Enterprises working with Rasa in the banking and financial sectors have built assistants to help their end-users with tasks like managing accounts, sending money, checking balances and replacing cards.
Day: February 15, 2024
Rasa, an enterprise-focused dev platform for conversational GenAI, raises $30M
It’s no fun as a customer to have an interaction with a bot when it’s clearly a bot with which you’re engaging. Rasa is a startup that claims to have developed the infrastructure to give developers at large enterprises the ability to build “robust” generative […]
An earnings typo sent Lyft’s stock price into the stratosphere
In an absolutely bananas turn of events, a typo in an earnings report caused Lyft shares to skyrocket nearly 70 percent after Tuesday’s closing stock market bell, as reported by CBS. There was an extra zero in the report that suggested a five percent margin […]
These 32 robotics companies are hiring
There’s no such thing as a future-proof career. This is something I consider nearly any time I write about advances in generative AI. Is there a sense in which I’m contributing to the propagation of my eventual replacement? Probably! But don’t worry, that’s a me […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, dating app downloads are slowing down
It may be Valentine’s Day here in the U.S., but the dating app market isn’t looking as promising as it used to. According to a new analysis by app intelligence provider data.ai, global downloads of dating apps saw only tepid growth year-over-year as of this […]
Y Combinator puts out a new call for startups in areas like AI, spatial computing, climate tech and more
Spatial computing, climate tech, and applications of AI technology join the newly announced list of startup incubator Y Combinator’s newest request for startups, announced on Wednesday. In a blog post penned by YC Managing Direct Dalton Caldwell, the organization put out a call for the […]
MPH: Innovating luxury automotive with prestige partnerships
The key to MPH’s success is its application of technology, which has transformed how customers and dealers engage in the luxury car industry.
Rasa lands $30M to supercharge customer service with generative AI assistants
Enterprises working with Rasa in the banking and financial sectors have built assistants to help their end-users with tasks like managing accounts, sending money, checking balances and replacing cards.
Sony wants its PlayStation exclusives to come to PC earlier
Sony may shrink the gap between the launches of its PlayStation exclusives and PC ports. Company president Hiroki Totoki suggested in a post-earnings call Q&A session Wednesday (via VGC) that he wants PlayStation to go “aggressive on improving our margin performance,” with “multi-platform” games playing […]
TechCrunch is heading to MWC. We want to hear about your startup
It’s [checks calendar] a week and a half until Mobile World Congress 2024 [mild panic creeps in], and TechCrunch will be returning to Barcelona once again for the big phone show [soothing memories of tapas past]. The event is always a big one for big […]

