YC-backed food supply startup Vendease restructures employees’ salaries
Y Combinator-backed Nigerian food procurement startup Vendease has changed its employee pay structure and is seeking fresh capital, TechCrunch has…
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Nerdio nabs $500M to power virtual desktops on Azure
Nerdio, a platform designed to simplify how companies deploy and manage Microsoft cloud technologies, has raised $500 million in a…
GrubMarket raises $50M at a $3.5B+ valuation to build AI for the $1 trillion food distribution industry
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Klarna nabs Walmart away from Affirm and boosts its IPO prospects
On the heels of its IPO filing, Swedish fintech giant Klarna announced on Monday that it will exclusively provide buy…
People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images
Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images,…
These fintech companies are hiring in 2025 after a turbulent year
The fintech segment, which saw massive growth during the pandemic and immediately after, had a fairly rough 2024, ending with…
A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit
The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation successfully made it to orbit over the weekend, kicking off what promises…
Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached
Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit —…
This app limits your screen time by making you literally touch grass
If you’ve ever spent way too long scrolling through endless feeds about nothing, you may have been advised to touch…
How to stop doomscrolling | TechCrunch
The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that…