When some of the world's biggest food companies develop new products, they go to Tastewise first
Knowing the right time to bring a food product to market is traditionally handled through surveys and focus groups, but Tastewise thinks this can be done better with technology.
The Israeli-based company developed artificial intelligence-driven data analytics that help food brands make smarter deci
How Adobe’s diversity chief uses data to build a more equitable workplace
Brian Miller has been working on training, diversity and hiring for almost 15 years now across three companies. When he joined Adobe last August he was given a broad mandate that was reflected in his mouthful of a title — chief talent, diversity and inclusion officer.
His wide-ranging assignm
10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022
No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. But the winds are shifting, and these suites are increasingly finding a place in DevOps and security.
“Initially, no-code/low-code was primarily a way for non-technical builders to create (sometimes gi
Zero Systems gets $12M Series A to bring automation to professional services
Zero Systems launched seven years ago with an idea to bring automation to professional services like law firms. They wanted to focus on speeding up manual tasks, rather than moving large volumes of information, to help lawyers work more efficiently.
They came up with an AI-driven system that can id
Figma brings whiteboarding to the iPad
Collaboration has always been at the heart of what Figma does. Founder Dylan Field worked for years before launching Figma with the sole mission of making design a multiplayer game.
Since launch, the company has reached a $10 billion valuation and accrued millions of users, all on the back of that
OpsLevel raises $15M to help developers manage their microservices
OpsLevel, a startup that helps development teams organize and track their microservices in a centralized developer portal, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Threshold Ventures. Previous investors Vertex Ventures, which led the company̵
Live near an ocean? Kin Insurance's data aims to more accurately predict home risk
A home in California has different insurance needs than a home in Nebraska, and Kin Insurance believes data and technology can determine the best way to insure homes where insurance is harder to get.
It's been a few years since we caught up with the Chicago-based direct-to-consumer home insuran
Rakuten Symphony acquires Kubernetes platform Robin.io
Rakuten Symphony, the recently launched telco-focused arm of Japan’s Rakuten Group, today announced that it has acquired Robin.io, a startup that offers a Kubernetes platform optimized for storage solutions and complex network applications. Rakuten Mobile was one of the company’s early
Weee! delivers second big funding round in a year, this time backed by SoftBank
Coming off of a year where monthly active users grew 150% year over year, multicultural e-grocer Weee! secured $425 million in Series E funding toward its goal to be “the primary source for food at home,” Larry Liu, Weee!'s founder and CEO, told me.
It's been a few years since we dug in
Zendesk terminates $4.1B SurveyMonkey acquisition after its own investors reject deal
Zendesk announced today that it was walking away from the proposed $4.1 billion deal to buy Momentive, the owners of SurveyMonkey, after stockholders rejected the deal. The announcement comes just two weeks after the company spurned a $17 billion takeover offer by private equity firms.
Officially t
AnyRoad helps brands measure customer experiences
We were stuck inside for so long over the past two years that now when we go anywhere, we want it to be an experience. AnyRoad, an eight-year-old San Francisco-based company, wants to help brands make sure we have them, while also building stronger relationships with customers.
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Harness brings GitOps to its software delivery platform
Harness, the ML-enhanced software delivery platform helmed by AppDynamics co-founder Jyoti Bansal, is getting on the GitOps train.
While the service started out with a focus on continuous delivery, it has since broadened its feature set in an effort to become a full-stack DevOps platform for startu
Headless commerce company fabric sews up unicorn milestone following new round
Fabric, a five-year-old company providing composable API-driven technology for digital commerce, secured $140 million in Series C funding on a $1.5 billion valuation.
The Seattle-based modular and headless commerce company offers more than 300 commerce APIs and associated framework to connect a com
NayaPay secures $13 million, largest seed funding in South Asia for its messaging and payment app
Pakistan-based fintech platform NayaPay has raised $13 million in a seed round to roll out its multi-service messaging and payment app, and to build payment acceptance and financial management tools for businesses in the South Asian country.
NayaPay CEO and founder Danish Lakhani told technewss th