restaurants to fill last-minute drive-thru or cashier shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Signal is more important than frequency in an era where we're overloaded with content." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The co-founders reached out to local home chefs and gathered them together in a marketplace where they could share their culture and passion of food with others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Canopy's leaders expect focused fintech products to win out over large bundles of services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Evans and his co-founders at CommandBar were working on a different software product when they hit a wall while trying to find certain functionalities within the software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 40 African startups from a handful of countries have gone through YC over the past decade. Zambia joins that list today, and its entrant, Union54, is a worthy first entry. Union54 (54 is a nod to the number of African countries) is a fintech company founded by Perseus Mlambo and Alessandra Martini. The […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices