Tech
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Etsy is acquiring UK-based social selling site Depop for $1.625B in a mostly-cash deal
Very big news today coming out of Europe in the world of e-commerce. Etsy, the New York-based marketplace where crafty creators and...
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Home services platform Urban Company raises $255 million at $2.1 billion valuation
Home services marketplace Urban Company said on Wednesday it has raised $255 million in a new financing round and confirmed a valuation...
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Amazon confirms Prime Day will run June 21-22, an earlier than usual start
Amazon confirmed its annual sales event known as Prime Day will be held on Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22. Bloomberg...
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549Tesla files trademark, hinting at Elon Musk’s restaurant concept plans
Tesla has recently filed a new trademark for its brand under restaurant services, a sign the company might be finally gearing up...
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Cognigy raises $44M to scale its enterprise-focused conversational AI platform
Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly common part of how customer service works — a trend that was accelerated in this past...
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SoftBank-backed construction giant Katerra said to be shutting down after raising billions
After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down...
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Daily Crunch: Wefox CEO says $650M Series C was ‘much more than we wanted to raise initially’
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447Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round
Polish computational chemistry outfit Molecule.one has raised $4.6M to expand its quest to bring theoretical drug molecules to reality. Its machine learning...
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Former head of Alphabet’s Loon joins Starship Technologies as new CEO
Autonomous robotics company Starship Technologies has a new CEO. The company on Tuesday said Alastair Westgarth, the former CEO of Alphabet’s Loon,...
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EU’s COVID-19 ‘digital pass’ gateway system goes live
A technical system underpinning the European Union’s plan for a pan-EU ‘digital pass’ for verifying COVID-19 vaccination or test status across the...