Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth
Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility with Kafka, the popular open source streaming project. Today, the company announced a $100 million Series C, just 16 months after announcing a $50 million Series B.
Read moreMeta is rolling out new parental control tools for Instagram and Messenger
Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger today. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens that they should take a break. Messenger supervision controls, which will be available
Read moreJohannesburg Prepares for Highly Anticipated Digital Finance Africa 2023
The highly anticipated Digital Finance Africa 2023 conference is set to take place from 02 August at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. This groundbreaking event, hosted by IT News Africa, will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and experts from across the globe to explore the latest advancements and trends in
Read moreHashtag Trending Jun.27- Battle brews between open source and closed AI models; J.P Morgan fined for deleting data; A company prepares to launch a robot dog with a flamethrower
The battle between Open Source and closed systems heats up in both Linux and Artificial Intelligence. J. P Morgan gets fined big bucks for deleting data and a robot dog with a flamethrower – what could possibly go wrong with that. These and more top tech news stories from
Read moreShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa. This is as it currently scales regionally over the next few months while working to attract international fashion brands,
Read moreHow Greenlyte is going from zero to 1,000 metric tons of captured CO2 in a year
In case you haven’t noticed, the world hasn’t stopped burning fossil fuels. At this rate, someday soon we’ll probably have to do things the hard way: remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. It’s not ideal, but here we are. In anticipation of that day, a number of companies are
Read moreDust uses large language models on internal data to improve team productivity
Dust is a new AI startup based in France that is working on improving team productivity by breaking down internal silos, surfacing important knowledge and providing tools to build custom internal apps. At its core, Dust is using large language models (LLMs) on internal company data to give new super
Read moreLordstown Motors sues Foxconn, files for bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors has made good on its threat to sue Foxconn, the Taiwanese company best known for manufacturing Apple’s iPhones. The EV company took legal action against Foxconn Tuesday, and simultaneously filed for bankruptcy and put itself up for sale. Lordstown, the EV startup that went public via a merger
Read moreDexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots
Dexory, a company that serves warehouses with real-time inventory management data using AI software and autonomous robots, has raised $19 million in a Series A round of funding led by European VC Atomico. Founded out of London in 2015, Dexory’s product can be split into two segments. On the hardware
Read moreWhatsApp Business crosses 200M MAUs, introduces personlized messages feature
Meta announced today that WhatsApp Business, its app designed specifically for small businesses, has crossed the mark of 200 million monthly active users — up from 50 million in 2020. As the company is pursuing its “year of efficiency,” it also launched features like easier ad creation and a personalized
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