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Alma co-founder had such a bad immigration experience she founded a legal AI startup to fix it

Alma aims to simplify the visa process for technologists, founders and researchers by providing personal legal advisors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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WhatsApp Business is changing its rates for messages as it aims to reduce marketing spam

WhatsApp Business is changing its per-conversation rates for businesses — a conversation is a 24-hour thread between sellers and users. The company is reducing rates for utility messages and raising rates for marketing messages. Meta charges businesses through four categories … Continue reading

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Formlabs acquires 3D printing startup Micronics mid-Kickstarter campaign

What this means for the future of the Fuse line remains unclear, though the companies confirmed with TechCrunch that the Micronics branding is going away. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Medal raises $13M as it builds out a contextual AI assistant for desktop

Medal, a startup that is better known for its video game clipping product, just announced that it has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. … Continue reading

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Alpine Space Ventures close first fund to grow the space economy on both sides of the pond

When early SpaceX engineer Bulent Altan and long-time investor Joran Voelklein surveyed the European space sector at the end of the 2010s, they were surprised: it looked a whole lot like the beginnings of American NewSpace in the early 2000s, … Continue reading

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Intel Capital backs AI construction startup that could boost Intel’s own manufacturing prospects 

Intel could be giving its burgeoning foundry ambitions a much-needed shot in the arm, as the chip giant’s venture capital arm today revealed that it’s making a “strategic” investment in an Israel- and U.K.-based AI construction startup. Intel Capital is … Continue reading

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AI-powered Regard nabs $61M to find missed illness, boost hospital revenue

People in tech often say that data is the new oil. That phrase, coined by British mathematician Clive Humby, of course implies that data is valuable. Data about a person’s health can also provide meaningful insights and improve outcomes, but … Continue reading

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EU ends Apple Pay antitrust probe with binding commitments to open up contactless payments

The European Union has accepted commitments from Apple over how it operates Apple Pay to settle a long running competition investigation. Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager, who heads up the EU’s competition division, announced the development in a press conference Thursday. … Continue reading

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Joby Aviation is betting on hydrogen-electric aircraft for regional flight

Joby Aviation is still a year away from commercially launching its electric air taxi designed for urban environments, but the startup is already looking towards its next chapter: Intercity flight, powered by hydrogen.  To get the conversation started with regulators … Continue reading

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Sekai secures Naruto’s license to develop consumer apps for anime fans

Just like in your favorite anime, this is the story of a young group of twenty-something who started with nothing, traveled the world and ended up with a global license to develop official Naruto consumer apps. Originally founded in early … Continue reading

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