The last time we wrote about Greylock Partners was back in November 2019 when the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm led a $24 million investment in San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup Abnormal Security, which protects organizations from the most sophisticated, targeted email […]
dLocal is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based fintech startup that offers a cross-border payment platform that connects global merchants in emerging markets. Today, dLocal announced it has secured $200 million in new growth equity investment to become a new member of the covetous unicorn club at $1.2 […]
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has transformed the biotechnology landscape due to its ability to specifically induce double-stranded DNA breaks that can disrupt genes or genetic control regions, leading to novel treatment approaches for a range of diseases. However, it has been […]
Since coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China in December of 2019, the deadly virus has claimed almost 1 million lives and decimated thousands, if not millions, of businesses around the world. Here in the US, however, there is no hard data […]
The science has never been more apparent: Between Hurricane Laura (and more to follow), the California wildfires, and of course, the global health crisis, the world is in major trouble, humans are the cause of it, and a failure to […]
The Patriot Act requires US financial institutions and other obliged entities to implement AML/KYC processes. As in other jurisdictions, this creates a significant compliance cost for financial institutions and results in a poor onboarding experience for their customers. Enter First AML, […]
It’s been a while since we wrote about Observe.AI, a customer service voice analytics startup that is using AI-powered agent enablement for voice customer service by bringing coaching and conversational insights to the world’s top brands to improve the customer experience. Late last […]
The last time we wrote about Klarna was back in February when the Swedish unicorn startup reported its first annual loss after many years of profitability. Klarna, which provides e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers, reported a loss of 1.1 […]
40 billion IoT devices are predicted to be in use by 2025, and until now, there has not been a scalable, endpoint cybersecurity solution that can be installed on individual devices. Instead, manufacturers have heavily relied on vulnerability patching or […]
While global e-Commerce volume was already rising pre-COVID 19, the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments. With this rapid increase comes a simultaneous increase in criminal activities online. Recent high profile cases have only highlighted what has already […]
Dillyhub is a new Seoul, South Korea-based tech startup that offers a publishing and monetization platform for comic creators. The young startup promotes and facilitates the works of independent comic artists while maximizing their monetization options. Through Dillyhub’s innovative proprietary technology […]
TikTok reaches deal to sell U.S. operations to Oracle after ByteDance rejects Microsoft’s plan. TikTok has reached an agreement to partner with the software giant Oracle. The announcement came after Microsoft announced Sunday night that its TikTok buyout offer was rejected […]
The last time we wrote about Huobi was back in December 2019 when the crypto exchange startup raised $4.6 million investment from Japanese Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings to accelerate growth and expansion. With clients in more than 130 countries across the […]
Have you ever wondered about the tech stack or the underlying technologies and tools behind popular tech companies? In this infographic, we would show the technologies used by 5 popular tech companies. A tech stack is defined as the set of […]
Theranos was a privately-held health technology startup company that is now arguably the largest biomedical fraud in U.S. history. The Silicon Valley-based startup was founded in 2003. Initially, Theranos was touted as a breakthrough technology company, with claims of having devised […]
We live in an age where buying used cars online is easier than ever. Buying used cars online is a cheaper alternative to traditional dealerships, as it excludes many costs that are charged by traditional car dealers, and savings are […]
Recursion, a Salt Lake City-based biotech startup using artificial intelligence technology for drug discovery, today announced that it has raised $239 million in equity financing to advance technology-enabled drug discovery platform and pipeline. The oversubscribed financing, which brings the total funding for the 7-year-old […]
As competition grows and China’s economy slows, China’s search giant Baidu has lost more ground to its bigger online rivals Alibaba and Tencent. Over the past few years, Baidu has been trying to expand into new areas from driverless cars to health […]
While everyone’s busy talking about Tesla’s dominance in China, it turns out Tesla Model 3 isn’t Chinese’s top selling electric vehicle (EV)– it’s a GM vehicle. Wuling Hong Guang is a mini EV developed by a General Motors’ local Chinese joint […]
As a critical first step to achieve its goals to accelerate safe and sustainable lunar exploration, NASA today announced it is looking to pay companies to collect dirt or rocks on the Moon within the next four years. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine made […]
