[[{“value”:” Spotify launched its own font, the company announced on Wednesday. The music streaming service hopes that its new typeface, “Spotify Mix,” will help Spotify distinguish its own unique visual identity. Spotify Mix is a sans-serif typeface designed in partnership with Dinamo Typefaces, a Berlin-based type design studio that has worked with major companies, including Burberry, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Hydrolix seeks to make storing log data faster and cheaper
[[{“value”:” In 2008, Marty Kagan, who’d previously worked at Cisco and Akamai, co-founded Cedexis, a (now-Cisco-owned) firm developing observability tech for content delivery networks. Fellow Cisco veteran Hasan Alayli joined Kagan at Cedexis in 2012 as a technical lead, and the two worked together for a number of years. As Cedexis grew and began collaborating with […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft’s M12
[[{“value”:” A dodgy email containing a link that looks “legit” but is actually malicious remains one of the most dangerous, yet successful, tricks in a cybercriminal’s handbook. Now, an AI startup called Bolster that has built a novel approach to tackle that trick has raised $14 million in funding to expand its work, both across a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Boeing, NASA indefinitely delay crewed Starliner launch
[[{“value”:” If you’ve been looking forward to seeing Boeing’s Starliner capsule carry two astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The mission, which has already been beset by issues with both the rocket and helium tanks, is now delayed indefinitely, NASA said in a statement late […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Space VC closes $20M Fund II to back frontier tech founders from day zero
[[{“value”:” Gone are the days when space and defense were considered fundamentally antithetical to venture investment. Now, the country’s largest venture capital firms are throwing larger portions of their money behind so-called hard tech startups at the earliest stages. This about-face has led some in the industry to question whether smaller investing shops will be able […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
TikTok turns to generative AI to boost its ads business
[[{“value”:” TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands. The tools will help marketers write scripts, produce videos and enhance current assets. The suite includes a new AI video generator called the “Symphony […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Patronus AI is off to a magical start as LLM governance tool gains traction
[[{“value”:” These days every company is trying to figure out if their large language models are compliant with whichever rules they deem important, and with legal or regulatory requirements. If you’re in a regulated industry, the need is even more acute. Perhaps that’s why Patronus AI is finding early success in the marketplace. On Wednesday, the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Linktree surpasses 50M users, rolls out its social commerce program to more creators
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Immigrant banking platform Majority secures $20M following 3x revenue growth
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Granola debuts an AI notepad for meetings
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