The pre-seed market is recovering, but investors increasingly have the upper hand
While it’s often held that the early-stage investing market has generally fared better in this funding slowdown of the last 18 months or so, things...
Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show
Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent...
The tech jobs market is as strong as it ever was
But there's still a mixed bag of data out there After the big companies conducted mega layoffs at the beginning of this year, it would...
Configu raises a $3M pre-seed round for its configuration-as-code platform
Nobody loves managing configuration files for their applications, and as systems get ever more complex and distributed, errors — and the potential security issues that...
Jumia expects losses not to exceed $100M this year, per Q3 financials
In the first quarter of 2023, we reported that Jumia recorded its lowest losses in four years. Its adjusted EBITDA and operating losses dropped to...
Electrify America-backed 75MW solar farm kicks off operations
Electrify America, the EV charging company created by Volkswagen in the aftermath of its diesel emissions scandal, said on Tuesday that a new, 75 megawatt...
X, formerly Twitter, slows down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more
X, formerly known as Twitter, is throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform is slowing down the...
The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away
Brett Calhoun Contributor Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the...
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment cuts costs a year after buying Redbox
A year after Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) purchased Redbox for $375 million, the company continues to be hit by losses and looks...
Intuitive Machines sets November launch date for lunar lander mission
Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines may well be the first private American company to land a spacecraft on the moon. The company said Monday that...