Felix Capital’s Julien Codorniou to join 20VC as general partner

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Just a few weeks after 20VC announced its third investment vehicle, TechCrunch has learned from multiple sources that the relatively new VC firm based in London is gaining a new general partner. Julien Codorniou is leaving Felix Capital, where he has been a founding advisor since 2015 and a partner since 2021, to join 20VC […]
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Aave protocol developer secures $31 million for Lens, a high-performance blockchain for social apps

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Avara, the company behind Aave, Lens and Family, is announcing a $31 million funding round led by Lightspeed Faction. With Lens, Avara is building a decentralized protocol that could serve as the infrastructure for social and consumer apps. This funding announcement comes a few weeks after Lens unveiled a completely overhauled version of its protocol, […]
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Health AI startup Suki expands partnership with Google Cloud to deliver more assistive tech for clinicians

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Health-care AI startup Suki is building patient summary and Q&A features using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.

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WeTransfer’s free plan now has a monthly limit of 10 transfers

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

File transfer service WeTransfer is now limiting users to 10 transfers per month with its free plan. The company is already applying the new limit to users, as per a support page. At the same time, WeTransfer is adding some perks to the free plan, including increasing the overall file transfer limit from 2GB to […]
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Trump’s pick to lead NASA made a big bet on crypto while going to space on the side

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Before being nominated by President-elect Trump to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman guided his payments company Shift4 into the crypto market.

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RPA Contact Center: What Grindy Tasks Can it Get Rid Of?

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Discover how robotic process automation (RPA) can transform your contact center by automating repetitive tasks that slow agents down.

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Five years later… Netflix hit with Dutch data access fine

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Five years later sounds like a half-baked sequel to a well-known zombie flick franchise. But it’s a reference to how long it’s taken a data access complaint against Netflix to deliver a penalty decision in the European Union. The fine that’s — finally — been issued under the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is […]
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The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.

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AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Many sites saw their organic traffic decline in 2024, in big part due to the rise of AI-generated search results. Many queries no longer lead to click-throughs, and even when users click, it is hard for companies to get more context on searches made within apps like ChatGPT or Perplexity. The answer to this problem […]
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Threads is testing a post scheduling feature

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Techme101

Meta’s social network Threads is experimenting with a feature that will let you schedule posts, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said. Users who will get to test this feature won’t be able to schedule replies. “We want to balance giving people more control to plan their Threads posts while still encouraging real-time conversations,” he said. People […]
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