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AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 15, 2023

Three resources you’ll need to focus on to avoid an expensive failure.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Electrify America, the EV charging company created by Volkswagen in the aftermath of its diesel emissions scandal, said on Tuesday that a new, 75 megawatt solar farm in Southern California is now up and running. Electrify America isn’t operating this solar farm. Instead, the company struck a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with renewable energy developer Terra-Gen.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

TAIPEI, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Advantech, a leading provider of AIoT platforms and services, is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Hailo, a pioneering AI-focused chipmaker, to expand its energy-efficient edge AI portfolio.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

A year after Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) purchased Redbox for $375 million , the company continues to be hit by losses and looks to reduce costs across all aspects of its business. CSSE reported its second-quarter 2023 earnings this week, which showed a net loss of $43.7 million — more than double the $20.8 million it lost in the year-ago period.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

While it’s often held that the early-stage investing market has generally fared better in this funding slowdown of the last 18 months or so , things haven’t actually been very good for pre-seed startups trying to raise money. Thankfully, it appears the pre-seed market is starting to recover, per new data from Carta , which provides cap table management software for startups.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Apploi, the leading workforce management platform built for healthcare employers, has been included on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing American companies for the fourth consecutive year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform slowed down the speed it takes when accessing links to a handful of websites, including The New York Times, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, Reuters and Substack. The platform appears to be reversing the slow access to news sites on Tuesday afternoon.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

JERUSALEM, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — C2A Security, the mobility-centric DevSecOps Platform for car makers, suppliers, and EV charging companies, announces a huge leap forward in its offering with the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into their EVSec Platform.

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Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Elon Musk-owned social network X, formerly Twitter, has made X Pro — which was previously known as TweetDeck — a subscriber-only product. Several users noted on the platform that while trying to access TweetDeck they were shown a popup prompting them to buy a Blue subscription. welp tweetdeck finally went bye-bye for me and this popped up and lmao no. pic.twitter.com/z2sWXz18nx — russ bengtson (@russbengtson) August 15, 2023 X has finally killed free access to tweetdeck It’s now officially

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Inc. revealed today that Varo Bank has been ranked on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, marking its third consecutive appearance on Inc.’s annual top 5000 list. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

OpenAI claims that it’s developed a way to use GPT-4 , its flagship generative AI model, for content moderation — lightening the burden on human teams. Detailed in a post published to the official OpenAI blog, the technique relies on prompting GPT-4 with a policy that guides the model in making moderation judgments and creating a test set of content examples that might or might not violate the policy.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TechSee, the market leader in AI and Computer Vision solutions for customer service, released its annual list of “Influential Leaders in Customer Service.” Read more here.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines may well be the first private American company to land a spacecraft on the moon. The company said Monday that it was targeting a six-day slot starting on November 15 to launch its IM-1 lunar lander mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Intuitive Machines is one of three companies that were awarded NASA contracts to deliver payloads to the lunar surface under the agency’s “Commercial Lunar Payload Services” program.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

The post [Swiftly in PR Newswire] Swiftly systems launches Alcohol Cashback Program as premier solution for brands looking to maximize consumer engagement and advertising opportunity appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

App subscription service Setapp is preparing to launch as an alternative app store, as soon as new EU regulations come into effect next year. The company is betting on the EU’s Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) rules that should allow users to install third-party apps on iOS without having to go through Apple’s App Store. However, how Apple chooses to interpret the new law remains unclear.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

HOBOKEN, N.J., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Sfara announces with it latest pre-integration, a 3-in-1 solution for insurance carriers to greatly expedite the reality of connected claims. Read more here.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

After the big companies conducted mega layoffs at the beginning of this year, it would be natural to think that the tech unemployment rate would skyrocket. If we think about tech jobs as purely IT, engineering and developer kinds of roles, then those jobs are definitely still in demand and less affected than you might imagine. There’s a big factor working in the favor of tech professionals looking for work: They’re sought after in both the technology industry and across other industries that als

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Inc. revealed today that Dandelion Energy, the nation’s leading residential geothermal company, ranks No. 2,470 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

In a first for linear TV viewing, cable and broadcast usage fell below 50% in terms of total share among U.S. viewers, according to Nielsen’s July 2023 report. Cable viewing dropped below 30% for the first time at 29.6%, down 12.5% year-over-year. Broadcast usage decreased to 20%, down 5.4% YoY. Streaming services, on the other hand, accounted for 38.7% of total U.S.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 15, 2023

The human body wards off illnesses by employing immune cells to enter and destroy disease cells. However, certain dangerous cells, including some solid tumors, operate covertly, evading the body’s regular immune system.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent company, Tools for Humanity, to stop collecting personal data. The ODPC had in May this year instructed the crypto startup to stop iris scans and the collection of facial recognition and other personal data in Kenya, a letter sent to Worldcoin and seen by TechCrunch shows.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 15, 2023

Although my mother calls me “always curious” there are actually lots of things I’m ok not completely understanding. Most of the time these fall into categories of objects or activities that “just work reliably” or when there’s someone I trust who both shares my interests and has expertise in the area where I might maintain some ignorance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) , the company’s AI-powered conversational mode in Search, with a goal of helping users better learn and make sense of the information they discover on the web. The features include tools to see definitions of unfamiliar terms, those that help to improve your understanding and coding information across languages, and an interesting feature that lets you tap into the AI power of SGE

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

ElectraMeccanica, the maker of the tiny three-wheeled Solo electric vehicle, will merge with U.K.-based truck manufacturer Tevva in a bid to grow their combined market share for electric trucks, the companies said Tuesday. The merger represents a pivot for ElectraMeccanica, which struggled to produce its small electric vehicle profitably. After a recall in February, ElectraMeccanica was forced to discontinue the Solo vehicle.

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