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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXLatvia’s “MoneySuperMarket” targets $20m funding round as mulls European launch
A Latvian startup, which bills itself as a “MoneySuperMarket for emerging economies”, is targeting a $20m Series A funding round later this year and is testing the waters on a European launch.Jeff App...
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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder?
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder? The list of problems is endless (this is one of the hardest parts of the job), but let me try to order a few of the biggest challenges roughly based on stage: Top issues you face as a startup, in chronology: –... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder? appeared first on SaaStr.
Verdiva Bio launches with $411M Series A raise for next-gen oral and injectable treatments for obesity
Pharmatech company Verdiva Bio launched this week with an eye-watering $411 million Series A.Focused on developing innovative therapies for obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders, Verdiva Bio i...
Siri ‘never used’ for advertising, Apple claims
Apple made the statement a week after settling the 2019 lawsuit on Siri’s monitoring of private audio. Read more: Siri ‘never used’ for advertising, Apple claims
Numab Therapeutics raises $55M for antibody-based immunotherapies
Biotech Numab Therapeuticshas raised $55 million, bringing its Series C fundraise to $197 million.Numab is a clinical-stage company developing multi-specific antibody-based immunotherapies for inflam...
Amazon launches new ad service for retailers
Amazon Retail Ad Service is currently available for retailers based in the US, which will pay fees based on usage levels. Read more: Amazon launches new ad service for retailers
Irish wind farms provided almost a third of Ireland’s electricity in 2024
Despite this, last year was the worst on record for the amount of wind power lost. Read more: Irish wind farms provided almost a third of Ireland’s electricity in 2024
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Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims
Meta requested that a 'large portion' of the new filing be redacted, however, the judge denied the request. Read more: Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims
Irish mourning has become more digital, UCC study finds
People found live-streamed funerals 'deeply unfulfilling' during the pandemic, however, sentiments have since evolved. Read more: Irish mourning has become more digital, UCC study finds
Why cybersecurity is vital throughout a device’s life cycle
HP’s Neil Dover explains why proper device cybersecurity is vital from the supply chain all the way to decommissioning. Read more: Why cybersecurity is vital throughout a device’s life cycle
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Customer feedback led product roadmap software Discussion | Link
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Bring your custom self-portrait in Notion, officially Discussion | Link
Hippocratic AI raises $141M for creating patient-facing AI agents
Hippocratic AI, a startup building AI solutions that can handle non-diagnostic patient-facing tasks, secured a massive $141 million Series B at a valuation of $1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, the company announced Thursday. The funding comes nine months after Hippocratic AI raised a $53 million round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and five […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
ICON, a builder of 3D-printed homes last valued around $2 billion, cuts about 25% of staff
ICON Technologies Inc., which builds homes using 3D printing, is laying off 114 people, according to a WARN letter filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the news to TechCrunch, providing a statement that ICON had “recently made a difficult decision to re-align” its team and team size “to focus […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Defense startup Epirus in talks to raise over $150M, potentially cutting valuation
The round could give the company a valuation of about $1 billion, a decrease from the company’s previous $1.35 billion valuation. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
LlamaIndex goes beyond RAG so agents can make complex decisions
A new orchestration architecture from LlamaIndex brings more context and decision-making capabilities to AI agents.
Crunchbase: 50% of VC Capital Went to SF Bay Last Year, Q4 Roared Back for Venture Capital
So Carta and Crunchbase are two of our favorite data sources at SaaStr, and Crunchbase’s lateste VC funding report is out here. Two data points jumped out at me: 51% of all U.S. VC funding ($178 Billion total) went to SF Bay Area companies Venture roared back in Q4’24. Not to ’21 levels, but up... Continue Reading The post Crunchbase: 50% of VC Capital Went to SF Bay Last Year, Q4 Roared Back for Venture Capital...
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Mountaintop details Spectre Divide Season 1 and console launch for February
Mountaintop had a tough launch with Spectre Divide. Now it is saying how it will launch Season 1 with fixes in mid-February.
Scale AI hit by its second employee wage lawsuit in less than a month
Scale AI just got hit by another lawsuit alleging widespread wage violations and misclassification of its workers. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems
Phi-4 and an rStar-Math paper suggest that compact, specialized models can provide powerful alternatives to the industry’s largest systems.
DoorBox debuts its new and improved smart delivery box at CES 2025
Millions of packages are stolen each year. DoorBox aims to change how packages are delivered with its smart package box that features a theft-proof design with live camera feeds and an alarm that activates automatically if the box is tampered with. After selling 2,000 units of its initial version, which offered manual functionality, the startup […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Targeted marketing can be most effective for games | Gamesight
Gamesight's State of Performance Marketing Report 2024 offers insights into how game studios can use tailored marketing approaches.
Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh says modern cars have become ‘dystopian’ and ‘disconnected’
Volkswagen-backed startup Scout Motors broke cover just a few months ago, and at this week’s CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, they hold the honor of being one of the only American automakers with a presence at the show. That’s not the only thing that stands out about Scout being here, though. In a sea […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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New year, new you, new job? How to get career ready in 2025
If you are one of the many people whose new year resolution involves beginning a new job, how can you best prepare? Read more: New year, new you, new job? How to get career ready in 2025
Irish data compliance start-up Dataships raises €6.8m
According to Dataships, the new funds will support the company in three main areas: product innovation, market expansion and customer success. Read more: Irish data compliance start-up Dataships raises 6.8m
PrettyDamnQuick snaps up $25M to speed up online checkout
A startup hoping to provide a credible alternative to Amazon has picked up funding to double down on the gap in the market. PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ) provides tech to retailers to let them customize and test different shipping and checkout flows, and now it has picked up a deal of its own: a $25 million Series […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.