CatalyzeX grabs $1.64M seed to help developers find right machine learning model

Machine learning is exploding, and so are the number of models out there for developers to choose from. While Google can help, it’s not really designed as a model... Read more »

Medium acquires Knowable to bring audio to the platform

Medium announced today its third and final acquisition of the year: Knowable, an audio-based learning platform featuring podcast-like courses from experts like Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, NASA astronaut Scott... Read more »

Contra partners with TikTok to add a little LinkedIn flavor to the social video app

Contra, a professional network for freelance workers, is partnering with TikTok to allow users to showcase their resumes and portfolios on TikTok Jump, the social media service’s third-party integration... Read more »

Pinterest launches TwoTwenty, its own in-house incubator for new projects

Pinterest today announced a new initiative designed to help the company increase its pace of innovation. The company is introducing an in-house, experimental products team it’s called TwoTwenty —... Read more »

Jumia posts revenue and order gains, but compounding losses drag its stock lower

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia released its third-quarter financial performance today, detailing a mix of expected and surprising results. When TechCrunch discussed the company’s Q2 2020 financials, Jumia had a... Read more »

Huge deals are pushing more AI startups into IPO territory

Venture investors are betting that AI-focused startups are ready for the public markets, making more, larger, earlier bets on such companies. It’s a great time to raise capital if... Read more »

Threat intel startup SnapAttack lands $8M Series A following Booz Allen spinout

SnapAttack, a threat hunting startup that was this week spun out from IT consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, has secured $8M in Series A funding. The startup, which claims... Read more »

South Africa’s NFTfi raises $5M so people can use their NFTs as collateral for loans

Once regarded as a fad (for some, it still is), NFTs, digital assets that depict real-world objects, are becoming increasingly popular within and outside the crypto world. But with... Read more »

Heyday raises $555M to buy up and scale more D2C brands on the Amazon marketplace universe

Consolidation to have better economies of scale is one of the biggest themes in the world of e-commerce, and today a player in the world of online retail is... Read more »

UK opens in-depth probe of Nvidia-ARM deal, citing national security and competition concerns

Chipmaker Nvidia’s planned $40 billion purchase of UK-based chip designer ARM will face an in-depth probe by the UK’s competition regulator after the government ordered the Competition and Markets... Read more »
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