July 17, 2025 Agentic AI can help nonprofits find new funding sources BY Scott Brighton Consultants, advisors, and boards are consistently giving nonprofits the same singular advice in 2025: Diversify fundraising sources. Why? Because the new administration’s reduced appetite for federal funding has created challenges ranging from significant budget cuts to threats to organizational survival for … Continue reading Agentic AI can help nonprofits find new funding sources
GM said it will fold Cruise employees into existing teams. It’s unclear if there will be layoffs. BY Jessica Bursztynsky General Motors is pulling funding from robotaxi company Cruise in order to focus on its own autonomous and assisted-driving systems. “Consistent with GM’s capital allocation priorities, GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work given … Continue reading GM is pulling the funding for its Cruise robotaxi company
June 29, 2024 Does having more women in VC circles lead to more funding for woman-led businesses? No, says new study Advocates for gender equity have long called for firms to have more female senior venture capitalists on their teams. BY The Conversation Venture capital plays an important role in helping new businesses get off … Continue reading Does having more women in VC circles lead to more funding for woman-led businesses? No, says new study
May 02, 2024 African climate startups have a huge funding gap. Here’s what experts say The money raised by climate tech startups last year was more than a third of all funds raised by startups in Africa in 2023. BY Associated Press When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages … Continue reading African climate startups have a huge funding gap. Here’s what experts say
April 23, 2024 Perplexity becomes an AI unicorn with new $63 million funding round The San Francisco-based AI-native search company will use the money to add new talent and continue developing its platform. BY Mark Sullivan The buzzy AI-native search company Perplexity has joined the Unicorn club. The company has raised another $62.7 million in … Continue reading Perplexity becomes an AI unicorn with new $63 million funding round
Martech funding, product launches and M&A sink in 2023 per CabinetM’s latest report. Allyson Delaney on January 31, 2024 In 2023, martech funding and industry activity significantly dwindled, marked by fewer product launches, feature updates and M&A deals compared to previous years. There were 354 new product announcements, down 6% from 2022’s 376 new products. … Continue reading Martech activity slows in 2023 with less funding, launches
OpenAI looks to expand Microsoft partnership, raise funding Radek Zielinski / Nov 13, 2023 OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, is seeking to expand its partnership with Microsoft and raise additional capital from the tech giant and other investors, according to CEO Sam Altman. In an interview with the Financial Times published … Continue reading OpenAI looks to expand Microsoft partnership, raise funding
The latest trends in martech, including new product announcements, AI investments and M&A activity. Allyson Delaney on July 27, 2023 CabinetM has released its Q2 2023 MarTech Innovation Report, a quarterly summary of new technology introductions, feature updates and acquisitions. Key findings. In Q2 2023, there were 128 new product announcements, an uptick from previous … Continue reading Martech investment declines, but AI companies thrive on funding
Game-Changer Alert: Typeface Raises Whopping $100M Funding to Revolutionize Brand AI, Valued at $1B Aaron Heienickle / Jun 29, 2023 Abhay Parasnis, a former Adobe CTO, launched Typeface, an enterprise-focused generative AI firm, in 2022. Typeface’s goal was to provide marketers with scalable, tailored content using the power of generative AI. The company soon … Continue reading Game-Changer Alert: Typeface Raises Whopping $100M Funding to Revolutionize Brand AI, Valued at $1B
By Michael Grothaus May 30, 2023 As of the time of this writing, many major stocks are up on (June 09, 2023)’s news that a deal to lift the United States debt ceiling has been reached between the Biden administration and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The 99-page piece of legislation is officially called the … Continue reading What’s in the debt ceiling deal? Everything to know, from student loans to IRS funding
