ValidMind, a regulatory compliance platform for AI risk management at banks, raises $8.1 million in seed funding to automate model validation and documentation.
Month: March 2024
Musical toy startup Playtime Engineering wants to simplify electronic music making for kids
Troy Sheets began making music at 15 years old in his home studio with a keyboard synthesizer, drum machine and four-track cassette recorder — an impressive setup for a high school sophomore. However, it’s rare for young, up-and-coming musicians to have access to advanced equipment […]
The UK threw a splashy event in New York this week to woo more American VCs
UK officials unveiled a hologram statue and threw a big party to celebrate the UK as the third $1 trillion tech economy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Dbrand tried and failed to fix the Ghost Case — replacements will take longer
The Dbrand Ghost Case for the iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand is scrapping plans to fix its anti-yellowing Ghost Case, but not because it yellows — it’s that it scratches very easily. The company had promised in November to ship free replacements with […]
Observe raises $115M from Sutter Hill, Snowflake Ventures to supercharge data cloud observability
Snowflake, which has seen Observe evolve closely for years, plans to tap the startup’s observability capabilities.
Zscaler finds enterprise AI adoption soars 600% in less than a year, putting data at risk
According to Zscaler’s report, manufacturing generates the most AI traffic, accounting for 20.9% of all AI/ML transactions, followed by finance and insurance (19.9%) and services (16.8%).
Dbrand tried and failed to fix the Ghost Case — replacements will take longer
The Dbrand Ghost Case for the iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand is scrapping plans to fix its anti-yellowing Ghost Case, but not because it yellows — it’s that it scratches very easily. The company had promised in November to ship free replacements with […]
PayPal backs Indonesian insurance startup Qoala in $47M funding
PayPal Ventures’ latest investment is in an Indonesian startup that provides personal insurance products covering a variety of risks, including accidents, phone screen damage, and ticket cancellations. Qoala has secured $47 million in a new round co-led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures, the five-year-old […]
New study of unicorn founders finds most are ‘underdogs,’ and female founders are rising
A new study that zeros-in on the founders of so-called “Unicorns” (companies worth over a billion dollars) has found most have “underdog” founders, are often drawn from the top 10 universities, a rising female founder make-up, but no obvious monopoly at Seed stage of funding […]
The Anticipation Builds: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Set to Take Summer 2024 by Storm
As the summer of 2024 approaches, the cinema world braces itself for the return of the most electrifying duo in action comedy, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, in “Bad Boys:…