Greylock secures $1B for its 17th fund amid launch of early-stage founders program
Greylock 17 will target pre-seed, seed and Series A founders in the areas of enterprise and consumer software.
Read morePlanetScale forks MySQL to add vector support
It seems like everyone in the database business is thinking about how to capitalize on the growth of AI by adding support for vectors to their products. That, after all, remains to be the easiest way to feed up-to-date data to foundation models. Almost 28 years after its launch, MySQL
Read moreThe EU is about to adopt a dangerous law with international consequences
Media freedom must be able to operate outside the confines of political interference to give users more information, not less.
Read moreOsmoses gets $11M seed to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market
Today, membrane gas separation represents a relatively small part of the market. But with calls to decarbonize heavy industry, that could change.
Read moreHMD is building Nokia phones in Europe as customers demand more security
HMD’s limited-edition Nokia XR21 in “frosted platinum” to celebrate the European-made model. | Image: HMD Finnish firm HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded smartphones, will start building 5G models in Europe. To start, the company is announcing production of the rugged dust and water-resistant Nokia XR21 within the continent, which Enterprise
Read moreQobra raises $10.5 million for its real-time sales compensation tool
French startup Qobra has raised a $10.5 million Series A funding round (€10 million) led by Singular with Revenue Syndicate and existing investor Breega also participating. Qobra helps businesses manage sales compensation so that managers don’t have to use Excel spreadsheets for this pesky task. It starts by bringing data
Read moreGoogle is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam
It’ll soon be easier to stop receiving those annoying marketing emails you subscribed to. | Image: Google Google is preparing to enforce new Gmail requirements that aim to reduce spam, improve email security, and make it easier to unsubscribe from commercial email senders. The new requirements will be imposed on
Read moreCoffee Briefing Oct. 3 – Cisco renews funding for Connected North; Amazon Bedrock goes GA; SCALE AI invests over $20 million in five AI projects; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. Government of Ontario, TakingITGlobal and Cisco renew funding for Connected North Program The Government of Ontario, TakingITGlobal (TIG),
Read moreAdapting to a world with higher interest rates — a guide for startups
Make customers want what you have to sell. Once you get the formula right, you can worry about capital efficiency.
Read moreWattpad ditches ‘Paid Stories’ for a freemium model
After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called “Wattpad Originals” that gives authors the best of both worlds– monetization and growing their audience of non-paying readers. With the new model, authors can hide certain chapters
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