Lux Capital made its first investment in Brazil, a $4M seed for AI fintech Magie
Brazil fintech Magie raised $4 million in a seed round led by Lux Capital, marking the firm’s first investment in Brazil. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle Cloud & Prudential Forge AI-Powered Partnership
Prudential plc (Prudential) and Google Cloud have announced an expanded strategic relationship to develop breakthrough AI-powered products and apps that will improve the customer, agent, and staff experience. Prudential’s new AI Lab, the first of its type for the Asian and African insurance industries, will be supported by Google Cloud.
Read moreDropbox acquires Index Ventures-backed AI scheduling tool Reclaim.ai
Dropbox has acquired AI-powered scheduling tool Reclaim.ai, which counts Calendly and Index Ventures among its backers. The development was revealed in a blog post on Reclaim.ai’s website Tuesday. Dropbox hasn’t disclosed the terms of the deal. Reclaim.ai, which was founded in 2019 by Henry Shapiro and Patrick Lightbody, said the
Read moreOpkey, an AI-based ERP testing platform, raises $47M
Companies are experimenting with services like ChatGPT to help workers write memos, answer questions, and much more, yet one of the clearest signs of how much traction AI is really getting in the world of enterprise IT is how often it figures in the more routine applications that organizations use.
Read moreKenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay lands Visa as investor in $5M round
Workpay provides cloud-based HR, payroll, and benefits solutions for businesses with employees across Africa. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read mored.light Debuts New Points Program in Kenya
d.light officially launched the “d.light Points Program” in Kenya, with intentions to expand it to users in Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria later this year. d.light’s goal is for more than 500,000 subscribers to profit from the program by the end of 2024. Customers who regularly and consistently pay for their
Read moreVC leading Bolt’s hoped-for $450M deal confirms he’s offering ‘marketing credits’
Ashesh Shah, the founder and CEO of The London Fund is, as you might imagine, bullish on Bolt. The London Fund is a U.K. venture firm with “over $1 billion in cash and assets” in AUM that is leading a proposed $450 million raise for Bolt, a one-click checkout startup
Read moreThis new accessible Xbox nunchuck controller has 3D-printable joystick parts
Microsoft demonstrated its leadership in accessible gaming hardware again on Wednesday with the announcement of a new one-handed joystick controller for Xbox and PC. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick works with the company’s already robust accessibility hardware stack, and even includes support for custom 3D-printed parts. The Adaptive series of devices
Read moreTelecom that enabled Biden deepfake scam will pay FCC $1M
Early this year, AI-powered fake audio of President Biden reached voters in New Hampshire. The FCC struck back swiftly, identifying the perpetrator as the Texas-based Life Corporation, which has been behind similar scams over the years, and whacked them and an associated individual with a $6 million fine. But the
Read moreOpenAI’s opposition to California’s AI bill ‘makes no sense,’ says state senator
OpenAI broke its silence on California’s most controversial AI bill on Tuesday, officially expressing opposition in a letter to California state Senator Scott Wiener and Governor Gavin Newsom. The AI giant argued SB 1047 would stifle innovation and push talent out of California — a position Wiener quickly replied “makes
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