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Top tech startup news for Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Amazon, Binance, Ether.fi, OpenAI, Ring, and Waymo

Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Jamie Siminoff, the founder and CEO of Amazon Ring, is stepping down from the role later this month Jamie Siminoff, the CEO […]

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Alphabet’s Waymo cuts 8% of its employees after second round of layoffs

Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023

Alphabet’s Waymo has laid off another 137 employees in its second round of job cuts this year, bringing total cuts for the year to 200, or 8% of its workforce after the company reported its initial job cuts in January. […]

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OpenAI buys AI.com for $11 million, making it one of the top 10 most expensive domains ever sold

Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023

ChatGPT has become a worldwide phenomenon, further pushing artificial intelligence (AI) into the mainstream. In less than three months, the OpenAI’s chatbot reached 100 million monthly active users in January, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. ChatGPT could do […]

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Web3 startup Impossible Cloud soars with $7.6M in seed funding to revolutionize the decentralized cloud storage

Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023

Tech startups continue to struggle to raise new funds due to rising interest rates and the global economic slowdown. Startups in all industries including the web3 space are beginning to feel the pinch. However, despite funding to web3 startups plummeting […]

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South Korean AI chip startup Sapeon is raising new funding round at $400 million valuation to challenge Nvidia

Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023

The AI race is here and companies like OpenAI and Microsoft are going to need a new generation of AI chips to meet the computational demands. While companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are currently dominating the AI chip market […]

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Top tech startup news for Tuesday, February 28, 2023: Bitwise, Bonusly, Realme, Mastercard, and Visa

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Chinese startup Realme launches its $649 GT3 smartphone it says can be fully charged in just 9.5 minutes Realme, a Chinese smartphone […]

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Bonusly raises $18.9M in funding to help companies retain the best employees through recognition and merit-based rewards

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Over the past few years, over 20 million people quit their jobs in what the experts described as the Great Resignation. The number was one of the highest “quit rates” ever recorded since the US government started keeping track two […]

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Goldman Sachs backs an $80M investment in tech service startup Bitwise Industries to train workers in underrepresented communities

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Bitwise Industries, a tech service provider that trains workers in underrepresented communities, has raised $80 million in new funding led by existing investors Kapor Center and Motley Fool, with participation from the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management […]

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Crypto payment startup FLUUS raises $600,000 in Pre-Seed funding ahead of its beta launch

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Crypto payment startup FLUUS has closed a $600,000 pre-seed round to further develop these products and roll out FLUUS’ services, bringing crypto-fiat payments to a global audience. The round, which comes ahead of its beta launch, was backed by FHS Capital, […]

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Wakweli raises $1.1 million to certify the authenticity of NFTs and eliminate NFT scams in web3

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have surged in popularity in recent years. In just two years, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have grown from under $100 million in 2020 to a whopping $40 billion in 2021. Unfortunately, the NFT boom has also attracted a […]

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Visa, Mastercard suspend plans to partner with crypto companies in wake of recent crypto collapse and bankruptcies

Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023

Since the collapse of stablecoin terraUSD last spring, at least eight crypto companies including FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022. As the crisis roils the crypto industry, global payments companies are now rethinking their partnerships with crypto companies. U.S. payment […]

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Top tech startup news for Monday, February 27, 2023: Fifth Wall, Musk, OpenAI, Skydio, Snap, and Wiz

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Monday, February 27, 2023. Elon Musk recruits team to develop OpenAI’s ChatGPT rival to fight ‘Woke AI’ Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks […]

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Skydio raises $230 million in funding for its AI-powered autonomous drones, valuation soars to $2.2 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

It’s almost two years ago today when we wrote about Skydio after the San Francisco-based AI-powered autonomous drone startup raised $170 million in funding led by Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz. With drones becoming increasingly popular and automated, Skydio has […]

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Fifth Wall Ventures closes a record $1.5B in new funds in 2022 to invest in real estate and PropTech startups

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

The real estate market is the largest asset class in the United States with investments reaching $43 trillion. The market is expected to grow over the next two decades. Despite the market size, real estate and PropTech startups still struggle to […]

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Snap launches A.I. chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

The sudden popularity of ChatGPT has sparked a new AI revolution as it dominates the headlines with no sign of slowing down. The world’s obsession with the OpenAI chatbot reaches a new level waves garnering over 100 million users in […]

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Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro with starting price of $1,000 to take on Apple and Samsung

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

In June 2021, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi overtook Apple and Samsung to become the world’s largest smartphone maker. Xiaomi has since slipped to third place a year later due to a very rough year that saw its smartphone shipments declining 26% year-on-year. […]

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Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz raises $300M in new funding, pushing its valuation to $10 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

Despite the ongoing funding lull, AI and cybersecurity startups continue to raise a massive amount of funding. Investors have been pouring billions of dollars into AI as they look for the next ChatGPT. In addition, the rise in cyberattacks has […]

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Twitter lays off 10% of workforce, reducing headcount to less than 2,000

Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023

Elon Musk’s Twitter has laid off another 200 people in its latest round of job cuts, the New York Times reported late on Sunday. The current layoff, which represents 10% of the current workforce, reduced headcount to less than 2,000 vs. […]

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FinTech startup Stripe in advanced talks to raise $4 billion from investors, sources

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2023

Fintech giant Stripe is very close to raising $4 billion in fresh funding that will push the company’s valuation to about $55 billion, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The new valuation will still be about $40 billion […]

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What a Great Digital Poster Should Have

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2023

Clients are more likely to notice a large, eye-catching poster. Creating such a poster, however, is no simple task. Many aspiring marketers fall into the trap of thinking that more volume equals more attention. If you take the time to […]

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