Startups

Insight Partners backs Canary Technologies’ mission to elevate hotel guest experiences

Startups /

The hospitality industry is back, baby. And with it comes a chance for technology startups to not only help hotels streamline their operations, but also focus on how they can improve the guest experience. “The predominant traveler today was born in an age where they are very comfortable with technology,” Harman Singh Narula, Canary Technologies […]

Insight Partners backs Canary Technologies’ mission to elevate hotel guest experiences Read More »

Let there be Light! Danish startup exits stealth with $13M seed funding to bring AI to general ledgers

Startups /

It’s not the sexiest of subject matters, but someone needs to talk about it: The CFO tech stack — software used by the chief financial officers of the world — is ripe for disruption. That’s according to Jonathan Sanders, CEO and co-founder of fledgling Danish startup Light, which exits stealth Wednesday with $13 million in

Let there be Light! Danish startup exits stealth with $13M seed funding to bring AI to general ledgers Read More »

Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps

Startups /

As Apple prepares to introduce its AI-powered features for the iPhone, another company is taking the opposite approach: Instead of building a phone with more technology, it’s opting for less. Light, the maker of the minimalist phone with an e-paper screen, is announcing its newest model, the Light Phone III. Like its earlier counterpart, the

Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps Read More »

Only hours left to apply to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt

Startups /

A last call and a major shoutout to any and all early-stage founders. It’s time to dig deep and take advantage of an unparalleled opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 — the Startup Battlefield 200. Applications to Startup Battlefield 200 close today The Startup Battlefield 200 experience isn’t just good — it’s great. But you’ll never

Only hours left to apply to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt Read More »

Deal Dive: Human Native AI is building the marketplace for AI training licensing deals

Startups /

AI systems and large language models need to be trained on massive amounts of data to be accurate but they shouldn’t train on data that they don’t have the rights to use. OpenAI’s licensing deals with The Atlantic and Vox last week show that both sides of the table are interested in landing these AI-training

Deal Dive: Human Native AI is building the marketplace for AI training licensing deals Read More »

BlackRock has slashed the value of stake in Byju’s, once worth $22 billion, to zero

Startups /

BlackRock, an investor in Byju’s, estimates that its stake of Indian edtech giant, once valued at $22 billion, is now worth nothing. The write-down in its estimations, disclosed in an SEC filing, makes Byju’s one of the most spectacular startup slides in recent memory. BlackRock’s disclosure for the period ending March this year follows a

BlackRock has slashed the value of stake in Byju’s, once worth $22 billion, to zero Read More »