Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pryor High School’s “Creative Spark Industries” team, consisting of seniors Cayden Knight, Johnathan Stevers and Faith Buford, and school advisor David Day, won first place in the Best Overall category for “LocalEyes,” an application and website designed to connect citizens in communities and boost customer engagement among local businesses.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Duolingo has acquired its first startup, an animation studio that has created art for the language learning app and for Amazon, Dropbox, Spotify and Google. And then this year we were a fair bit more proactive in terms of defining what would be the best fit for the company in terms of categories and and targets.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

FunNow is a booking app for spontaneous people. million, and will be used to expand the number of categories in its app, adding night clubs, karaoke bars and catering, for example, and enter new countries, including Thailand, Singapore and Japan. For example, you can reserve a manicure or restaurant seat and head right over.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

SLAIT School aims to change that with an interactive tutor powered by computer vision , letting aspiring ASL speakers practice at their own rate like in any other language learning app. It’s high quality and much of it is free but it isn’t the kind of interactive experience people have come to expect from apps like Duolingo.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The rivalry between China’s top online learning apps has become even more intense this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another popular online learning app in China is Yiqizuoye, which is backed by Singapore’s Temasek. Chinese live tutoring app Yuanfudao is now worth $15.5 billion valuation after closing a $2.2

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

In freight brokerage, Convoy and Uber Freight digitized the traditional process of matching truckers with loads, enabling them to streamline hours of emails and phone calls with simple app-based workflows. Again and again, we see these call-and-response patterns of disruptive innovation across supply chain categories.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The company has been a longtime leader in the lost item finder space, offering consumers small devices they can attach to items — like handbags, luggage, bikes, wallets, keys, and more — which can then be tracked using the Tile smartphone app for iOS or Android. Image Credits: Tile. A base plan is $29.99

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Less than a year after taking its first funding , Latin American local on-demand delivery and transportation super app Yummy is back with an upsized round of $47 million. It started out as a food-delivery app and was part of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort. Yummy app Image Credits: Yummy. million users, Zavarce said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Givingli , a small LA-based startup with an app aiming to challenge how Gen Z sends digital greeting cards, is picking up some seed funding from investors betting on their philosophy around modern gifting. “Initially, we thought it would mainly be birthdays and categories like weddings, graduation, etc., Image via Givingli.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2023

Register Here Before founding AtoB, Arora founded and sold Harshita Apps after her app, Crypto Price Tracker, became an App Store hit. Forbes named her to its 2023 30 Under 30 list for the Manufacturing & Industry category. Tarczynski invested in this round. Did I mention she’s just 21?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

To that end it made three announcements last year: Zoom Apps development tools , the Zoom Apps marketplace and a $100 million development fund to invest in some of the more promising startups building tools on top of their platform. Zoom launches $100M Zoom Apps investment fund.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Homa Games then takes care of publishing the game on the App Store and Play Store. All of Homa Games’ success that ended up in the top 20 of most downloaded games in the App Store and Play Store have been developed in eight days or less. Homa Games call this the ‘arcade idle’ category. So far, the company has released 40 games.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mobile developers earned more than $260 billion on Apple’s App Store between its launch in 2008 and the end of 2021. And yet, Apple doesn’t provide an easy way for companies to maximize how much they make from their apps — and neither does Google, which owns the rival Google Play Store.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brett Bauman , the developer of PlayListAI (previously LinupSupply), launched a new app called Songburst on the App Store this week. The app doesn’t have a steep learning curve. If you can’t think of a prompt the app has prompts in different categories, including video, lo-fi, podcast, gaming, meditation and sample.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP , currently an invite-only beta, is a job search and networking app for creative professionals in the media and entertainment industry to connect with studios and production companies looking to hire talent. Today, the company announced a web version of its mobile app. It will roll out widely next week.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Entrée’s sample menu Image Credits: Entrée They’ve crafted Entrée’s menu to have between 30 and 50 items on it in any given month that include global cuisines under the categories of breakfast, meals for two, desserts and a beverage program that includes craft cocktails. Entrée’s app is currently on the App Store.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Hate every journaling app? Journaling apps can help you figure this out and help you establish a daily writing routine. Journaling apps can help you figure this out and help you establish a daily writing routine. Click on any app to learn more about why I chose it, or keep reading for more context on journal apps.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

For starters the search results page is linked to different apps such as Medium, Yelp and Reddit. You can customize the importance of those apps, or you can choose to not use a particular one at all, as you wish.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Traina is the CEO and co-founder of HiNOTE , an app that helps people create messages, set over personalized backdrops of anything from a tipped-over wineglass to a branded letterhead notebook page. Since launching in 2022, 1 million HiNOTES have been shared by users with over 2,000 types of notes that can be personalized on the app.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Plus, it has seen a homegrown success story in language learning app Duolingo , which went public at a nearly $4 billion valuation in 2021. First, Austin was the next biggest thing, then Atlanta and, more recently, Miami.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Imagine that you are setting up a dating app. You begin to think through your sign-up workflow – the process that your users have to complete in order to be able to use your app. You should collect only what you need to set them up on your app. are defined in law as “special category data” to which more onerous rules apply.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

For the 2024 Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth will accept proposals in the following categories: Hardware Accelerated AI, Generative AI, Tech Led Innovations, Mobile Health Apps, Healthcare Accessibility, and Social Change Solutions. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C. .”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

“We’re creating a new category in work tools; a visual knowledge base. The company told TechCrunch it will use the funding for launching the app, along with accelerating commercialization and product development. Our company was born out of the real-life struggle we experienced ourselves.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Dyrt, for example, is the top camping app on the Apple and Google Play App Stores. The app sits at the confluence of two trends: An increased interest in outdoor recreation and travel, and an explosion in consumer subscription software (CSS). I think of different outdoor activities almost like individual genres on Netflix.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This was what serial entrepreneur Ian Mendiola is trying to achieve with his GenAI-powered news summary app, Gem. Introducing ‘Tik-Tok-style News’ Gem doesn’t greet users with the traditional cluttered grid layout common to many news apps. “We aimed to create a Tik-Tok-style news summary app,” Ian says.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Last year saw a huge funding boom for Southeast Asian consumer investment apps and if Pintu ’s funding announcement today is anything to go by, that looks set to continue. The cryptocurrency-focused app has raised a $113 million Series B from Intudo Ventures, Lightspeed, Northstar Group and Pantera Capital.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But a particular category of startup stood out: those applying AI and machine learning to solve problems, especially for business-to-business clients. Typewise is also in the sales space, but it focuses on text prediction across web apps via a browser extension and server-side API. Image Credits: Pilot AI. Image Credits: Monterey AI.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Consumers’ desire for social engagement while shopping is highlighted by sales within categories. Social shopping is particularly important for categories where consumers seek feedback or recommendations from friends. To maximize this effect, Pinduoduo launched in the fruits and vegetables category.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 1, 2023

About the Entrepreneur’s Cup The Entrepreneur’s Cup is a statewide collegiate business plan competition that simulates the real-world process of researching a market, writing a business plan and making a presentation to potential investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“Consumers are expecting more tech-enabled experiences, just as they can now order cars, groceries and more using apps,” he said. Down the line, Jobber wants to build in more technology tools to bring users along into newer ways of engaging with the app and expanding their businesses.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gen Z isn’t satisfied with the social media they grew up with, so they’re building the apps that they want to use. ” Depending on what you want to use your profile for (you might want a social profile, or you might want to promote your art and network), you can choose from five profile skins when you onboard into the app.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In 2013, Apple launched a curated ‘Kids’ category’ in its app store that already has more than 80,000+ apps by now. It separates the app into three age ranges, spanning those under 5, those aged between 6 and 8, and finally, those for kids aged between 9 and 11. But still, use graphics and images with brighter colours.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Joining the fray is Heart to Heart , an audio-first dating app aiming to bring back some intimacy to the process of finding the right person for your next foray, whether that’s a saucy encounter or a mate for life. “When it came down to the dating apps, it was never something I could get into. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Now it has its sights set on helping “everyday Americans” find deals and savings across multiple categories, including travel and shopping, via its super app. Fazal told TechCrunch that Super.com is among some large companies, like PayPal , Uber and DoorDash , compiling more and more features under one app.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Whatnot intends to use the capital infusion to continue developing its in-app live and social commerce marketplace and roll out additional categories for collectors, including diecast cars, stamps and action figures. Also participating in the round were BOND and returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and YC Continuity.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. Before starting Brief, co-founder and CEO Nick Hobbs was a Google product manager who had worked on AR, Google Assistant, Google’s mobile app, and self-driving cars, among other things.

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