Working to understand C3.ai’s growth story
The end-of-year IPO wave continues, this time with C3.ai moving closer to its own formal debut by updating its S-1 filing with third-quarter data.
The new data provides the market with a much better look into how the unicorn AI company’s business has progressed during the COVID-19 era, and sh
Pay-per-mile auto insurer Metromile is heading to public markets via SPAC
Metromile, the pay-per-mile auto insurer that earlier this year laid off a third of its staff due to economic uncertainties caused by COVID-19, is taking the SPAC path to the public markets.
The company, which was founded in 2011 and is led by CEO Dan Preston, said it has reached a merger agreement
YouTube suspends and demonetizes One America News Network over COVID-19 video
YouTube today confirmed that it has suspended right-wing cable channel One America News Network (OAN or OANN for short). The penalty comes after a violation of YouTube's stated COVID-19 misinformation guidelines. As a result, the network will be barred from posting new videos for a week, while
‘Complete Success’: Rocket Lab’s booster recovery is a big step toward reusability
Rocket Lab has successfully recovered the first stage of an Electron launch vehicle after it made a controlled splashdown in the Atlantic, marking a major milestone in the company’s quest for a reusable rocket. CEO Peter Beck, speaking to press shortly after the operation, called the mission
Discord is close to closing a round that would value the company at up to $7B
Discord, the communications service that’s become the 21st century’s answer to MUD rooms, is close to closing a new round of financing that would value the company at up to $7 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the round.
The new funding comes just months after a $100 milli
Dija, a new delivery startup from former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on a $20M round led by Blossom
Dija, a new U.K.-based startup founded by senior former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on $20 million in funding, technewss has learned.
According to multiple sources, the round, which has yet to close, is being led by Blossom Capital, the early-stage venture capital firm founded by ex-Index a
Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill
Data platform Splunk continues to make acquisitions as it works to build out its recently launched observability platform. After acquiring Plumbr and Rigor last month, the company today announced that it has acquired Flowmill, a Palo Alto-based network observability startup. Flowmill focuses on hel
Ignore the social media echo chambers
After Election Day, NPR, The Washington Post and various blogs described America as bitterly divided or on the brink of civil war. These were by the same journalists, pundits and intellectuals who only know how to sell fear.
“They want to take away your guns!” and “They want to take your
Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals
Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it's a new fund called 2050. But it's not your average French VC fund, as it's going to be an evergreen fund focused on building a better world. It sounds ambitious, but Ekeland isn't just daydreaming — she has a detailed action
As edtech grows cash rich, some lessons for early stage
Last week, Udemy, an online learning marketplace, raised $50 million at a $3.32 billion valuation, up from a $2 billion valuation earlier this year. Language learning app Duolingo raised $35 million on a $2.4 billion valuation, up from a $1.65 valuation from earlier this year.
The valuation bumps f
SEC issues proposed rulemaking to give gig workers equity compensation
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued rules that would allow public and private companies to offer equity compensation to gig workers.
The rule-making comes just weeks after California voters upheld an initiative that overturned legislation that would have classified gig workers as empl
Learn how to access funding for your startup at TC Sessions: Space 2020
Building tech startups takes cash — and lots of it. But when you're talking space startups, you're talking galactic-level money. Costs blast right through Earth's exosphere and become, literally, astronomical. If space is your jam, you're going to need financial help, and you'
Following its acquisition by BuzzFeed, HuffPost shuts down its Brazil and India editions
HuffPost is becoming part of BuzzFeed, but HuffPost India and HuffPost Brasil will not be making the transition — both sites are shutting down today.
“Today is @huffpostIndia's last day,” tweeted the team’s editor in chief Aman Sethi. “Pound for pound, story for story,
Fortnite adds a $12 monthly subscription bundle
Fortnite's free to play model has no doubt been a big driver in the battle royale title's stratospheric success. Epic clearly hasn't had much issue monetizing the game. While revenue slipped last year, it still managed to pull in a massive windfall of $1.8 billion (down from an even mor