Building better startups with responsible AI
Founders tend to think responsible AI practices are challenging to implement and may slow the progress of their business. They often jump to mature examples like Salesforce's Office of Ethical and Humane Use and think that the only way to avoid creating a harmful product is building a big team.
Accion’s Natalya Bailey will join us at TC Sessions: Space 2021
With more satellites than ever going to orbit, the question of how to control them efficiently and precisely is of more concern than ever. Accion Systems is well placed to provide a solution to this growing challenge, and co-founder and CTO Natalya Bailey will join us at TC Sessions: Space in Decem
HTC reveals the $499 Vive Flow, a tiny VR headset with some big tradeoffs
Today, HTC has revealed their latest consumer-focused headset, the $499 Vive Flow. It’s designed for portability with a compact design and 189 gram weight, though there are some big caveats, which I’ll get to later.
I had the chance to demo the headset in-person in San Francisco and my
What chip shortage? MagicCube raises $15M to ‘replace all chips,’ starting with POS terminals
MagicCube, a mobile security startup, has raised $15 million in a round led by Mosaik Partners.
Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, card-reader/POS hardware maker ID Tech and unnamed individual investors in the fintech space also participated in the financing, which brings the Santa Clara-based startup
Cannabis investment jumps 82% the second half of 2021, 165% over 2020 levels
Cannabis equity fundraising is quickly hitting new highs. An analysis of Crunchbase data reveals cannabis companies are seeing larger checks from equity financing, and the number of rounds is seemingly shifting from seed to later-stage rounds.
News broke today that cannabis tech leader Dutchie rais
Microsoft to pull LinkedIn from Chinese market
American technology giant Microsoft announced today that it will pull its professional social network LinkedIn from the Chinese market later this year.
Microsoft purchased LinkedIn for more than $26 billion back in 2016.
The news comes amidst a flurry of regulatory changes in the As
Twitter is bringing Ticketed Spaces to Android users in the US
Twitter has announced that paid Ticketed Spaces are coming to Android users in the U.S. over the next few days. Hosts on Spaces, Twitter's live audio room feature, will now be able to sell access to Ticketed Spaces. The Android launch comes after the initial Ticketed Spaces rollout for iOS user
Zeus Living closes on $55M to offer flexible, furnished rentals as it expands beyond corporate housing
During the pandemic and shift to remote work that came with it, many people took advantage of their newfound flexibility to try living in different places.
One startup poised to benefit from this is Zeus Living, which is focused on giving people “flexible living” options and has just raised $55
Wisdom is a social audio app for opening access to mentorship
U.K. social audio startup Wisdom has launched a new mentorship marketplace that’s described as a mix between Clubhouse and the celebrity-focused courses platform MasterClass.
The app lets users log on to find conversations which they can join live (with the chance to ask questions) or listen
Spotify expands access to its in-car entertainment device ‘Car Thing’
Spotify’s in-car entertainment system known as just “Car Thing,” launched this spring on an invite-only basis, is now becoming more broadly available. The company announced today Car Thing will become available to U.S. users who want to purchase the $79.99 device. Previously, Spot
Writing helper Copy.ai closes on its second funding round this year
On the one-year anniversary of Copy.ai's launch on Twitter, the company, a GPT-3 AI-powered platform that generates copywriting tools for business customers, secured another round of funding.
This time, the company brought in an $11 million Series A round, led by Wing Venture Capital, with part
Bird nabs $150M, up from $40M, in vehicle financing from Apollo Investment Corp.
Shared micromobility operator Bird announced that it has secured commitments from Apollo Investment Corporation to raise its existing $40 million vehicle financing credit facility to $150 million. The upsize goes into effect once the SPAC deal with Switchback II Corporation officially closes.
The s
Kiwi Bio aims to free irritable bowel syndrome sufferers from restrictive diets
One in 20 people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, a common disorder related to how your bowels work, that can cause a number of symptoms, including abdominal pain and difficulty using the bathroom.
A go-to remedy for gut sensitivity is to avoid certain foods, but many of the associated diets a
Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures
Farming accounts for 24% of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions, and this is largely due to the intensive, “industrial” farming methods employed in the last few decades, together with the rise in the consumption of meat. However, a new approach has been taking the farming world by sto