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Read morePoppy says ‘I do’ to new capital for digital booking, fulfillment of wedding flowers
Florists use Poppy to create customized wedding floral proposals, with images, and provide on-demand pricing for couples. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSpade digs into credit card fraud detection intelligence following new capital raise
When a card is swiped or typed, the issuer sends Spade the data in real-time, and that transaction is linked with a verified merchant identity. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreiMessage will reportedly get a reprieve from EU’s interoperability regulation
European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation, which will hit tech giants in 2024, will ask large-sized messaging apps to be interoperable with other services. However, Apple’s iMessage might not have to comply with this as the EU tentatively deduced that the service is not popular enough with business users,
Read moreSydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M
Sydney, Australia-based Leonardo.Ai is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users announced a $31 million USD round from investors including Blackbird, Side Stage Ventures, Smash Capital, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung Next. Founded last
Read moreTitan AI leverages generative AI to streamline mobile game development
Generative AI is attracting a significant level of investment, including in the gaming space. Titan AI, a new mobile games studio, raised over $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Berkeley SkyDeck. Titan AI joins several other generative AI gaming startups that aim to reduce the cost and speed of creating 2D
Read more‘Mega-deals’ could be inflating overall AI funding figures
A recent report from Pitchbook shows that 'mega-deals' could be inflating AI startup funding totals, giving a misleading picture of the sector's health. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTwitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees
Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world’s largest esports markets is “prohibitively expensive.” In a blog post, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said the firm undertook a “significant effort” to reduce the network costs
Read moreAvenir seeks to raise $800M for new fund
Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it began the paperworks for raising its IV fund. It ended up raising about $780 million for the fourth fund, it disclosed in a filing earlier this year.
Read moreDiscord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features
Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of small improvements that users have been asking for. Inspired by user feedback, the redesigned app tailors the mobile Discord experience for on-the-go use compared to its popular desktop app, while changing things
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