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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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Boeing HorizonX invests $16 million in autonomous drone delivery startup Matternet
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


Matternet, the Menlo Park, California-based autonomous drone delivery startup, has raised $16 million in Series A funding to expand its U.S. and global operations in urban environments. The latest round was led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures, with participation from Swiss Post, Sony Innovation […]


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Insurtech startup CoverWallet launches the first API commercial insurance market
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


CoverWallet, an online platform that makes it easy for small businesses to understand, buy, and manage insurance onlin, today launched the first API for commercial insurance. With the new easy-to-integrate CoverWallet API, developers and businesses are now able to easily integrate […]


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Audi partners with Israeli autonomous vehicle simulation startup Cognata
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


German carmaker Audi AG, through its Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH (AID), has partnered with Israeli-based autonomous vehicle simulation platform provider Cognata, to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles, the Israeli-based startup announced today. AID chose Cognata’s solution, which leverages […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, June 26
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, June 26. Celonis, a bootstrapped data mining startup started by three German students, is now worth $1 billion plus 5000% growth. Who says VC is […]


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Ping Identity acquires cybersecurity startup Elastic Beam; launches new AI-driven solution to secure APIs
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


Ping Identity has acquired API cybersecurity provider startup, Elastic Beam. The company made the announcement today at the Identiverse conference in Boston. In addition, the company also announced the launch of its PingIntelligence for APIs. The new AI-powered solution brings an […]


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TeamSupport Leverages IBM Watson Technology for Sentiment Analysis in B2B Customer Support
Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2018


Innovative new offering provides better insight into how customers feel about their experience with your business. DALLAS, Texas – June 26, 2018 – TeamSupport, the industry’s top business to business (B2B) customer support software solution, today announced a ground-breaking addition […]


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Blockchain banking startup BABB launches equity crowdsale
Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2018


Just three months after its successful funding round $20 million funding, the UK-based BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) announces today it’s launching equity crowdsale. BARB is a financial venture that uses blockchain technology and biometrics to offer access to banking services […]


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Artificial intelligence startup Tact.ai raises $27 million to deliver voice intelligence to enterprise sales teams
Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2018


Over the last 30 years, enterprise software has centered around digitizing systems of record, but has always put the burden of data entry and consumption on the user. By leveraging artificial intelligence running on edge devices, companies now have an […]


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AT&T to acquire digital ad platform startup AppNexus for $1.6 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2018


AT&T announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire digital advertising platform startup AppNexus for $1.6 billion. The transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarter of 2018, is subject to customary closing conditions. Until the transaction closes, each […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, June 25
Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, June 25. Chinese electric car startup NIO raises about $2.2 billion from Tencent Holdings and others. Tencent and  50 other investors have bet on NIO, the young Chinese […]


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Top tech startup news of the week (startup weekend roundup – June 23)
Nickie Louise Posted On June 24, 2018


Happy weekend! Here is a roundup of the top startup news of the past week. Please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of this page, if you want this weekly update in your inbox […]


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Silexica raises $18 million to advance and improve software programming changes in autonomous cars
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2018


To enable advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous driving, today’s cars are becoming supercomputers on wheels. Based on high-resolution sensor data, intelligent decisions can be made in real-time. But car makers are facing the problem to implement this demanding software on […]


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Ameren selected six startup companies from around the world to participate in its 2018 Ameren accelerator program
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2018


Ameren Corporation, a Fortune 500 and American power company, has selected six startup companies have been selected to come to St. Louis to participate in the 2018 Ameren Accelerator program. The program is an innovative public-private partnership with the University of Missouri […]


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Siemens acquires semiconductor startup Austemper Design Systems to strengthen it mentor integrated circuit (IC) design and verification technology 
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2018


Global technology powerhouse, Siemens, has acquired semiconductor startup, Austemper Design Systems, to strengthen it mentor integrated circuit (IC) design and verification technology for automotive, enhances ISO 26262 functional safety testing via Siemens’ digital twin offering. The acquisition builds upon Siemens’ digitalization strategy […]


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Fintech startup Newchip nabs $2 million in seed funding to bring access and transparency to the world of startup investing
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2018


Newchip, an investment marketplace, has raised $2 million seed funding round. The funding was led by institutional investments from fintech specialists JadeValue Fintech, Yeoman’s Capital, Spunik ATX, Youbi Capital, and Polymath. The startup also announced it has exceeded 50,000 individual […]


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Cloud integration platform startup Tray.io raises $14.3 million to bring new era of the automated Organization
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2018


As new organizations move to the cloud, older and traditional organizations are still burdened with legacy applications that are tightly integrated in a point-to-point fashion, which makes it difficult to innovate. Some of these applications were written in COBOL, Pascal […]


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Microsoft acquires AI startup Bonsai in move to build ‘brains’ for autonomous systems
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2018


Microsoft announced yesterday that it is acquiring Bonsai, a Berkeley, California-based AI startup which enables enterprises to build intelligent systems. The 4-year old Bonsai offers an AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and deploy intelligent systems. Microsoft originally invested in the […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, June 21
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, June 21. Conamix, a freshly-funded battery startup aims to ease the cobalt crunch. Conamix, a little-known New York-based startup, has raised several million dollars to accelerate its […]


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Artificial intelligence startup Immuta raises $20 million Series B to accelerate adoption of data management for AI
Nickie Louise Posted On June 20, 2018


Immuta, the world’s first data management platform for data science, has raised $20 million in Series B funding to accelerate global customer growth and extend product leadership for Immuta’s data management platform for artificial intelligence (AI). The latest funding is led by DFJ […]


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Health and wellness startup Aaptiv raises $22 million in Series C funding; Amazon Alexa Fund and Warner Music Group among new investors
Nickie Louise Posted On June 20, 2018


Health and wellness startup Aaptiv has raised $22 million in Series C funding to further the company’s technology innovation, product growth, and customer acquisition.  The round was led by Millennium Technology Value Partners, a growth equity firm that has previously invested in Spotify, […]


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