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Bluesky promises more verification and an “aggressive” approach to phishing– BC

Leave a Comment / Bluesky, Social, Startups / By Salsa Noreen

As more celebrities and popular influencers join Bluesky, the fast-growing social media service has faced more concerns around impersonation and identity verification. The Bluesky Security Team aware On Friday the company updated its phishing policy to be “more aggressive,” adding that “phishing and illegally manipulated accounts will be removed.” The company said it should be […]

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Entrepreneur Marc Lore on ‘founder mode’, bad hires and why risk avoidance is deadly– BC

Leave a Comment / Commerce, entrepreneurship, Marc Lore, Startups, TC, wonder / By Salsa Noreen

Businessman Marc Lore has already sold two companies for billions of dollars together. Now he plans to run his food delivery and takeaway business. Wonder public in a couple of years with an ambitious valuation of $40 billion. We recently spoke with Lore in person in New York about Wonder and its ultimate goal of

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NFL quarterback-turned-founder Colin Kaepernick talks about challenges facing disruptors– BC

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Former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick took the stage at britcommerce Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday to talk about the challenges faced by people who want to disrupt something, both inside and outside the world of technology. “One of the biggest challenges you’re probably going to face when you try to disrupt something,

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General Catalyst Raises $8 Billion in Fresh Funding to Back Startups Globally– BC

Leave a Comment / General Catalyst, Startups, Venture / By Salsa Noreen

American venture capital giant General catalyst has announced new funding of $8 billion as it looks to increase its investments in early-stage multi-sector startups globally, with a specific focus on the US, Europe and India. The capital constitutes around $4.5 billion for its “core venture capital funds,” which encompass seed and growth capital financing, while

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Embattled startup Humane cuts AI Pin price by $200– BC

Leave a Comment / Ai, Ai Pin, Hardware, Humane, Startups / By Salsa Noreen

Humane on Wednesday announced a $200 price cut for its flagship product, the AI Pin. The Bay Area startup, founded by two former Apple executives, has reportedly had trouble selling the product, which launched in April for $700. In a message sent to its email list, Humane highlights its return policy in the new pitch.

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Perplexity Reportedly Looking to Raise Funds at $8 Billion Valuation– BC

Leave a Comment / Ai, Startups, Venture / By Salsa Noreen

AI search engine Perplexity is in fundraising talks and hopes to raise around $500 million at a valuation of $8 billion. according to the Wall Street Journal. If a deal is reached on those terms, Perplexity’s valuation would be more than double its $3 billion valuation when raised from SoftBank during the summer. The WSJ

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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Reportedly Raising Funds for New AI Startup– BC

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Mira Murati, the CTO of OpenAI who announced her departure last month, is raising venture capital funding for a new AI startup. according to Reuters. This startup will reportedly focus on creating AI products based on proprietary models and could raise over $100 million in this round. When he left, Murati wrote in X that

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Table Space eyes $2.5 billion valuation in India IPO– BC

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Table Space, an Indian managed workspace provider, is targeting a valuation of $2.5 billion or more for an initial public offering planned for next year, sources familiar with the matter told britcommerce. The Bengaluru-based startup has hired Axis as bookrunner for the IPO, sources said. Founded in 2017, Table Space rents large office spaces, transforms

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Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein and Guy Oseary will arrive at Disrupt 2024

Leave a Comment / Disrupt, Startups, TC, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, Venture / By Salsa Noreen

Last year, sound companies 9-year-old Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm, led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million artificial intelligence fund that was betting big on big modelling companies’ linguistics, including OpenAI. Anthropic and Embracing Face. The plan was to invest in just six companies, a risky

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New York tech investor and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan explains when to sell your company– Brit Commerce

Leave a Comment / Kevin Ryan, Startup Battlefield, Startup Battlefield 200, Startups, TC, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 / By Salsa Noreen

Kevin Ryan has had a long and storied career as a key force in New York City technology. He is the founder and CEO of investment firm AlleyCorp, which has invested in a wide variety of startups, and is a serial founder, involved in the early stages of companies such as Business Insider, Zola, Gilt,

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