Cohere raises $500M to beat back generative AI rivals
Cohere, a generative AI startup co-founded by ex-Google researchers, has raised $500 million in new cash from investors including Cisco, AMD and Fujitsu. Bloomberg says that the round, which also had participation from Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments and Canada’s export credit agency EDC, values Toronto-based Cohere at $5.5
Read More4 Free Websites to Stream the Olympics & Catch Every Moment
South African fans eagerly anticipate the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will feature the world’s most renowned athletic event from July 27 to August 11. They are particularly excited about the potential for their country’s athletes to shine on the international stage and win medals. This event will not
Read MoreWin with GenAI: How to Surpass Productivity Drivers and Energize Digital Transformation
Remember the excitement when robotic process automation (RPA) became mainstream? Enthusiasts were excited to band-aid integrations over legacy systems and automate complex data entry forms to improve productivity and quality. Many organizations realized these benefits and saw an ROI from RPA, but only a few translated them into true digital
Read MoreThe Winner of the Proptech Innovator of The Year Award: 2024
Lisa, a smart leasing platform, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Proptech Innovator of The Year award. This accolade was presented at the Residential Investment & Development Summit recently held at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa. Lisa’s journey to winning this award was marked by the launch
Read MoreWhy do medical tests always have error rates?
Most people implicitly assume medical tests are infallible. If they test positive for X, they assume they have X. Or if they test negative for X, they’re confident they don’t have X. Neither is necessarily true. Someone recently asked me why medical tests always have an error rate. It’s a
Read MoreSwiggy turns Minis into a link-in-bio platform
Indian food delivery and quick commerce startup Swiggy is pivoting one of its smaller businesses, Swiggy Minis, into a link-in-bio service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreFintech Fragment eases bank account reconciliation, nabs $9M from Stripe, Jack Altmam, others
Fragment's digital ledger API applies real-time, double entry accounting to find where things aren’t adding up. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreLinx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years, and one of the main reasons it’s the gift that keeps on giving to malicious hackers is that it’s a nightmare for organizations to track. A security startup founded in
Read MoreSA’s Health Delegation Arrives in Munich for AIDS Conference
The South African delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Joe Phaahla, arrives in Munich, Germany, ahead of the 25th International AIDS Conference scheduled for 22 – 26 July 2024. This year’s theme, “Put people first,” emphasizes the need to strengthen human rights, improve healthcare facilities, and safeguard civil
Read MoreSolar Energy at R1.00/kWh, Electricity to Increase to R4/kwh
Residents in major metros across South Africa are facing substantial double-digit increases in their electricity bills starting from 1 July. The average increase for key industrial and urban electricity tariffs stands at 13.29%. Eskom’s endless blues One Energy’s Teresa Kok. Every municipal cost-of-supply study and Eskom’s declining revenue base, exacerbated
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