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EnquireLabs aims to pull back the curtain on consumer behavior

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This is where he says the differentiator is between his company and the incumbents, like Momentive/SurveyMonkey or Typeform, which focus more on the research space, while EnquireLabs is focused on how to put the data to use in real time. million in seed funding. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from V1.VC,

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Why TransUnion led blockchain fintech Spring Labs’ $30M Series B

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T he startup uses blockchain with the aim of creating a richer network effect of data that allows credit bureaus and others to predict the creditworthiness of people who are not in the traditional credit bureau system. We knew a relationship with TransUnion in particular had the capacity to significantly accelerate our business,” he said.

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This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images

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“Our goal is to empower both developers and creators while ensuring that our platform is legally and ethically sound,” Yair Adato, the co-founder of Bria, told TechCrunch in an email interview. During Adato’s Ph.D. “I realized that there’s a real business use case for this,” Adato said.

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Affirm and Klarna ramp up competing efforts to attract US consumers

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But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. It will also be working to develop a BNPL product for businesses and instant fund disbursement products. Indian fintech Slice tops $1.5