Canva’s recent acquisitions aim to boost its profile as an all-in-one creative hub for businesses and individuals. Chris Wood on July 30, 2024 Canva acquired generative AI content and research startup Leonardo.AI for an undisclosed sum. The Australia-based Leonardo.AI launched less than two years ago and boasts 19 million registered users. Its image- … Continue reading Canva acquires genAI startup Leonardo.AI
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Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol
Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol iFixit and Freelancer said Anthropic’s bot aggressively crawled their websites. mariella moon Sat, Jul 27, 2024 Anthropic Freelancer has accused Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude large language models, of ignoring its “do not crawl” robots.txt protocol to scrape its … Continue reading Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol
How to Recover From a Failed Startup
How to Recover From a Failed Startup Deanna Ritchie Editor Most entrepreneurs who start new businesses understand that failure is a significant possibility, but optimistically hope that their startup will defy the odds and become massively successful. No matter how hopeful you are – or how skilled you are as an entrepreneur – a … Continue reading How to Recover From a Failed Startup
Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success
July 15, 2024 Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success This VC learned some key lessons in messaging after giving presentations to four different groups—including a sixth grade class and a team at Amazon Web Services. BY Adi Gozes I recently gave presentations about venture capital to four different audiences—my child’s 6th-grade class, university … Continue reading Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success
This tech startup is putting drones in soldiers’ backpacks
June 27, 2024 This tech startup is putting drones in soldiers’ backpacks For years, China has been beating America in combat drone innovation. Performance Drone Works is trying to bring back the competitive advantage. BY Henry Chandonnet Matt Higgins was at ground zero within hours of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Higgins, who was at the … Continue reading This tech startup is putting drones in soldiers’ backpacks
3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder
May 20, 2024 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder It’s a difficult time to be a founder. These insights can help. BY Boaz Shedletsky 2024 is forming into one of the hardest years to survive as a startup founder. Last year, entrepreneurs were already reporting high rates of anxiety and depression. Compounded with … Continue reading 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder
This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff
April 30, 2024 This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff Nimble wants to make it easier for people to repair their items—which in turn will pressure companies to make products more fixable to begin with. BY Adele Peters When her air purifier broke, Stephanie Hoang did what … Continue reading This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff
Apple quietly beefs up its AI division with acquisition of French startup
April 22, 2024 Apple quietly beefs up its AI division with acquisition of French startup Datakalab specializes in data compression and image analysis. BY Chris Morris Apple is far from the loudest voice in the world of artificial intelligence right now, but that doesn’t mean it’s planning to sit out the fight. The company quietly acquired … Continue reading Apple quietly beefs up its AI division with acquisition of French startup
7 tips to lock down the right startup investors for the long haul
March 20, 2024 7 tips to lock down the right startup investors for the long haul Increase your chances of a successful capital raise with these strategies from the founder who built and scaled Appfire. BY Randall Ward There is plenty of dealmaking potential today for founders and lots of advice out there about how to … Continue reading 7 tips to lock down the right startup investors for the long haul
Monzo co-founder launches AI startup with ambitions to put software developers out of business
Monzo co-founder launches AI startup with ambitions to put software developers out of business Graeme Hanna Tech Journalist Monzo co-founder Jonas Templestein has commenced a new journey with a fresh startup seeking to put software developers out of business. With fundraising efforts underway and drawing support from OpenAI and Index Ventures amongst others, Nustom … Continue reading Monzo co-founder launches AI startup with ambitions to put software developers out of business