Qovery lets you deploy your application without managing your cloud infrastructure
Remember how Heroku was a big breakthrough when it was first released? Qovery wants to do it again by building an abstraction layer between your code and your cloud infrastructure. You push code in a git repository and Qovery manages your services for you.
“It's a container-as-a-service platf
EU lawmakers say it’s time to go further on tackling disinformation
A major European Commission review of a Code of Practice aimed at combating the spread of disinformation online has concluded the self-regulatory instrument is failing to deliver enough transparency or accountability from the tech platforms and advertisers signed up to it.
EU lawmakers suggested to
Dgraph launches Slash GraphQL, a GraphQL-native database Backend-as-a-Service
Dgraph Labs, the startup behind the popular eponymous graph database, today announced the launch of its Slash GraphQL service. Slash GraphQL is a fully managed GraphQL backend service that is, of course, powered by Dgraph.
As Manish Jain, Dgraph’s CEO and founder (and one of the engineers beh
Instagram is building a product equity team and hiring a director of diversity and inclusion
Instagram announced some changes it’s making that are geared toward advancing equity within its workplace. The changes come after Instagram in June spoke about elevating, rather than suppressing, Black voices in light of the killing of George Floyd.
“More than ever, people are turning t
Learn how to build a service marketplace from the CTOs of Peloton and DoorDash at Disrupt
Peloton and DoorDash probably don’t seem to have much in common, but the connected fitness platform and food delivery app have both built massive service businesses that are touching millions. We're amped to announce that Peloton co-founder/CTO Yony Feng and DoorDash cofounder/CTO Andy Fa
Can carbon capture save the world from climate change? Jennifer Holmgren will tell us at Disrupt
Before she became the chief executive officer of LanzaTech, one of the first generation of companies working on carbon capture and conversion technologies, Jennifer Holmgren was the general manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business at UOP (Universal Oil Products).
That division of Hone
Hear Y Combinator’s Eric Migicovsky and Chrysalis Cloud’s Kate Whitcomb talk hardware at Disrupt 2020
As has been said so many times before: “Hardware is hard.”
But has building a hardware company gotten any easier over the years? Or has 2020 introduced all new challenges of its own?
At Disrupt 2020 — our first-ever entirely virtual Disrupt! — we’ll be joined b
Reminder: $1,000 in AWS Activate credits available for Extra Crunch members
Calling all Extra Crunch members! We’ve partnered with Amazon Web Services for an Extra Crunch Partner Perk, and now eligible members can get $1,000 in AWS Activate credits as a part of an annual Extra Crunch membership plan.
If you are already an Extra Crunch member, scroll down to the botto
Update: Closing on $75 million in new cash, Truepill plans at-home testing service as it nears $200 million in annual revenue
Truepill, the white-label healthcare services company that provides telehealth and pharmacy fulfillment services, is adding at-home medical testing as the third branch of its services powering the offerings of companies like Hims and Hers, Nurx, GoodRx, and Ro (a former customer).
Financing this
Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines team up to accelerate quantum computing
Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines, two of the better-known startups in the quantum control ecosystem, today announced a new partnership that wl see Quantum Machines integrate Q-CTRL‘s quantum firmware into Quantum Machines’ Quantum Orchestration hardware and software solution.
Buding quantum
Gillmor Gang: Table Stakes
I quite like the iPad Pro 11 inch with the Magic Keyboard. In the Land of Pandemic, where every day is Saturday, the tablet is king. With no real purchase on the chaotic flow of life, the rules — any rules — of the road are very dear to me. Structure is arbitrary but mandatory. Strategy is Nia
Meet the final round judges who will decide the winner of this year’s Disrupt Battlefield Competition
It’s never easy, deciding which of the 20 companies that make it into the Disrupt Battlefield Competition will be anointed its winner. There’s just so much at stake each year, and at Disrupt 2020 this September 14-18, the stakes are even higher.
For that one startup that makes it all th
PopSQL raises a $3.4M seed round for its collaborative SQL editor
PopSQL, a startup that builds a collaborative SQL editor for teams, today announced that it has raised a $3.4 million seed round led by Google’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures fund. Other participants include Y Combinator and FundersClub, as well as angel investors Max Mullen, the co-founder of
Committing to a fully zero-emission fleet by 2040, Uber is dedicating $800 million to electrifying its drivers
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Ride hailing giant Uber is committing to becoming a fully zero-emission platform by 2040 and setting aside $800 million to help get its drivers using electric vehicles by 2025.
The company said that it would invest further in its micromobility options as well with the g