LumApps, the French ‘intranet superapp,’ sells majority stake to Bridgepoint in a $650M deal
Big news today for LumApps, the French startup that has described itself as an “intranet superapp” with a platform for building and provisioning internal communications and apps for workforces. The company — which is used by some 5 million people across 700 organizations — announced that Bridgepoint, the private equity
Read moreMore neobanks are becoming mobile networks — and Nubank wants a piece of the action
Nubank is taking its first tentative steps into the mobile network realm, as the NYSE-traded Brazilian neobank rolls out an eSIM (embedded SIM) service for travelers. The service will give customers access to 10GB of free roaming internet in more than 40 countries without having to switch out their own
Read moreAn open-source development paradigm
Temporal is an open-source project focused on durable execution and workflow orchestration. Cofounder and CTO Maxim Fateev tells Ben and Ryan about the challenges of building a cloud service based on an open-source project and how Temporal is helping teams simplify their code and build more features more quickly.
Read moreMARS doubles down on India’s Infra.Market with new $50M investment
Infra.Market, an Indian startup that helps construction and real estate firms procure materials, has raised $50M from MARS Unicorn Fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCloover wants to speed solar adoption by helping installers finance new sales
Small operations can lose customers by not offering financing, something the Berlin-based startup wants to change. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAdani looks to battle Reliance, Walmart in India’s e-commerce, payments race, report says
India's Adani Group is in discussions to venture into digital payments and e-commerce, according to a report. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreLedger starts shipping its high-end hardware crypto wallet
Ledger, a French startup mostly known for its secure crypto hardware wallets, has started shipping new wallets nearly 18 months after announcing the latest Ledger Stax devices. The updated wallet features an E-Ink display and has been designed in partnership with Tony Fadell, one of the main designers behind the
Read moreOne-liner to troubleshoot LaTeX references
In LaTeX, sections are labeled with commands like label{foo} and referenced like ref{foo}. Referring to sections by labels rather than hard-coded numbers allows references to automatically update when sections are inserted, deleted, or rearranged. For every reference there ought to be a label. A label without a corresponding reference is
Read moreRetrieval-augmented Generation: Revolution or Overpromise?
Learn what RAG promises and its practical reality as we explore how RAG works, its potential benefits, its challenges and solutions. Continue reading Retrieval-augmented Generation: Revolution or Overpromise? on SitePoint.
Read moreElon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT and all the rest
The Verge Elon Musk founded xAI last summer, and today it announced raising $6 billion in funding, saying it will help bring the startup’s “first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies.” So far, xAI has launched Grok, a supposedly edgier version
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