ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa. This is as it currently scales regionally over the next few months while working to attract international fashion brands,
Read moreHow Greenlyte is going from zero to 1,000 metric tons of captured CO2 in a year
In case you haven’t noticed, the world hasn’t stopped burning fossil fuels. At this rate, someday soon we’ll probably have to do things the hard way: remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. It’s not ideal, but here we are. In anticipation of that day, a number of companies are
Read moreDust uses large language models on internal data to improve team productivity
Dust is a new AI startup based in France that is working on improving team productivity by breaking down internal silos, surfacing important knowledge and providing tools to build custom internal apps. At its core, Dust is using large language models (LLMs) on internal company data to give new super
Read moreLordstown Motors sues Foxconn, files for bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors has made good on its threat to sue Foxconn, the Taiwanese company best known for manufacturing Apple’s iPhones. The EV company took legal action against Foxconn Tuesday, and simultaneously filed for bankruptcy and put itself up for sale. Lordstown, the EV startup that went public via a merger
Read moreDexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots
Dexory, a company that serves warehouses with real-time inventory management data using AI software and autonomous robots, has raised $19 million in a Series A round of funding led by European VC Atomico. Founded out of London in 2015, Dexory’s product can be split into two segments. On the hardware
Read moreWhatsApp Business crosses 200M MAUs, introduces personlized messages feature
Meta announced today that WhatsApp Business, its app designed specifically for small businesses, has crossed the mark of 200 million monthly active users — up from 50 million in 2020. As the company is pursuing its “year of efficiency,” it also launched features like easier ad creation and a personalized
Read moreTikTok’s Family Pairing tool now gives parents personalized control over the content their teens see
TikTok is bringing its content filtering tool to its Family Pairing offering, which lets parents link their account to their teen’s to enable content and privacy settings, the company announced on Tuesday. Content filtering allows users to filter out videos with words or hashtags they don’t want to see in
Read moreDePoly keeps hard to recycle plastic from ending up in landfills
About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason is that it is difficult for conventional recycling processes to handle contaminated plastics, like those that are made up of several
Read moreThe Future of Biological Research with BioAutoMATED
Researchers and scientists are always curious to explore the ever-evolving world of science with cutting-edge technology. One such technology that is transforming biological research is BioAutoMATED. It is an end-to-end automated machine-learning tool that can explain and design biological sequences. A group of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically
Read moreSalesforce talks up ‘Ai Cloud’ at Johannesburg event
Salesforce, a global leader in CRM, hosted World Tour Essentials earlier this month at the Kyalami Convention Centre in Midrand. The event attracted more than 2000 delegates from the Salesforce ecosystem, including partners and customers. They came to hear the latest updates and insights from the company. The main theme
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