Sam Altman-backed Mentra aims to match neurodivergent jobseekers with ideal jobs
Neurodivergent individuals often have a harder time finding jobs than their non-neurodivergent counterparts. Unemployment for neurodivergent adults runs at least as high as 30-40% – three times the rate for people with disability, and eight times the rate for people without disability, according to UConn’s Center for Neurodiversity and Employment
Read moreHarnessing Multi-Cloud Backups: The Key to Data Resilience and Cost Savings
More and more companies are adopting a multi-cloud strategy and recognizing the benefits of multiple cloud service providers. Agility, fast response times, and the ability to use the best platform for each workload are among the key arguments. However, this brings with it the challenge of ensuring seamless data movement
Read moreJourney to the cloud part II: Migrating Stack Overflow for Teams to Azure
We needed to remove the dependency on the Sites database and contain all Teams infrastructure and data within the TFZ which is all part of Phase II.
Read moreApeX Pro’s New Smart Liquidity Pools Bring the Best of DeFi to Bybit
Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is collaborating with permissionless and decentralized trading platform ApeX Pro to open the door to ApeX Pro’s new Smart Liquidity Pool (SLP) where users can easily earn an attractive real yield on USD-pegged stablecoin, USDC. Opportunity of a Lifetime The SLP provides
Read moreFSD Africa Investments Commits $19.5M to Boost Climate Resilience in Africa
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa, announced its decision to invest $19.5 million in support of climate adaptation and climate-aligned infrastructure projects in Africa and to promote the continent’s resilience to climate change. Commitment to Partnering with Local Asset Managers The investments in Acre Impact Capital’s
Read moreZoom rebrands existing — and intros new — generative AI features
To stay competitive in the crowded market for videoconferencing, Zoom is updating and rebranding several of its AI-powered features, including the generative AI assistant formerly known as Zoom IQ. The news comes after controversy over changes to Zoom’s terms of service, which implied that Zoom reserved the right to use
Read moreHarmonya bags $20M to decipher product data for CPG brands
The company uses AI and large language models to generate product attributes from things like titles, descriptions, ingredients and consumer reviews.
Read moreGleen’s tech-savvy chatbot for Discord and Slack attracts Solana founder in oversubscribed round
There’s no shortage of chatbot services trying to earn a place in the myriad of channels on Discord and Slack. California-based Gleen, founded by Microsoft and LinkedIn veterans, is offering its enterprise-grade chatbot to the most demanding segment of the market — technical communities, like a blockchain infrastructure channel on
Read moreConnect Ventures hits $80M for its next fund, says the Bear market means ‘Product is back, baby!’
Tempus fugit, as Virgil once put it. It was a full 11 years ago that I first noted the appearance of Connect Ventures, one of the early ‘new kids on the block’ amongst the nascent clutch of European tech VCs in that relatively early era. Back then, Connect was one
Read moreIntel and Tower ink major foundry deal, $300M investment after Intel cancels its $5.4B Tower acquisition
Two weeks after Intel said it would cancel its plan to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion amidst pushback from regulators, the two companies intend to work together anyway. Intel today said that it would provide foundry services and 300mm manufacturing capacity to Tower. As part of the deal, Tower
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