ChatGPT took the internet by storm late last year as the dialogue-based AI chatbot crossed one million users just five days after its launch. Now ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced on Wednesday it is launching ChatGPT Plus, a $20 per month […]
While tech startups in the United States and Europe are still struggling to raise new funding due to the ongoing economic slowdown, fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to thrive as they empower and […]
AppDirect, a San Francisco-based subscription commerce platform for monetizing and managing digital customer relationships, announced today it has acquired TBI, one of the leading technology service aggregators in North America. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. Uniting […]
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times. According to various estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to […]
Michigan-based battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has raised $300 million in Series B funding. The latest round now puts the company at a valuation of $1.2 billion, making the three-year-old startup a member of the highly-coveted unicorn club. The […]
OpenAI, the creator of the popular chatbot ChatGTP, has released a free tool that the AI company says is meant to “distinguish between text written by a human and text written by AIs.” However, OpenAI also warned that the tool […]
PayPal announced Tuesday that it will be eliminating 7% of its workforce or 2,000 employees as tech layoffs mount. The payments giant becomes the latest in a list of fintech firms to be hit by the global economic slowdown. PayPal […]
The slowdown in venture capital investments over the past years has forced some startups to turn to private credit, including debt capital, as a way to keep their operations afloat and weather the recession storm. Today, private credit is a […]
Steel is the backbone of today’s industrialized world. An average of 1.9 billion tonnes of steel are produced every year to build infrastructure including bridges and rails, skyscrapers, and infrastructure. The steel industry also brings in a revenue of about […]
Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Monday, January 30, 2023. Binance and Mastercard launch prepaid crypto cards in Brazil Mastercard and the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance said on Monday they are launching […]
The adoption of virtual reality for experiential learning has increased over the years as it becomes mainstream. Now, VR technology could be headed into your local K-12 STEM schools, thanks to Prisms VR, a virtual reality startup founded by an […]
Artificial intelligence has dominated the headlines news in recent months, thanks to the sudden popularity of ChatGPT, an OpenAI’s dialogue-based artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot launched in November. As AI makes its way into the mainstream, users including creators and artists […]
Watch out, ChatGPT! There’s a new sheriff in town. Chinese internet search giant Baidu is about to take on the popular OpenAI’s dialogue-based artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot as the AI race heats up. While everyone has been raving about ChatGPT, […]
Sam Bankman-Fried found himself in hot water again this week after the DOJ alleged the disgraced FTX founder tried to influence witnesses through the encrypted messaging app Signal. In a letter to a Manhattan judge on Friday, federal prosecutors said […]
Organizations, institutions, and households are steadily integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) into their daily activities. According to The Insight Partners, the global IoT market is projected to become a $2.27 trillion industry by 2028, growing at a CAGR of […]
The only true constant across the investment landscape as we navigate through 2023 is the certainty of volatility. So, as we look forward to the rest of the year amid another bear market, Americans are seeking alternative ways to invest […]
Fintech startup Stripe has set a one-year deadline to become a public company. The San Francisco-based Stripe said it will make a final decision on its plans to go public within the next year, The Information reported. In a message […]
Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, January 26, 2023. Surgeons in Galway have successfully carried out the first robot-guided coronary intervention in Ireland and the UK Galway University Hospital (UHG) becomes the […]
On January 3, Tesla stock tumbled to start 2023 with shares trading at $108.10. It didn’t take long before the so-called analysts started to blame Musk’s acquisition of Twitter for Tesla’s stock free fall. For many years, experts have repeatedly […]
Tesla and Total-backed renewable energy startup ZOLA Electric said today that former Google Chief Information Officer Ben Fried has joined its board of directors. In an announcement on Thursday, the San Francisco-based ZOLA Electric said that Ben has been appointed as […]