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Careerist claims it closed an $8 million round of funding with a tight 12-slide deck and gave us a lot to learn from in the process. Not all in good …
Pitch Deck Teardown: Careerist’s $8M Series A deck Read More
Lyft said Thursday it will cut 26% of its workforce, or about 1,072 people, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at rebuilding its core ride-hailing product and boosting profits. …
Lyft layoffs to affect 26% of workforce Read More
Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 …
Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M Read More
In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies …
Bipartisan Senate bill would ban social media algorithms for minors Read More
If you find smartphone notifications annoying enough already thanks to their skill at exploiting the full range of distraction options available, whether dropping a banner from above or sprinkling pox-like …
Researchers develop tiny hydraulic haptics for touchscreen notifications you can physically feel Read More
We reported last year on the launch of a $225 million VC platform from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, which would also cover Central Asia. …
London’s Sturgeon Capital launches $35M fund aimed at emerging startups in Central Asia Read More
Meta announced today that it’s introducing new body shapes, improved hair and clothing textures to its avatars. The company also announced that more than one billion avatars have been created …
Meta updates its avatars with new body shapes, hair and clothing Read More