Redefining Fintech: Ukheshe Rebrands as EFT Corporation
In a bold step towards redefining the future of financial technology, Ukheshe has announced its official rebranding to EFT Corporation. The move consolidates Ukheshe’s pioneering digital solutions with EFT Corporation’s extensive reach and expertise under one unified brand, positioning it as a leading catalyst for financial inclusion in Africa. The
Read moreWaabi’s genAI promises to do so much more than power self-driving trucks
For the last two decades, Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of autonomous trucking startup Waabi, has been developing AI systems that can reason as a human would. The AI pioneer had previously served as the chief scientist at Uber ATG before launching Waabi in 2021. Waabi launched with an “AI-first
Read moreEV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy
Fisker Inc., the EV startup founded by famed designer Henrik Fisker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — a capstone to months of problems with its Ocean SUV that included recalls and dozens of lemon law lawsuits. The California-based company, which filed for bankruptcy in the Delaware Court, had been
Read moreMerger’s Leader of Value Creation Appointed
In light of the upcoming merger between LogRhythm and Exabeam, LogRhythm, a company dedicated to helping security teams prevent breaches by transforming disconnected data and signals into reliable insights, has announced the appointment of Pete Harteveld as the Leader of Value Creation. His role will be crucial in ensuring a
Read moreThreads finally launches its API for developers
Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it. This will allow-third party developers to create new experinces around Mark Zuckerberg sperately posted about the API launch saying “The Threads API is now widely available and coming to more of
Read moreCuspAI raises $30M to create a Gen-AI-driven search engine for new materials
The company says its platform functions like a search engine for materials, enabling the fast evaluation of a “vast number of novel structures.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSUSE wants a piece of the AI cake, too
Suse on Tuesday is announcing its AI strategy and SUSE AI solutions, a new vendor- and LLM-agnostic generative AI platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle brings Gemini mobile app to India with nine Indian languages support
Google has released its dedicated AI mobile app Gemini in India — over four months after its debut in the U.S. — with support for nine Indian languages alongside English. The Gemini mobile app in India supports nine Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. This
Read moreMaking ETL pipelines a thing of the past
On today’s episode we chat with Cassandra Shum, VP of Field Engineering at RelationalAI, about her company’s efforts to create what it calls the industry’s first coprocessor for data clouds and language models. The goal is to allow companies to keep all their data where it is today while still
Read moreFinbourne taps $70M for tech that turns financial data dust into AI gold
Finbourne, founded out of London’s financial center, has built a platform to help financial companies organize and use more of their data in AI and other models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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