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Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut, and others, raises $105M

Upvest might not be a familiar name if you donโ€™t pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are youโ€™ve already interacted with the companyโ€™s products. Founded by Martin Kassing (pictured above), the Berlin-based startup builds a white-label investment platform that is used by some of the biggest fintech companies in Europe. Upvest clients [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 12, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut and others, raises $105 million

Upvest might not be a familiar name if you donโ€™t pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are youโ€™ve already interacted with the companyโ€™s products. Founded by Martin Kassing (pictured above), the Berlin-based startup builds a white-label investment platform that is used by some of the biggest fintech companies in Europe. Upvest clients [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 12, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Laam lands $5.5M to provide South Asian fashions to migrants around the world

Laam, a curated online fashion marketplace based in Pakistan, has raised $5.5 million in a seed round to take South Asian fashion to the world. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 12, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Better Call Santa

Call an AI Santa Claus on your iPhone, powered by OpenAI Discussion | Link

Published on: December 12, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Voicemod announces Key gaming console voice-changing tech

Voicemod announced its new hardware dongle, Key, which allows console gamers to modify their voices and use sound effects in-game.

Published on: December 12, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT for iPhone in landmark AI integration with Apple

Apple and OpenAI are partnering to bring ChatGPT to iPhone, transforming Siri, camera and productivity features in iOS 18.2.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Midjourney is launching a multiplayer collaborative worldbuilding tool called โ€˜Patchworkโ€™

The news comes as other AI researchers and big tech companies seek to develop AI that can create 3D immersive, navigable worlds.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Microsoftโ€™s M12 invests another $22.5M into NeuBird, months after its $22M seed round

Late last year, Gou Rao and Vinod Jayaraman founded NeuBird to automate IT site reliability operations tasks with generative AI. Having sold their previous cloud-native storage startup, Portworx, to PureStorage for $370 million, the pair was well-versed in the IT challenges faced by todayโ€™s enterprises. โ€œItโ€™s very hard to find good site reliability engineers. Thereโ€™s [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

PlanPop

Shared calendars made simple Discussion | Link

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Looktech unveils AI glasses with personalized assistance and media capture

Looktech unveiled its new Looktech AI Glasses, a blend of artificial intelligence assistance and a design that looks like ordinary glasses. This wearable integrates a personalized AI assistant with voice-command functionality, providing a fully immersive, hands-free user experience designed to streamline daily tasks and capture memorable moments with ease. Looktech wants to redefine what users[โ€ฆ]

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Walmartโ€™s Restart.run: A new opportunity for developers to connect with gamers

Marketing agency Moonrock revealed its new gaming website Restart.run, which is sponsored by and features ads from Walmart.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

OpenTok

Watch shared TikToks without installing the TikTok app Discussion | Link

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Ubisoft will launch Captain Laserhawk Web3 game on December 18

The Arbitrum Foundation and Ubisoft announced that Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., a Web3 top-down shooter, will debut on December 18.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Apple Intelligence has new features with latest iOS update

The company also announced that Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone, iPad and Mac users in the UK. Read more: Apple Intelligence has new features with latest iOS update

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Could Ireland be a global leader in online safety tech?

Ireland boasts a growing safety tech start-up sector, a strong regulatory position and an impressive cybersecurity workforce. Read more: Could Ireland be a global leader in online safety tech?

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

CleanMyMac Business

Centralized Mac maintenance for small and medium teams Discussion | Link

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbitโ€™s $11M seed round

Lumen Orbit, a startup looking to build data centers in space, was able to close its recent seed round in mere days amid intense investor interest. The Redmond, Washington-based company closed on an $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

โ€˜Not there yetโ€™: Sora rollout receives mixed response from AI filmmakers citing inconsistent results, content restrictions

Is Sora worth it now at $20/$200 a month, or are other AI generators with similar or less-expensive pricing structures a better deal?

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Google Gemini 2.0: Could this be the beginning of truly autonomous AI?

Google launches Gemini 2.0 with autonomous AI agents, native image generation, and multilingual capabilities, doubling performance while introducing Projects Astra, Mariner, and Jules for enhanced task automation and digital assistance.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Googleโ€™s new Trillium AI chip delivers 4x speed and powers Gemini 2.0

Google unveils Trillium, its breakthrough AI chip powering Gemini 2.0, delivering a 4x performance boost and reshaping AI economics.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Google unveils AI coding assistant โ€˜Jules,โ€™ promising autonomous bug fixes and faster development cycles

Google launches Jules, an AI coding assistant powered by Gemini 2.0, automating bug fixes and code changes while integrating with GitHub.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

5 Interesting Learnings from Doximity at $550,000,000 in ARR

So one of the quiet SaaS leaders that has just crushed it in 2024 is Doximity: At $550m in ARR, itโ€™s worth a cool $10.4 Billion (!) โ€” or 20x ARR. And its stock it up a stunning +90% this year. Whatโ€™s going on? A combination of: Growth re-accelerating. Doximity is growing 20% now, vs.... Continue Reading The post 5 Interesting Learnings from Doximity at $550,000,000 in ARR appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Scaling AI: Platform best practices

While the details will vary, there are 4 common principles that help companies to successfully deploy AI at scale.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Akara Robotics cleans up with robots in UK hospitals

The start-up, which has its origins at Trinity College Dublin, previously deployed disinfection and air cleaning robots to hospitals in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Read more: Akara Robotics cleans up with robots in UK hospitals

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Anima Interactive unveils Take Us North survival game about migrant journeys

Anima Interactive revealed its Take Us North Dream game about migrant journeys to show what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

The future of AI regulation is up in the air: Whatโ€™s your next move?

On the AI Impact Tour: Why an uncertain regulatory future for AI means that risk management will become the most critical strategy yet.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Rememberall

Open source solution for long term memory for LLMs Discussion | Link

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Open partners with Will Smith on social commerce merch on Open SuperApp

Open announced that its social commerce Open SuperApp is launching a partnership with actor and artist Will Smith.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

5 Things That Are Actually Working and 5 Things That Arenโ€™t in B2B SaaS AI with Ironcladโ€™s CEO and a16z

Ironclad CEO and co-founder Jason Boehmig joined Seema Amble, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz at SaaStr Annual to share their observations on what's currently working โ€“ and what's not quite there yet โ€“ for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in SaaS. With Ironclad's journey from an AI-first concept in 2014 to a Series E+ company and a16z's extensive portfolio view, their insights offer a valuable perspective on the current...

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

2Read

AI Kindle Reading Buddy Discussion | Link

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Mantelโ€™s app lets collectors show off their sports cards and other treasures

Back in February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian teamed up with Brent Montgomery (โ€œPawn Starsโ€ producer) and Evan Parker (former general manager at The Athletic) to launch Mantel, a social network allowing collectors to share their latest finds, such as sports cards, TCGs (trading card games), comic books, coins, stamps, sneakers, watches, and more. Initially available [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Flare raises $30M to thwart info-stealers like those used on Snowflake customers

Threat exposure management startup Flare thinks it has an answer to info-stealers with a service that watches the dark web, resets passwords. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Numiaโ€™s software brings offline and online customer interaction data into one place

In the U.S. itโ€™s common for companies that have both physical branches and online services to use customer relationship management (CRM) software that tracks all of their interactions with customers in one place. In LatAm that isnโ€™t the case, though, as many enterprises and banks keep the data from physical locations siloed from its digital [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Apple names the App Storeโ€™s best games and apps of the year

Apple has announced the winners of its annual App Store Awards, including the best games and apps of 2024.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

How RapidCanvas automates 70% of data tasks for gen AI projects

With its context-aware AI agents, RapidCanvas is taking on the likes of leading players like DataRobot, Dataiku, Palantir and Alteryx.

Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat