Daniel Levi

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Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.

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Bootstrapped tech startup Bubble secures $100M funding to accelerate the no-code revolution and enable users to build apps without coding

Daniel Levi Posted On July 27, 2021

The low-code or no-code revolution is sweeping across the tech industry. The movement has been likened to the disruption that came before Mac OS and Windows leveled the playing field for average computer users. With no-code software development, an average user […]

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Goldman Sachs’ DeFi ETF announcement is bad news for true and native blockchain and DeFi companies

Daniel Levi Posted On July 27, 2021

Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs announced late yesterday night that it is planning to create an exchange-traded fund tied to the performance of companies that are working on blockchain technology and the digitization of finance, according to a Monday filing […]

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Jeff Bezos offered to cover up to $2 billion of NASA costs in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander to land astronauts on the moon

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2021

Former Amazon CEO and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion of NASA costs in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander to land astronauts on the moon. The announcement comes just […]

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SoftBank leads $75M investment in dog DNA testing startup Embark Veterinary; the largest Series B for any pet tech startup to date

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2021

Softbank is again opening its wallet to promising tech startups after the Japanese giant reported a blockbuster profit of $36.99 billion in the last quarter. In the last two months alone, Softbank has invested at least $100 million in ten technology […]

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EdTech startup and language learning app Duolingo looking to raise more money from its highly-anticipated IPO

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2021

Last month, language learning app and the world’s most popular language-learning platform Duolingo announced its plan to go public. Duolingo started out in 2009 as a free app to help people of all backgrounds learn new languages. In an IPO prospectus filing with the […]

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Google’s Alphabet launches Intrinsic, a new tech startup developing software to train and make industrial robots easier to use

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2021

Google’s parent company Alphabet is making a new bet in robotics with the launch of Intrinsic, a new robotics company that is developing software tools to make industrial robots easier to use, cheaper, and more flexible. Intrinsic comes out of X, Alphabet’s “moonshots” […]

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Meet Clearview, the controversial AI facial recognition startup that scrapes billions of social media photos for use by law enforcement agencies

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2021

Late last year, we wrote about Clearview, a controversial facial recognition tech startup that uses AI to automatically scrape and collect publicly billions of photos of faces across social media and other websites to build out its biometric database. Clearview later sells access […]

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Health / HealthTech

More vaccinated people hospitalized than the unvaccinated in Israel: Of the 143 patients, 58% were vaccinated, 39% were unvaccinated, Jerusalem Post reports

Daniel Levi Posted On July 23, 2021

In the early days of the coronavirus, we were told that vaccines will prevent us from getting the virus. Then as millions of people received the vaccines, the narrative changed to “vaccines will stop people from getting sick, but they […]

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Canadian fintech startup Paystone secures $30 million investment from Crédit Mutuel Equity to accelerate growth

Daniel Levi Posted On July 23, 2021

Paystone, an Ontario, Canada-based fintech startup that provides software and payment processing for businesses, announced Friday it has closed a $30 million investment from Crédit Mutuel Equity to accelerate growth and further expand its electronic payments and customer engagement technology platform. The new investment […]

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Israeli founded digital ad platform startup Outbrain makes its public debut at over $1 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On July 23, 2021

Outbrain’s highly-anticipated public offering is finally here. The New York-based digital ad platform tech startup makes its Wall Street debut today opening at its initial public offering (IPO) price of $20 per share. At the close of the market yesterday, Outbrain […]

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Health / HealthTech

New Study from Israel found that the Pfizer vaccine is only 39% effective at stopping Delta variant

Daniel Levi Posted On July 23, 2021

Last month, data from Public Health England showed that more vaccinated people actually died of the Delta variant in the UK than the unvaccinated. The death rate is 8.45 times higher for the vaccinated than the unvaccinated. Now, a new study […]

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Food delivery startup Zomato becomes India’s first unicorn tech startup to go public at a $12.2 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On July 23, 2021

Zomato is an Indian restaurant aggregator and food ordering and delivery platform that enables users to order meals from restaurants and have them delivered. Zomato filed to go public back in April. Yesterday, Zomato made history to become the first Indian unicorn to go public. […]

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Untether AI gets $125M funding to develop AI acceleration chips and enable new frontiers in AI applications

Daniel Levi Posted On July 22, 2021

Advancement in artificial intelligence has led to the development of a new generation of specialized silicon chips that incorporate AI technology and are used for machine learning. Unlike the traditional chips, AI chips (also called AI hardware or AI accelerator) are specially […]

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Israel-based Liquidity Capital, Dubai-based YAS Investments launch a $100 million joint venture fund to invest in Middle East tech startups

Daniel Levi Posted On July 22, 2021

One of the great things about technology is inclusivity and diversity and the ability to unite us together regardless of our religious and ideological differences. Last month, we wrote about Watergen, an Israeli tech startup that makes safe drinking water […]

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Uber Trucking Unit, Uber Freight, to buy logistics tech startup Transplace for $2.25 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On July 22, 2021

Uber Technologies Inc announced Thursday that its trucking unit is buying transportation logistics company Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity firm TPG Capital. The acquisition includes up to $750 million in Uber common stock and the remainder in cash, […]

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Visa buys UK payments fintech startup CurrencyCloud for nearly $1 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On July 22, 2021

Just less than a month after Visa buys Swedish fintech startup Tink for $2.1 billion, the payment giant makes another big bet on fintech, buying UK payments startup Currencycloud. Visa announced Thursday that it has agreed to buy British payments startup […]

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Microsoft acquires security tech startup CloudKnox to provide identity authorization for hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it’s acquiring CloudKnox, a California-based cloud security tech startup to protect enterprises’ critical cloud infrastructure from accidents and malicious insiders. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is part of Microsoft’s effort to shore up its security […]

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Tesla Supercharger network will be open to other cars this year, Elon Musk says

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the company to open its network of superchargers to other electric vehicles later this year. Known as the Tesla Supercharger, it is a network of DC fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles. First introduced on […]

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Bitcoin mining tech startup Core Scientific is going public via SPAC deal at about $4.3 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

Back in May, we wrote about crypto mining startup Core Scientific after its CEO suddenly resigned from the company. Kevin Turner resigned from his role as the CEO after nearly three years running the Bellevue, Washington-based blockchain and artificial intelligence startup. […]

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Goldman Sachs leads $50M investment in climate-friendly cooling tech startup Phononic to revolutionize how the world cools and heats

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

For many decades, the chemicals used in air conditioning, freezers, and refrigeration have been known to hurt the environment by destroying the ozone layer and polluting water sources. Now one startup wants to upend a century of antiquated compressor technology […]

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