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The survey has highlighted the dual nature of the current work landscape, which demands both significant technical skill and advanced interpersonal capabilities. Read more: Tech versus technician: Upwork’s most in-demand skills for 2025
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‘Social media should be built on protocols, not platforms’ says Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko
“Social media should be built on protocols, not platforms,” Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko said in an interview for TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. “And people should be able to choose freely between different platforms and also be able to move between them.” Rochko is advocating here for a more decentralized approach to social media, one that allows […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Stray Kite Studios unveils Wartorn roguelite game
Stray Kite Studios, an indie team composed of veteran developers, announced their first original game called Wartorn.
Skillnet Ireland CEO Paul Healy to step down from role
Healy will leave Skillnet Ireland at the end of Q1 this year, and the agency has confirmed that it has already begun the search for a replacement. Read more: Skillnet Ireland CEO Paul Healy to step down from role
What’s next for agentic AI? LangChain founder looks to ambient agents
LangChain’s founder Harrison Chase is looking to advance agentic AI with the concept of ambient agents, which might well be the next step on the path to generalized intelligence.
constellr's Sky-Bee-1 launches thermal infrared tech for sustainable resource management
Germanspacetech company constellr has launched its first satellite, Sky-Bee-1, pioneering its thermal infrared technology to precisely monitor global land surface temperatures, offering a completely ...
Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valuation to bring back woolly mammoths
Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth and has raised $200 million at a $10.2 billion valuation to do it. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Live and let AI: Bots to head for the cloud in 2025
In 2025, experts say businesses will be vigilant while still increasingly employing AI in their services. Read more: Live and let AI: Bots to head for the cloud in 2025
Fast-growing South African venture FARO raises $6M to source, refurbish and sell surplus clothing
Global fashion brands are struggling with billions of dollars’ worth of unsold inventory.Mostly, these brands avoid reselling in core markets like the U.K. and the U.S. to prevent market cannibalization. Meanwhile, emerging markets like Africa heavily rely on secondhand clothing imports, but 30% to 40% of these items are deemed unusable upon arrival, leading to […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...
EU reveals plan to shield health sector from cyberattacks
EU member states reported 309 significant cybersecurity incidents affecting the healthcare sector in 2023, which was ‘more than in any other critical sector’. Read more: EU reveals plan to shield health sector from cyberattacks
Swiss aviation fuel startup Metafuels raises $9M
Metafuels, a developer of technology for sustainable aviation fuel compatible with existing aircrafts, has raised $9M in a round led by Celsius Industries.Other new investors are RockCreek, Fortescue ...
Rockfish is helping enterprises leverage synthetic data
For years, Vyas Sekar would call up Muckai Girish, an old friend from undergrad, to talk through potential startup ideas and get Girish’s opinion. The two usually talked through an idea and ended the conversation at that. When Sekar called Girish with an idea involving synthetic data in early 2022, the conversation didn’t just end […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How Volvo wants to save the planet with EVs, digital twins | Lars Stenqvist
Volvo is trying to hit ambitious targets for fuel efficiency and EVs by 2040. And it's inventing its path to get there.
Aonic invests $10M in Turkish mobile gaming platform mega fortuna
Stockholm video gaming and technology group Aonic has completed a $10 million minority investment in Mega Fortuna, a mobile gaming discovery and loyalty platform operator based in Bursa, Türkiye.The d...
10 Ways Sales is Different in Vertical SaaS with Mangomint’s VP of Sales
During a recent SaaStr Workshop Wednesday, Mangomint's VP of Sales Marchelle Mooney shared 10 ways sales is different in vertical SaaS. Marchelle's personal journey took her from early adopter of Mangomint, to 6 years later, VP of Sales over a 25+ person SMB sales team. Here's some of what she's learned along the way. The post 10 Ways Sales is Different in Vertical SaaS with Mangomint’s VP of Sales appeared first on...
UK proposes banning ransomware payments to deter cybercriminals
The Home Office also proposes to mandate reporting ransomware incidents to improve the government’s awareness of live attacks. Read more: UK proposes banning ransomware payments to deter cybercriminals
Crypto platform Brickken raises $2.5M Seed
Spanish RWA Tokenization PlatformBrickken has raised $2.5M in a Seed round following its valuation at $20M. Brickken facilitates the tokenization of real-world assets in its SaaS platform that enable...
Colossal raises $200M to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo
Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.
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Berlin's Nelly raises €50M Series B to free medical practices from tedious bureaucracy
Berlin-based health and fintech company Nelly has raised 50 million Series B.Founded in 2021, Nelly minimises the administrative burden for doctors, medical staff, and patients. As the first digital ...
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 3 Criteria for Hiring Your First Head of Sales?
We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about hiring that first VP of Sales. But what if you can’t find the right person, and you’ve spent months looking? What risks should you take when you’ve realized Ms or Mr Perfect just isn’t going to happen right now? At some point, you have to take some risk.... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 3 Criteria for Hiring Your First Head of Sales? appeared first on SaaStr....
Aonic invests $10M in gaming rewards company Mega Fortuna
Aonic is investing $10 million in Mega Fortuna, which is best known for its gaming rewards and discovery platform.
Early days for AI: Only 25% of enterprises have deployed, few reap rewards
Vellum polled 1,250 AI developers to understand what’s happening in the AI trenches, including techniques, use cases and challenges.
Juno raises $1M to streamline loan processing with AI-powered "employee"
Juno Technolologies, a company developing pioneering AI-powered “employee” designed to transform the loan processing experience for lenders and brokers specialising in business and property loans, ha...
Swiss-Singaporean digital asset bank Sygnum hits unicorn status
Global digital asset banking group Sygnum announces has raised a total of $58 million, giving it a post-money valuation of more than 1 billion.Swiiss-Singaporean companySygnum enables professional an...
AI video company Synthesia raises $180m to support growth
The company, which is headquartered in London, develops an AI-powered video communications platform. Read more: AI video company Synthesia raises $180m to support growth
Creative Dock Group acquires nFrontier to expand into hardware production
Creative Dock Group has acquired nFrontier, an award-winning specialist in product experience and industrial design. CDG is a "Venture Builder": a firm that designs, builds, and scales new products an...
Wultra secures €3M to protect against quantum cyberthreats
Czech cybersecurity startup Wultra has raised 3M from Tensor Ventures, Elevator Ventures, and J&T Ventures to accelerate the development of post-quantum authentication technology.Its founders' th...
Intel Capital announces separation from chipmaker parent
The separation will allow the corporate venture investor to attract external capital, said Intel. Read more: Intel Capital announces separation from chipmaker parent
Meta to lay off 5pc of its ‘lowest performers’
CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the decision to ‘move out low performers faster’ in an internal memo circulated to staff. Read more: Meta to lay off 5pc of its ‘lowest performers’
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Synthesia doubles valuation to $2.1bn and pledges commitment to UK
One of the UK’s most hyped AI startups has doubled its valuation to $2.1bn, following a $180m funding round, and has pledged that the UK will remain its headquarters.Synthesia, founded in 2017, makes ...
Musk sued by US SEC over Twitter purchase
In 2022, a Twitter shareholder sued him over similar allegations. That lawsuit is currently ongoing. Read more: Musk sued by US SEC over Twitter purchase