BlogHide Resteemsmismaeel (25)in pivoting • 4 years agoPivoting from offline into virtual events for enterprises nets Tame a $5.5M Seed roundIn March 2020, Tame had a digital event suite for offline corporate events. But with the pandemic hitting, it did a hard pivot into providing a highly customizable virtual events platform, primarily…mismaeel (25)in argosnew • 4 years agoArgo’s new lidar sensor could help Ford, VW deploy self-driving vehicles at scaleFour years ago, Argo AI made its first acquisition as a young, newly backed self-driving vehicle startup. Now, Argo says its acquisition of lidar company Princeton Lightwave is paying off and is…mismaeel (25)in datascientists • 4 years agoData scientists: Bring the narrative to the forefrontY 2025, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day, according to some estimates. (For perspective, one exabyte of storage could hold 50,000 years of DVD-quality video.) It’s now easier than…mismaeel (25)in omadahealth • 4 years agoOmada Health launches the Omada Insights Lab to help improve healthcare outcomesOmada Health, one of the U.S.’s original virtual healthcare providers, today announced the creation of the Omada Insights Lab. “The Insights Lab is an approach to product development that…mismaeel (25)in twitter • 4 years agoTwitter said to have held acquisition talks with Clubhouse on potential $4B dealTwitter held talks with Clubhouse around a potential acquisition of the live drop-in audio networking platform, with a deal value somewhere around $4 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg.…mismaeel (25)in thestation • 4 years agoThe Station: Argo AI plots its fundraising course and Waymo changes leadershipThe Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and packages move (today and in the future) from Point A to Point B. There is a lot to get to, so let’s dive right in. My email…mismaeel (25)in startyourengenies • 4 years agoStart your engines, TechCrunch is (virtually) headed to DetroitThanks to a warm welcome from Miami, our first City Spotlight was a big success. We met investors and entrepreneurs who are working on amazing things, and we were proud to share their personal…mismaeel (25)in lgisshutting • 4 years agoLG is shutting down its smartphone business worldwideLG said on Monday it will close its loss-making mobile phone business worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources in “growth areas” such as electric vehicle components…mismaeel (25)in nonobvious • 4 years agoNonobvious acquisitions are on my 2021 bingo boardthe end of 2020, I argued that edtech needs to think bigger in order to stay relevant after the pandemic. I urged founders to think less about how to bundle and unbundle lecture experience, and more…mismaeel (25)in knowing • 4 years agoKnowing when your startup should go all-in on business developmentstartup growing pain or scaling problem can be solved with business development. That’s frankly not true. Business development is rarely, if ever, the solution to succeeding in a crowded industry…mismaeel (25)in whaton • 4 years agoWhat’s on deck today at TC Early Stage 2021Who’s ready for bootcamp? Today’s the day new founders get down to the business of, well, building a better business. TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising provides early-stage…mismaeel (25)in microsoft • 4 years agoMicrosoft gets contract worth up to $22 billion to outfit US Army with 120,000 AR headsetsThe killer use case for AR/VR might just be warfare. Today, Microsoft announced that it has received a contract to outfit the United States Army with tens of thousands of augmented reality…mismaeel (25)in sarahkunst • 4 years agoSarah Kunst will outline how to get ready to fundraise at Early StageSarah Kunst, founding partner at Cleo Capital, has worn many hats. She’s been an entrepreneur, served on plenty of boards, is a contributing author at Marie Clare, has been a senior advisor to…mismaeel (25)in lowkey • 4 years agoLowkey raises $7 million from a16z to help game streamers capitalize on short-form videoWhile the growth of game-streaming audiences have continued on desktop platforms, the streaming space has felt surprisingly stagnant at times, particularly due to the missing mobile element and a…mismaeel (25)in optimusride • 4 years agoOptimus Ride partners with Polaris to commercialize electric autonomous vehiclesAutonomous, electric mobility service provider Optimus Ride announced a partnership with powersports vehicle manufacturer Polaris to bring fully autonomous GEM electric vehicles to market. The two…mismaeel (25)in amazonpartners • 4 years agoAmazon partners with Seraphim on AWS accelerator for space startupsAmazon will soon be a big part of the space economy in the form of its Kuiper satellite internet constellation, but here on Earth its ambitions are more commonplace: get an accelerator going.…mismaeel (25)in linkedln • 4 years agoLinkedIn confirms it’s working on a Clubhouse rival, tooClubhouse’s list of competitors is growing. LinkedIn has now confirmed it’s also testing a social audio experience in its app which would allow creators on its network to connect with their…mismaeel (25)in freeextra • 4 years agoFree Extra Crunch membership included with TC Early Stage ticketsExtra Crunch The Tonal EC-1 Danny Crichton, JP Mangalindan NFT art marketplace SuperRare closes $9 million Series A Lucas Matney YouTube tests hiding dislike counts on videos Sarah Perez…mismaeel (25)in youtube • 4 years agoYouTube tests hiding dislike counts on videosYouTube announced today it will begin testing what could end up being a significant change to its video platform: It’s going to try hiding the dislike count on videos from public view. The company…mismaeel (25)in amazonacquires • 4 years agoAmazon acquires Indian retail startup PerpuleAmazon has acquired a startup in India that is helping offline stores go online, the e-commerce group’s latest attempt to make inroads in the world’s second most populous nation where brick and…