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Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more advanced and new developments are constantly being created. Take OpenAI’s ChatGPT for example, which was taken for a spin by Darrell, who asked about Pokémon strengths and weaknesses. You can also read Kyle’s article on the release of GPT-3.5.
A new face? Shein is embracing its third-party business by bringing on Jessica Liu, the former co-president at the Southeast Asian e-commerce giant Lazada. Rita has more.
India delays the implementation of their market share cap on the Unified Payments Interface payments network to 2025. This is a win for Google and Walmart, because they own the second-largest share of it.
As a startup, you’re sure to encounter some obstacles. That’s why we offer a variety of services for startups, including SEO and website building.
Smoodi Wants to put its smoothies in the hands of you, and others, with the help of a $5 million investment. Our robot is better than the ones that are used to kill people. Onion News Network reports on the San Francisco police department’s new use for robots — murdering people. Get this story from Brian: Monarch delivers its first “smart tractor.”
Mozilla is on a buying spree! They recently acquired Active Replica to develop their metaverse vision and the Pulse team to make the task of updating your Slack status easier.
In case you need your day brightened:
The Future of Motional: Former employees report that the startup backed by Hyundai has cut its workforce.
One of the founders of Boundary Layer, which pivoted from container ships to $60,000 personal watercrafts, has claimed that the company took in $90 million in orders. Nonetheless, Haje reports that the company pivots to hydrofoiling watercrafts.
On the other hand, Connie has a secondary market pro on the phone who believes we haven’t hit bottom quite yet. However, he does see prices dropping more slowly than they have been.
The Uncover skincare brand has raised $1 million to expand across Africa with pre-order, Annie Li reports.
Lensa AI’s AI-enhanced “magic avatars” that look like you go viral in the App Store charts.
The Pitch Deck Teardown: Hour One’s $20 Million Series A
As more of the world becomes bilingual, startups are coming up with new ways to teach languages. Hour One has created AI-powered avatars that turn text into video.
Slides from the 11-slide deck of 2019.
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Market Size
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Haje is critiquing the pitch deck for an upcoming $20 million series A:
Three more from the TC+ team:
Rebecca explains how Bird’s plan to stay competitive in the shared scooter market.
The chatbot didn’t mention anything about Alex losing his job, and he concludes that it’s a lot of fun.
In some places, startup valuations are declining. But not all of them: Becca’s latest article examines some of the exceptions.
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Elon Musk is suspended from Twitter and Kanye West has abandoned his plans for a partisan media platform, Ivan writes.
Apart from these noteworthy moments in the social media world, some accounts on Twitter have also been suspended for violations of the rules. Darrell has more.
Here, we have a report on Opendoor’s CEO Eric Wu who resigned earlier this morning. Aria also reports that Astra is restructuring its management team after Benjamin Lyon resigns.
Don’t start your holiday weekends off with Mondays, enjoy the beginning with four more:
Tesla has announced that it is beginning Model 3 and Model Y deliveries in Europe this week and will also begin offering a discount on those deliveries.
Zack writes about a security flaw in Florida’s tax website that led to hundreds of filers’ data being exposed.
The latest news from Activision Blizzard is that their Albany workers voted to form a union. This is second union for this gaming company, which the article notes.
Sentences: More than 80% of those surveyed said they were willing to switch banks if AIB introduced this service
The latest that payment giants like Stripe and Square are doing is providing a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp widget so people who don’t want to deal with all the work of setting up an account with a cryptocurrency exchange can start investing in digital currency, Romain reported.