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AI animation startup Cheehoo lands $10M funding from Greycroft

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

Creating animation is a time-consuming process, requiring multiple steps including storyboarding, rendering, composition, and lighting to craft a single scene. If a director wants to experiment with a different take for a scene, an animation team has to go back … Continue reading →

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Volution doubles-down on booming UK fintech with new $100M fund

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

The UK fintech sector is on a bit of roll. Allica Bank – a London-based fintech – recently announced it had doubled its profits in 2024, bringing in £29.9 million, while Neobank Revolut announced a £1bn profit in 2024. Companies of this … Continue reading →

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Meta’s AI spending comes into focus amid Trump’s tariff policies

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

AI is a hot topic this week for Meta investors as the company hosts its first Llama-branded conference for developers then reports earnings the next day.

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Call for ban on AI apps creating naked images of children

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

Children fear anyone could create sexual deepfake images of them, the children’s commissioner says.

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OmniRetail shakes up Africa’s B2B e-commerce market with $20M Series A

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

When Deepankar Rustagi last raised money for OmniRetail in 2022, excitement was high for African startups addressing the supply chain and operational challenges in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. At one point, these startups received more capital than all … Continue reading →

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StrictlyVC heads to london and Athens this May: Featuring Prime Minister of Greece and Europe’s leading tech and VC voices

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

It’s been a busy year for TechCrunch events — and it’s about to get even bigger. StrictlyVC, our boutique, highly exclusive event series for VCs and startups, is crossing the Atlantic this May with stops in London and Athens! We’re … Continue reading →

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From coding tests to billion-dollar startups, Ali Partovi’s eight-year experiment is paying off

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition. The Iranian-born Harvard graduate built an impressive resume early on — joining the founding team of … Continue reading →

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Early cancer detection startup Craif raises $22M

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Techme101

Cancer ranks as one of the top causes of death worldwide. The National Cancer Institute reported nearly 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths globally in 2022, with projections showing a rise to 29.9 million new cases … Continue reading →

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4chan is back online, says it’s been ‘starved of money’

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Techme101

4chan is partly back online after a hack took the infamous image-sharing site down for nearly two weeks. The site first went down on April 14, with the person responsible for the hack apparently leaking data including a list of … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Chat Haus, the coworking space for AI chatbots

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Techme101

Nestled between an elementary school and a public library in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood sits a new kind of “luxury” coworking space.  Dubbed the Chat Haus, this space has many of the elements you’d find in a traditional coworking office: people … Continue reading →

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