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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Crypto exchange Bitget launches a $100 million Web3 Fund to support next-generation crypto projects in Asia

Daniel Levi Posted On April 10, 2023

2022 was a terrible time for crypto investors. The last few months were marked with horror stories of investors losing their personal savings to the collapse of Celsius, Terra Luna, BlockFi, FTX, and others. Hundreds of retail investors even went as […]

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Veloce Energy completed Series A round to reduce time and cost to deploy and operate EV charging stations

Daniel Levi Posted On April 7, 2023

The shift towards electric transportation is rapidly gaining momentum, driven by significant investments from major automakers, favorable economics, and urgent measures to combat climate change. However, this surge in electric vehicle (EV) adoption is also creating a strain on an […]

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Top tech startup news for Wednesday, April 5, 2023: Brizo, Cash App, Mintlayer, Savvy Games, and Scopely

Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, April 4, 2023. Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death in San Francisco Cash App creator Bob Lee, […]

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Toronto’s startup Brizo Data lands $8.9M in funding to provide market intelligence to the foodservice industry

Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2023

Brizo Data, a Toronto, Canada-based data intelligence startup that offers fresh market analytics for the foodservice industry, has raised over $8.9 ($12 million CAD) in Series A funding in the form of combined venture capital and debt. The round was […]

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Mintlayer launches a $4M open-source development grant, opens applications

Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2023

Mintlayer, a Bitcoin sidechain tech startup, today launched a $4 million open-source development grant to aid the development of tools and resources that will provide value to the Mintlayer ecosystem. In an announcement on Wednesday, Mintlayer said that applications are […]

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Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death in San Francisco, reports

Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2023

Cash App creator Bob Lee, 43, has been reportedly killed in San Francisco. He was stabbed to death, sources told NBC Bay Area. Bob Lee, a multimillionaire tech titan who created CashApp, was stabbed to death at 2:30 am yesterday […]

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In AI We Trust: National Archives wants to use AI to rewrite history to eliminate “inherent bias” in existing government records

Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2023

“As you know, the National Archive is the country’s record keeper. Given the fact that many of the permanent records of the Federal Government are inherently biased, the majority of the records were created by people in power.” Since the […]

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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to the police

Daniel Levi Posted On April 4, 2023

It’s been a while since we last wrote about Clearview AI, the controversial facial-recognition startup used by more than 600 law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. Using its AI app, the notorious AI startup scans […]

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Orbs releases Single Nominator Smart Contract to enhance TON validator Security

Daniel Levi Posted On April 4, 2023

Telegram Open Network (TON) is a layer-1 blockchain designed to offer rapid, scalable, and secure transactions. The network uses validators or network participants who validate blocks and earn Toncoin while contributing to network security. However, the Proof of Stake consensus […]

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What Are the Best Startups to Start in College?

Daniel Levi Posted On April 4, 2023

Did you know that today’s well-known big tech companies got their start in college dorm rooms? For example, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes launched Facebook while undergraduates at Harvard. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who met […]

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Meet AInstein, a ChatGPT-powered robot developed by Cyprus students to harness and improve teaching experiences in classrooms

Daniel Levi Posted On April 4, 2023

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is finally here. After almost seven decades of usage in academic and research circles, AI is slowly making its way to the mainstream, thanks in part to the popularity of OpenAI ChatGPT. In just a […]

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Kaszek raises close to $1 billion in new funds to invest in Latin American startups

Daniel Levi Posted On April 3, 2023

While most North American startups remain under funding drought conditions, Latin American startups continue to enjoy a funding boom thanks in part to a venture capital (VC) firm like the São Paulo-based Kaszek Ventures. We wrote about Kaskek back in […]

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Chinese spy balloon gathered intel from sensitive US military sites and transmitted them to Beijing in real-time: Reports

Daniel Levi Posted On April 3, 2023

Back in February, the US military shot down the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of South Carolina at the order of President Joe Biden. Two months later, we now have more details about […]

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Elon Musk sued for $258 billion for running a Dogecoin crypto pyramid scheme; now he’s seeking to throw out the lawsuit

Daniel Levi Posted On April 3, 2023

“I will eat a happy meal on TV if Mcdonald’s accepts Dogecoin,” Elon Musk said back in January 2022. For months, Musk has been promoting Dogecoin. Calling it people’s coin, Musk once told TMZ in an interview that Dogecoin could […]

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Bittrex shuts down US crypto exchange amid regulatory crackdown on crypto industry

Daniel Levi Posted On March 31, 2023

Bittrex crypto exchange is the latest casualty of the ongoing chaos in the crypto industry. Today, Bittrex announced its shutting down its US-based crypto exchange due to “regulatory uncertainty.” The company said on Friday that it would wind down its […]

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Top tech startup news for Thursday, March 30, 2023: DataDome, Ledger, Virgin Orbit, and Unacademy

Daniel Levi Posted On March 30, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, March 30, 2023. Virgin Orbit to cease operations and lay off nearly entire workforce after it fails to secure funding Virgin Orbit announced it will shut […]

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DataDome lands $42 million in Series C funding to combat bot-driven cyberattacks and fraud using AI

Daniel Levi Posted On March 30, 2023

The sophistication of malicious bots is increasing rapidly, allowing them to evade security measures. The emergence of human-bot hybrids and AI-powered bots has made it possible for these threats to consistently bypass typical point-in-time, static barriers such as traditional CAPTCHAs, […]

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NFT certification protocol Wakweli partners with Polygon

Daniel Levi Posted On March 29, 2023

Wakweli, the web3 infrastructure protocol that issues certificates of authenticity for non-fungible tokens, has joined forces with the Polygon blockchain platform. The two companies announced the official collaboration today. With this partnership, all digital assets on Polygon will be compatible […]

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The FII Institute announces two new game-changing sessions with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz as speakers

Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2023

Argentina’s Minister of Economy Sergio Tomás Massa and Top Silicon Valley Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz to Speak at PRIORITY, Powered by FII Institute The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute has announced two new game-changing sessions with world-renown speakers […]

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AI chip startup Cerebras unveils open-source ChatGPT-like models with support for up to 13 billion parameters

Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2023

Just two weeks before the launch of ChatGPT, Silicon Valley-based AI chip startup Cerebras Systems unveiled its AI supercomputer called Andromeda. With a focus on commercial and academic research, Andromeda was built by linking 16 Cerebras CS-2 systems, which are […]

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