An early Joby Aviation backer might soon be its biggest distributor in Saudi Arabia
Joby Aviation has signed an MoU with investor and Saudi Arabian conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) to distribute up to 200 electric aircraft valued at about $1 billion over the coming years.
Read moreIndeed CEO Chris Hyams resigns, hands over reins to former chief Hisayuki Idekoba
The company's parent firm Recruit's CEO, Hisayuki Idekoba, will return to his post as CEO of Indeed.
Read moreThe Rise of Super Apps: Revolutionising Africa’s Digital Economy
In an increasingly mobile-first world, super apps are emerging as powerful catalysts for digital transformation across Africa. These comprehensive platforms are redefining how consumers interact with digital services, combining multiple functionalities in a single application and addressing unique challenges facing the continent’s diverse markets. A super app is fundamentally different
Read moreWatch Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote right here
Apple will host its WWDC developer conference for 2025 from June 9 to June 13.
Read moreIrish fintech NomuPay lands $40M at a $290M valuation from SoftBank
As global trade evolves, there’s an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options. That’s why an Irish-based fintech startup called NomuPay has raised $40 million in a Series C round from SB Payment Service (SBPS), a subsidiary of Japanese telco giant SoftBank Corp, at a valuation of $290 million. NomuPay
Read moreVodacom Group Appoints CEO of Vodacom International Markets & Vodafone Egypt
Vodacom Group has appointed Mohamed Abdallah as Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom International Markets and Vodafone Egypt. Mohamed, currently CEO of Vodafone Egypt, will now take on a broader regional executive leadership role. His goal is to drive growth and operational excellence throughout Vodacom’s international markets portfolio. Under this expanded
Read moreIn a deterministic simulation, you can debug with time travel
Will Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Antithesis, joins Ryan and Stack Overflow senior director of engineering Ben Matthews on the podcast to discuss deterministic simulation testing, the pitfalls of chaos testing in an AI-driven world, and how testing can help developers deal with technical debt.
Read moreValla raises $2.7M to make legal recourse more accessible to employees
Even for someone with a cushy tech job, the prospect of going against their company is daunting. That bothered Shell so much that in 2022, she launched Valla, which seeks to make legal support more accessible to workers.
Read moreConsole raises $6.2M from Thrive to free IT teams from mundane tasks with AI
Console's mission is to help IT teams reduce mundane, repetitive tasks, thereby freeing up time for help desk professionals to work on more strategic and sophisticated projects.
Read moreFormer DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg co-leads $15.5M Series A for AI video ad platform
DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg’s venture fund WndrCo co-led a $15.5 million Series A round for Creatify, an AI video ad platform. Creatify’s AdMax platform uses AI to quickly generate dozens of video advertisements, which are geared toward social media marketing — AdMax analyzes high-performing social video campaigns on apps like
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