The founders of SlideShare are making sharing docs more social with their new platform, Jaunt
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The founders of SlideShare are making sharing docs more social with their new platform, Jaunt

When SlideShare, the presentation-sharing service acquired by Scribd, launched in 2006, generative AI technology was significantly less advanced than it is today, and social networking platforms were just beginning to take off. Recognizing the evolution of AI and the increasing desire for innovative ways to share documents, the founders of SlideShare—Amit Ranjan (COO), Jonathan Boutelle […]

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When SlideShare, the presentation-sharing service acquired by Scribd, launched in 2006, generative AI technology was significantly less advanced than it is today, and social networking platforms were just beginning to take off. Recognizing the evolution of AI and the increasing desire for innovative ways to share documents, the founders of SlideShare—Amit Ranjan (COO), Jonathan Boutelle
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Cartesia claims its AI is efficient enough to run pretty much anywhere
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Cartesia claims its AI is efficient enough to run pretty much anywhere

It’s becoming increasingly costly to develop and run AI. OpenAI’s AI operations costs could reach $7 billion this year, while Anthropic’s CEO recently suggested that models costing over $10 billion could arrive soon. So the hunt is on for ways to make AI cheaper. Some researchers are focusing on techniques to optimize existing model architectures — i.e. […]

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It’s becoming increasingly costly to develop and run AI. OpenAI’s AI operations costs could reach $7 billion this year, while Anthropic’s CEO recently suggested that models costing over $10 billion could arrive soon. So the hunt is on for ways to make AI cheaper. Some researchers are focusing on techniques to optimize existing model architectures — i.e.
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Embedded data analytics startup Embeddable is still handpicking its customers despite strong demand
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Embedded data analytics startup Embeddable is still handpicking its customers despite strong demand

Tom Gardiner and Harry Marshall founded Trevor.io in 2016 as a no-code business intelligence platform to help non-data people run analysis on their internal data. That business was solid, but customers increasingly started asking the company for access to the same tools for their customer-facing data. Gardiner told TechCrunch that the company initially resisted the […]

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Tom Gardiner and Harry Marshall founded Trevor.io in 2016 as a no-code business intelligence platform to help non-data people run analysis on their internal data. That business was solid, but customers increasingly started asking the company for access to the same tools for their customer-facing data. Gardiner told TechCrunch that the company initially resisted the
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Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut and others, raises $105 million
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Upvest, a stock trading API used by N26, Revolut and others, raises $105 million

Upvest might not be a familiar name if you don’t pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are you’ve already interacted with the company’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 […]

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Upvest might not be a familiar name if you don’t pay close attention to the fintech industry, but chances are you’ve already interacted with the company’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
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Laam lands $5.5M to provide South Asian fashions to migrants around the world
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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.

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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.
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Microsoft’s M12 invests another $22.5M into NeuBird, months after its $22M seed round
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Microsoft’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 today’s enterprises. “It’s very hard to find good site reliability engineers. There’s […]

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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 today’s enterprises. “It’s very hard to find good site reliability engineers. There’s
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200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbit’s $11M seed round
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200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbit’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 a $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round […]

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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 a $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round
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Mantel’s app lets collectors show off their sports cards and other treasures
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Mantel’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 (“Pawn Stars” 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 […]

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Back in February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian teamed up with Brent Montgomery (“Pawn Stars” 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
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Flare raises $30M to thwart info-stealers like those used on Snowflake customers
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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.

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Threat exposure management startup Flare thinks it has an answer to info-stealers with a service that watches the dark web, resets passwords.
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Albert Invent hopes to revolutionize the chemicals sector with its AI platform
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Albert Invent hopes to revolutionize the chemicals sector with its AI platform

If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process for researchers is bound to be useful. The latest is Albert Invent, which offers an […]

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If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process for researchers is bound to be useful. The latest is Albert Invent, which offers an
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