Connectly, now backed by Alibaba, taps AI to personalize text messages to customers
Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were struggling to connect with potential shoppers. The problem, in his opinion, was that their marketing campaigns weren’t tailored enough. Merchants were sending generic social media, text, and
Read moreNuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies
After multiple rounds of layoffs in 2022 and 2023, Nuro is pivoting its business strategy to focus more on the startup’s core autonomous driving technology instead of owning and operating a fleet of low-speed, on-road delivery bots. The company said on Wednesday it would start licensing its autonomous vehicle technology
Read moreEnterprise 2024.6: Identify and engage your subject matter experts
This release includes updates that improve subject matter expert (SME) visibility and engagement in Stack Overflow for Teams. It's also now easier to capture and discover SME knowledge in Microsoft Teams and Slack with the Auto-Answer App.
Read moreAtomico backs Tem to help businesses buy renewable energy directly from sources
Tem wants to do for utilities what neobanks have done for the financial sector: disrupt an industry using tech, streamline it, and cut out the middlemen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSouth African Fintech Recognized at Finovate 2024 Awards
A privacy-preserving data cooperation Omnisient, has received the globally recognized Finovate 2024 Excellence in Financial Inclusion Award. Omnisient logo Omnisient was the only African fintech recognized as a leader in its field. The US-based award recognizes established institutions and rising stars who have made great gains in providing innovative and
Read morePaymob, started by three college friends, lands another $22 million and is profitable in Egypt
Paymob has evolved into an omnichannel gateway offering over 50 methods for offline and online payments to more than 350,000+ merchants. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreInMobi secures $100 million for AI acquisitions ahead of IPO
Adtech startup InMobi has raised $100 million in debt financing as the profitable Indian firm looks to “significantly deepen” its artificial intelligence initiatives and fund potential AI acquisitions ahead of a planned IPO next year. Mars Growth Capital, a joint venture between MUFG and Liquidity Group, has financed the funding,
Read moreSergey Brin says he’s working on AI at Google ‘pretty much every day’
Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he’s back working at Google “pretty much every day” because he hasn’t seen anything as exciting as the recent progress in AI — and doesn’t want to miss out. Brin revealed the tidbit in an interview during the All-In Summit in L.A.
Read moreBeats makes iPhone 16 cases now
The $49 cases work with MagSafe and the iPhone’s new Camera Control button. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSenate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive
A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content like news and recipes may amount to anticompetitive practices. In a letter to the agencies, the senators, led by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), explained their position that the
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