Cruise inches into Waymo’s territory in the Phoenix area
[ad_1] Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has expanded its robotaxi radius in the Phoenix area by 20x as it seeks to compete with Alphabet-owned Waymo in its home…
Amazon’s Evolution to Retail Infrastructure Provider
[ad_1] In two years, Amazon’s revenue from the marketplace and ads businesses will be bigger than its online retail business. Marketplace plus ads revenue is already 81% as big as…
MPL lays off 350 employees amid no respite from GST on real-money games
[ad_1] Mobile Premier League (MPL) has laid off 350 employees days after the GST Council decided to retain 28% tax on online real-money games. “Last week, it was confirmed that…
Daybreak Lands $13M Series B For Youth Mental Health
[ad_1] When we first interviewed Daybreak Health CEO Alex Alvarado for our Something Ventured founder profile series two years ago, the San Francisco startup had only recently raised its seed…
These robotics companies are hiring
[ad_1] I certainly wouldn’t go so far as to say the robotics industry is recession-proof, but it’s remained remarkably stable through a turbulent few years of economic instability. Automation is…
Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training
[ad_1] Nvidia is partnering with Hugging Face, the AI startup, to expand access to AI compute. Timed to coincide with the annual SIGGRAPH conference this week, Nvidia announced that it’ll…
Syntellis, an enterprise performance management provider, sells for $1.25B
[ad_1] Roper Technologies, a lesser-known company that creates engineering products for niche markets, this morning announced that it acquired Syntellis Performance Solutions, a provider of enterprise performance management software, for…
WhatsApp introduces screen-sharing during video calls
[ad_1] WhatsApp today introduced screen sharing as its latest feature to enhance the video calling experience on its platform — taking on traditional video conferencing apps including Microsoft Meet, Google…
Sachin Bansal sells Navi’s microfinancing unit for $178.5 million
[ad_1] Svatantra Microfin has reached an agreement to acquire Navi Group’s microfinancing unit Chaitanya India for about $178.5 million, the two firms said Tuesday, latest in a series of events…
Horizon3 secures $40M to expand its pen testing platform
[ad_1] Cybersecurity funding is falling after enjoying impressive heights in the last few years. According to Crunchbase, VC financing for security declined to just over $1.6 billion in Q2 2023,…