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YC alum Fluently's AI-powered English coach attracts $2M seed round
TechCrunch· 11 hours agoMaking use of AI, Fluently operates as a coach that gives users feedback and tips on their spoken...
Gifting on-demand startup Afloat goes nationwide
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 14 hours agoAfloat, a gift delivery app that lets you shop from local stores and have gifts delivered to a loved one on the same day, is now available across the...
Amazon Stock Is Up 30% But Its $100 Billion AI Bet May Not Pay Off
Forbes· 1 day agoAmazon has pioneered enormously important new industries. Amazon’s contributions include online...
The only take about the future of media is that media is the future
TechCrunch· 1 day agoHello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. An edtech startup based in Nigeria raised ...
Robot cats, dogs and birds are being deployed amid an 'epidemic of loneliness'
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoIn the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and...
SAP, and Oracle, and IBM, oh my! 'Cloud and AI' drive legacy software firms to record valuations
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoThere's something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies...
In a more conservative venture capital market, will big tech step up?
TechCrunch· 3 days agoThis week, Alex spoke with Hans Yang, GM of Microsoft for Startups, and Tom Davis, senior director...
Exclusive: Plaid, once aimed mostly at fintechs, is growing its enterprise business and now has over...
TechCrunch· 3 days agoAs Plaid has expanded its fintech services, so, too, has it grown its customer base. Plaid got its...
How one founder bucked the data-driven trend and created a startup based on inspiration
TechCrunch· 4 days agoWhen Oleg Stavitsky and his co-founders started Endel, they didn’t necessarily expect for it to...
Agility’s humanoid robots are going to handle your Spanx | TechCrunch
TechCrunch· 4 days agoUp to now, the humanoid robotics industry has been all promises and pilots. While important in the eventual deployment of new technology, these programs involve a small number of robots and ...