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We asked you, dear readers, to vote for the breakout sessions you want to see in September at technewss Disrupt 2023, and your response was amazing! The 15 contenders did nothing to make your job easy, but thousands of votes later, we're ready to announce the 10 breakouts you're sending to

Remotely monitoring patients without violating their privacy is a challenging task. But one co-founder believes that she’s cracked the code. I’m excited to announce I’m speaking with Romi Gubes, the CEO of Sensi.AI,a startup that has developed 24/7 audio-based AI software to detec

Anthropic, the prominent generative AI startup co-founded by OpenAI veterans, has raised $450 million in a Series C funding round led by Spark Capital. Anthropic wouldn’t disclose what the round valued its business at. But The Information reported in early March (and as confirmed by us when w

Updated with more information from BandLab Technologies’ CEO. Correction also made to the valuation amount in headline.  Singapore-based BandLab Technologies, the parent company of social music creation platform BandLab, has raised $25 million in Series B1 funding that bumps its post-money v

SoftBank last week rebranded its Opportunity Fund to Open Opportunity Fund with the intent of opening the fund to other LPs and organizations to back minority entrepreneurs and startups. It also launched a second fund with a $150 million target. For investor Paul Judge, who will co-own the fund alo

Here in the States, we're about to kick off the unofficial start of summer, and nothing puts us in a festive mood faster than a three-day weekend filled with family, friends and food. Unless it's an outstanding deal. Like this one. technewss two-for-one sale on passes to Disrupt 2023 Welco

A new startup is launching out of stealth today with $5 million in seed funding as it looks to bring its flavor of open source to risk decision-making software in the finance sector. Ballerine, as the startup is called, helps banks, fintechs and similar financial organizations automate key decision

Meta has finally found a willing buyer for Giphy, the animated GIF search engine it acquired for $400 million three years ago. Shutterstock announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Meta to buy Giphy in a transaction that “consists of $53 million of net cash paid at closing,&

As many as 91% of consumers want to see more videos from brands, according to a recent survey by the startup Wyzowl, which says it surveyed more than 500 respondents. Google meanwhile reported in 2019 that 55% of consumers use videos in their purchasing decisions. Though the data may be in both c

Daylight, an LGBTQ+ banking platform, is shutting down. Its operations will cease on June 30, according to embattled co-founder and CEO Rob Curtis.  The announcement comes months after NY Magazine published an explosive feature on the neobank. The article honed in on Daylight, whose seed and Serie

  One of Endua’s hydrogen power banks. Image Credits: Endua One major problem with renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydro is intermittency. This means they cannot be relied on constantly since, for example, the sun might stop shining or it might be a still, windless day. To

I am lucky enough to have worked for companies that ranged from corporate giants like Uber and Coinbase to smaller startups that were run out of private residences in Silicon Valley. One of the largest differentiators between these companies was their respective emphases on conversion rate optimiza

You voted in droves and the results are finally in! We can't wait to hear the 10 incredible roundtables that you chose to send to technewss Disrupt 2023, September 19–21 in San Francisco. After counting literally thousands of votes, we're ready to share the winners with you. But first…

Indian startup Chalo, which is working to transform bus commutes, has raised $45 million in a new funding round and secured an additional $12 million in debt as it works on deepening its mobility offerings and launches in more international markets. The Series D funding round was led by Avataar Ven