TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2023

Welcome to The Interchange ! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2023

Patzer’s Entrepreneurial Experience Brings Innovative Solutions to Healthcare Industry After such great success with the founding and then sale of Mint.com, and his next startup Fountain sold to Porch in 2015, one may wonder what entrepreneur Aaron Patzer would do next? Would he remain on the sidelines or again re-enter the challenging entrepreneurial arena?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2023

Oma Fertility is on a mission to improve in vitro fertilization. The company says it accomplishes this by offering clients better technology, respectful care, and ethical pricing. Founded by Gurjeet Singh in 2020, the company raised $71.5 million over three rounds of funding. Chrissy Meyer and Root Ventures invested in the last two rounds. I’m excited to have Gurjeet speaking at an upcoming TechCrunch Live event on March 29 at 12 pm PDT.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 26, 2023

March 26, 2023 – JERUSALEM, Israel — The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay (MIEM) and OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture investor and a leading operator of Israeli and global incubators are pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the potential establishment of a Technology Incubator in Uruguay within the framework of the Uruguay Innovation HUB Program (UIH).

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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StartupNation

MARCH 26, 2023

Working Americans choose to start their own business for any number of reasons. There’s increased flexibility and independence,… The post Entrepreneurs vs. Solo Entrepreneurs: What Are Your Financing Options? appeared first on StartupNation.

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Continuations

MARCH 26, 2023

Yesterday I wrote a post on where we are with artificial intelligence by providing some history and foundational ideas around neural network size. Today I want to start in on risks from artificial intelligence. These fall broadly into two categories: existential and structural. Existential risk is about AI wiping out most or all of humanity. Structural risk is about AI aggravating existing problems, such as wealth and power inequality in the world.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 26, 2023

AIR ONE, created in Pardes Hana, has more than 300 advance orders ahead of its expected launch in 2024. Read more here. The post [Air EV in The Times of Israel] Israeli private electric plane will soon be ready for take off appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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MARCH 26, 2023

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app. From questions like, “Does TikTok access my home wifi network?” to Dan Crenshaw’s misguided line of questioning that assumed the CEO of TikTok was Chinese (he’s from Singapore), the hearings underscore the fact that our rep

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OurCrowd

MARCH 26, 2023

Speaking in many tongues with the aid of a Tel Aviv startup, the Foreign Ministry is boldly venturing into the virtual realm to get its messages across to friends and foes Read more here. The post [D-ID in The Times of Israel] The next frontier: Israel taps AI and metaverse for aid in digital diplomacy appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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OurCrowd

MARCH 26, 2023

Oriient uses smartphone compasses for indoor shopping navigation, while Trigo enables frictionless supermarket shopping using computer vision and AI. Read more here. The post [Oriient in Israel21C] Oriient, Trigo listed in CB Insights’ top 100 retail-tech appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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