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FinTech startup Stripe raises $6.5 billion in down round; valuation plunges to $50 billion from $95 billion 2 years ago
Nickie Louise Posted On March 17, 2023


On February 24, we wrote about Stripe after the fintech giant announced it was close to raising $4 billion in fresh funding that will push the company’s valuation to about $55 billion, a massive discount from its record valuation of […]


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Top startup news for Thursday, March 16, 2023: Circle, Google, Kraken, Microsoft, Poolz, and Climate Choice
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, March 16, 2023. Microsoft unveils new AI office “Copilot” for Microsoft 365 in a race with Google On Tuesday, we wrote about Google after the search […]


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This guy just used GPT-4 AI to create a $100 online business; the result will surprise you
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


It was just two days ago that OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, the successor to ChatGPT that the company claimed to have better accuracy and the ability to beat 90% of humans on the SAT. Less than 24 hours […]


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Kraken launches its own digital asset bank following the fallout of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


The past few weeks have seen tech-focused banks offering services to startups and crypto-friendly VCs run into financial difficulties. Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, collapsed last week after a run on deposits left the bank […]


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Poolz Finance bolsters its security, announces a restructuring plan to shore up user safety following a token exploit
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


On Tuesday, hackers exploited Poolz Finance’s decentralized IDO platform and made away with $390k just days after a $180 million Euler Finance exploit. However, within hours of the attack, the Poolz team wasted no time and immediately flagged the hacker’s […]


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ftNFT Shop opens a physical shop in Dubai Mall to bring NFTs to life
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


While everyone was busy talking about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as the NFT market climbed to more than $40 billion in value in March, according to a report from Forbes. The future […]


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Berlin-based tech startup The Climate Choice raises $2M in funding to decarbonize industrial supply chains
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest threats of our time. According to some estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to […]


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Microsoft fired its entire AI ethics and society team
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


“Microsoft fired their AI safety team?,” that was the question Elon Musk asked on Twitter following a Platformer report that “Microsoft laid off its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organization as part of recent layoffs that […]


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Crypto investors withdraw $3 billion from stablecoin USDC in just 72 hours following the collapse of SVB
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


In days leading up to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), venture capital firms and tech startups scrambled to withdraw their deposits. But the fallout was widespread. Stablecoin USDC also lost its peg, falling as low as $0.88 on […]


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Top startup news for Wednesday, March 15, 2023: Adept, ByteDance, G42, Mint Mobile, and Stellar Cyber
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Federal Reserve to launch a new instant payments system called “FedNow” in July The rumors about central bank full-reserve digital currency or Central […]


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ChatGPT correctly predicted that stocks will crash on March 15
Daniel Levi Posted On March 15, 2023


In less than four months, ChatGPT has grown to become the most popular and powerful AI innovation of our time. ChatGPT took the internet by storm late last year as the dialogue-based AI chatbot crossed one million users just five days […]


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Stellar Cyber launches InterSTELLAR Partner Program to accelerate revenue for resellers of its Open XDR platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2023


Open XDR innovator Stellar Cyber today announced the launch of its InterSTELLAR Partner Program to accelerate revenue for resellers of its Open XDR platform. Stellar Cyber was recently named one of the 10 Hot XDR Security Companies You Should Watch […]


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T-Mobile acquires Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile for $1.35 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2023


Actor Ryan Reynolds has achieved yet another major success with the sale of his budget wireless provider Mint Mobile to T-Mobile US Inc. for over a billion dollars. On Tuesday, T-Mobile announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement […]


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Abu Dhabi AI firm G42 acquires $100 million stake in ByteDance at $220 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2023


Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence company G42 has acquired a $100 million-plus stake in Tiktok-parent ByteDance, valuing the company at $220 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Founded in 2018, G42 specializes in artificial intelligence […]


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Adept raises $350M in fresh funding for its AI assistant that automates software tasks
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2023


Adept, an AI tech startup co-founded by a former OpenAI engineer, has raised $350 million in Series B funding led by General Catalyst and Spark Capital, with participation from existing investors, new financial partners, and some of the most “iconic […]


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Top startup news for Tuesday, March 14, 2023: Meta, Anthropic, Flat6Labs, Google, Mitiga, and OpenAI
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Google brings AI-powered features to Gmail and Docs as AI race heats up With the soaring popularity of OpenAI ChatGPT, Alphabet’s Google is […]


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OpenAI launches GPT-4 with better accuracy, claims it can beat 90% of humans on the SAT
Daniel Levi Posted On March 14, 2023


After a hugely successful launch of its ChatGpT in November, OpenAI today announced the launch of the latest version of its primary large language model, GPT-4. Unlike its predecessors, OpenAI said the new GPT-4 is a large multimodal model that […]


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US reaper drone downed over the Black Sea in an “incident” with Russian jet
Daniel Levi Posted On March 14, 2023


A Russian fighter jet downed a U.S. drone operating over the Black Sea on Tuesday, the US European Command said in a statement. Blaming a pair of Russian fighter jets for “reckless” maneuvers which resulted in the MQ-9 drone being […]


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Alphabet-backed Anthropic launches Claude, a large language model to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2023


Just last week, we wrote about Anthropic after the Alphabet-backed AI startup announced it was close to raising $300 million from investors at around a $5 billion valuation. Co-founded by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic came into the spotlight following the […]


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Flat6Labs launches new $95 million venture fund to invest in early-stage African tech startups
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2023


Flat6Labs, a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, today announced the launch of a new $95 million venture capital fund to expand its footprint and impact in Africa. Flat6Labs said it will […]


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