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After co-founder’s murder at the hands of Hamas, cloud startup Firefly raises $23M
11 mins ago
A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of…
Mistral, the French AI startup backed by Microsoft and reportedly valued at $6 billion, has released its first generative AI model for coding, dubbed Codestral. Codestral — which is designed…
Pinterest announced today that it is evolving its Creator Inclusion Fund. Pinterest teamed up with Shopify’s Build Black & Narrative program to allow small business owners from or who serve…
Cadillac may seem a bit too traditional to hang its driving cap on EVs. And yet, that hasn’t stopped the GM brand from rolling out — or at least showing…
Alex Taub, a longtime founder with multiple exits under his belt, believes it’s time to disrupt the meme industry. “I have this big thesis that memetech is going to be…
DevOps startup Harness has shown itself to be an ambitious company, building a broad platform of services while also dabbling in M&A when it made sense to fill in functionality.…
Fintech
TechCrunch Minute: How Synapse’s collapse could impact 100 fintech startups
9:00 AM PDT • May 29, 2024
Synapse has arrived at its resting place in the graveyard of fallen startups. After years of missteps and struggles, the banking-as-a-service fintech Synapse officially has…
Lux, the startup behind popular pro photography app Halide and others, is venturing into video with its latest app launch. On Wednesday, the company announced Kino, a new video capture app…
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin will introduce a bill to Congress that would limit or ban the introduction of connected vehicles built by Chinese companies if found to pose a threat…
Microsoft’s Copilot, a generative AI-powered tool that can generate text as well as answer specific questions, is now available as an in-app chatbot on Telegram, the instant messaging app. Currently…
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HBO’s new documentary, “MoviePass, MovieCrash,” tells a story that many of us know about: how MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticketing startup, was a catastrophic failure. After a series of mishaps…
Venture
Peering into the ‘Series A chasm’ with Everywhere Ventures’ Jenny Fielding
7:41 AM PDT • May 29, 2024
It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…
The watch features a variety of different 3D games, unlocking more play time the more kids move.
In the video, a crowd is roaring at a packed summer music festival. As a beat starts playing over the speakers, the performer finally walks onstage: It’s the Joker. Clad…
Fintech
Germany’s financial regulator ends anti-money laundering cap on N26 signups after $10M fine
4 hours ago
After the Wirecard scandal, Germany’s financial regulator BaFin started to look more closely at young fintech startups that wanted to grow at a rapid pace — it’s better to be…
Enterprise
JFrog and GitHub team up to closely integrate their source code and binary platforms
4 hours ago
Among other things, this includes the ability to trace code from source to binary packages across both platforms, single sign-on support and unified project structures.
Fundraising
Tech startup Odyssey goes on journey to help states implement school choice programs
4 hours ago
The company’s public fund disbursement and e-commerce platform makes accepting school tuition and enabling educational enrichment more accessible.
A new startup called Kinnect aims to help people privately save generational memories, traditions, recipes, and more. The company’s app, launched this month, lets people create invite-only spaces where they…
Media & Entertainment
Spotify hikes subscription price in France by 1.2% to match new music-streaming tax
5 hours ago
Spotify has hiked its premium subscription in France by an eye-watering €0.13, in response to a new music-streaming tax.
AI
With the EU AI Act incoming this summer, the bloc lays out its plan for AI governance
5 hours ago
The European Union has taken the wraps off the structure of the new AI Office, the ecosystem-building and oversight body that’s being established under the bloc’s AI Act. The risk-based…
