How Can AI and the Cloud Transform the Insurance Experience?
Insurance clients today are more likely to consider a provider if it consistently offers seamless quotes, efficient claims processing, ongoing customer support, and targeted communications. To meet these demands, insurance companies must safely make use of data and new technologies, or risk being left behind by their competitors. Personalization and
Read moreLooking under the hood at the tech stack that powers multimodal AI
Ryan chats with Russ d’Sa, cofounder and CEO of LiveKit, about multimodal AI and the technology that makes it possible. They talk through the tech stack required, including the use of WebRTC and UDP protocols for real-time audio and video streaming. They also explore the big challenges involved in ensuring
Read moreFlink, the quick commerce startup, raises another $150M at a valuation of just under $1B
Flink, the quick commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target first of Gorillas, then Getir, and then Amazon, and then Gopuff, today made a move that spells out how it plans to go forth on its own. The company has confirmed a fresh fundraise of $150 million
Read moreAmazon will host its Prime Big Deals Day sales event on October 8 and 9
Amazon said today that it will host its Prime Day-like sales event, “Prime Big Deals Day,” on October 8-9. For the last two years, the ecommerce company has scheduled its fall event in October and has continued that tradition this year. Apart from the U.S., this event will take place
Read moreBluesky now has more than 10M users
Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few weeks after Elon Musk-owned X was shuttered in Brazil. “If you’re reading this, you’re one of the first 10 million users on
Read moreTrump is hawking tokens for a crypto project he still hasn’t explained
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images After a disclaimer that nothing we’d hear tonight is financial or legal advice, followed by a 40-minute interview with former President Donald Trump — which touched on the apparent attempt on his life at a Florida golf course, the border, the “evil
Read moreSlack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?
The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat with your coworkers, but
Read moreAdvice from CodeSignal CEO, Tigran Sloyan, on prepping for tech interviews & assessments
Taking a technical assessment is a common first step in the engineer hiring process—it allows employers to gain an early signal of candidate skill and gives applicants the opportunity to show off what they can do, regardless of their education or experience. Still, a coding assessment can be intimidating for
Read moreIntel moves to spin out foundry business, inks AI chip deal with AWS
Intel has announced a key customer win and changes to its foundry business as the beleaguered chipmaker looks to execute a turnaround. Intel is taking steps to transition its chip foundry division, Intel Foundry, to an independent subsidiary, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger said in a blog post. Intel Foundry’s leadership
Read moreTech’s emissions may be way higher than disclosed due to ‘creative accounting’ of carbon
Accounting for the emissions of a global tech empire is not a simple task, and what industry standards we do have for disclosure may allow tech companies to systematically understate their carbon footprint. A Guardian report compares official declarations of carbon emissions, including what amount to offsets purchased elsewhere, with
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