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V7 snaps up $33M to automate training data for computer vision AI models

Artificial intelligence promises to help, and maybe even replace, humans to carry out everyday tasks and solve problems that humans…

2 years ago

3 mistakes to avoid as an emerging manager

Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Share on Twitter Champ Suthipongchai is a co-founder and general partner at Creative Ventures, a method-driven deep…

2 years ago

Bionaut Labs gets $43.2M for its tiny drug delivery robots

Founded in 2017, Bionaut Labs arrived out of stealth in March 2021, with plans to commercialize longstanding research around drug…

2 years ago

A scale story: TechCrunch’s parent company links up with Taboola

Folks often ask if Crunchbase and TechCrunch are still the same company (nope). Many express surprise that AOL was once…

2 years ago

Google, Microsoft-backed VerSe Innovation cuts 5% of workforce, reduces salaries

India’s VerSe Innovation — the $5 billion Indian startup behind news aggregator Dailyhunt, short-video platform Josh, and hyperlocal video app…

2 years ago

Yahoo gets 25% stake in Taboola as part of long-term advertising deal

Yahoo is taking a nearly 25% stake in advertising network Taboola. In exchange for this move, Taboola is becoming Yahoo’s…

2 years ago

SWVL reduces its headcount by 50% six months after axing 400+ staff

Cairo-born and Dubai-based mass transit and shared mobility services provider SWVL has carried out its second round of layoffs affecting…

2 years ago

BackingMinds raises new €50 million fund to fund normally overlooked entrepreneurs

Denmark-based venture fund BackingMinds, founded in 2016, likes to think it takes a different approach to venture in Europe. Its…

2 years ago

US government bans Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears

The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort…

2 years ago

Deepomatic wants to build the AI-based computer vision companion for field workers

French startup Deepomatic has raised a $10.5 million (€10 million) Series B funding round. While the founding round is relatively…

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