Accern, a New York City-based artificial intelligence tech startup that uses AI and machine learning to help enterprises to make better financial service decisions, announced it has closed a $13 million Series A funding round to expand its customer base and […]
Almanac, a San Francisco, California-based tech startup and a provider of cloud-based platform for open-source documents, today announced a $9 million seed funding round led by Floodgate with nearly 100 investors from the world’s most successful companies. Almanac will use the […]
SatoshiPay, a blockchain-based fintech startup that offers a micropayment solution for content creators, today announced it secured €550,000 investment from Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). The investment, which is by way of convertible loan notes, marks the third investment made by SDF through its […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has earned the first portion of an incentive-based stock option payout that is worth more than $700 million, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. Based on terms in the filings, […]
Marqeta, an Oakland, California-based fintech startup, today announced that it has raised an additional $150 million in new funding from a leading institutional investor, valuing the company at $4.3 billion. The company, which is still unprofitable, plans to use fresh capital infusion […]
Claire Stapleton, a former Google activist and one of the organizers of the mass Google Walkout protest, is starting a new advice column/newsletter for frustrated tech workers. Stapleton made the announcement about a year since she left Google, claiming she was unfairly pushed […]
Curu, a Denver, Colorado-based fintech startup that helps lenders expand their total available market, reduce their customer acquisition costs and fund more loans by building their applicant’s eligibility, today announced it has closed $3 million in seed funding to scale its solution via […]
• Female founder of Glowday secures $4.7 million (£3.8 million) investment deal • SaaS enabled marketplace for non-surgical cosmetic treatments to launch when lock-down ends • Demand expected to boom post COVID • Will support client safety and consumer confidence […]
For years, Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube, have enjoyed the freedom and legal protection for content posted on their platforms. The protection comes from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects, which states […]
Today, Facebook announced the launch of a mix-and-match app called Collab. The TikTok-style app is a mix-and-match app for making collaborative music videos with friends. The app, which is launching as an invite-only beta on iOS, was developed by Facebook’s app-focused New Product […]
Watch history unfold as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the […]
For too long, America’s professional caregivers have been overworked and underpaid. During that time, America’s caring communities have struggled with an increasing employee turnover crisis, with no plan on how to fix it. The stress of caring for others is magnified […]
Monitoring critical infrastructure is an inherently daunting task. In the US alone, there are over 4 million miles of power lines and pipelines, spread over millions of square miles of diverse terrain. Aging infrastructure, geohazards, and increasingly severe weather, are […]
Kentik, a San Francisco-based tech startup and a provider of real-time visibility, traffic management, and network intelligence to leading enterprises like Zoom, Dropbox, and eBay, today announced it has raised $23.5 million in growth funding to accelerate growth and expand its business […]
With all the bad news about coroanvirus, one important lesson the United States has learned from this pandemic is its heavy reliance on imported drugs from China. In 2019 alone, China accounted for 95 percent of U.S. imports of ibuprofen, 91 […]
Last year, we wrote several stories about Libra, a digital currency created by Facebook with a mission of launching a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. Libra uses cryptography and powered by Blockchain, a method of protecting information, […]
The last time we wrote about Bolt was back in March 2018 when the startup was called Taxify. It later rebranded as Bolt to expand its transport options beyond private cars. Bolt is an Estonia-based transportation platform that currently operates its ride-hailing […]
1961: First human in space 1969: First human on the moon 2000: First human long-term stay aboard the ISS 2020: First SpaceX flight with humans on-board Tomorrow (May 27) a new chapter of human space exploration begins. Last week, we […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, online ordering was on the rise in the restaurant industry. Experts had projected the online food delivery industry to reach $200 billion by 2025. Current circumstances have only accelerated this growth with a continued increase in […]
Fundbox, a Silicon Valley-based fintech startup and a B2B payment and credit network that transforms how funding flows, today announced it announced a fresh equity investment from MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd., the corporate venture capital arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial […]
