[[{“value”:” Brands are constantly trying to streamline how they source packaging materials and ingredient suppliers for their products in order to quickly meet consumer demand. However, even today this process can involve some laborious wandering around trade shows. Keychain is an AI-powered platform that aims to quickly connect the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry with manufacturing […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Lanch bags $27M for a social media-skewed take on fast food
[[{“value”:” E-commerce startups built around food continue to gobble up funding as investors look for sticky consumer concepts that can scale without breaking the bank. On Wednesday, Germany’s Lanch — which taps social media and influencers to develop popular food brands alongside retail networks for distributing them — closed funding of €26 million ($27 million) to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Chestnut Carbon gets $160M to turn old farms into forests
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EU abandons ePrivacy reform, as bloc shifts focus to competitiveness and fostering data access for AI
[[{“value”:” A long stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies — and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR, which allows for fines of up to 4% of annual turnover for breaches — has been withdrawn by the Commission after co-legislators failed to reach agreement […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
No-code app builder Softr expands beyond Airtable databases
[[{“value”:” If you’re working for a small company and want to build a client portal or an internal tool, it can be difficult to find the budget and resources to allocate a developer to that small project. That’s why more than 600,000 people, including project managers, HR employees and marketing people, have been trying Softr’s no-code […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Lucidity snags $21M to help enterprises optimize their cloud storage
[[{“value”:” Lucidity, an Indian startup allowing enterprises to automate expansion and shrinking of their cloud storage, has raised $21 million in a Series A round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
A woman in China sued Tesla after complaining of faulty brakes — now she’s paying Tesla $23K
[[{“value”:” As per an investigation by the Associated Press (AP), Tesla has won a defamation lawsuit against one individual called Zhang Yazhou, who in February 2021 was a passenger in a Tesla Model 3 car that allegedly crashed due to faulty brakes, resulting in a four-day hospital stay for both her parents. Following the accident, Zhang […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Google Whisk, an image remixing tool, is now available in 100+ countries
[[{“value”:” Notably, the image tools are not available in countries and regions like India, Indonesia, the EU, and the U.K. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Tabby doubles valuation to $3.3B in $160M funding as it looks beyond BNPL
[[{“value”:” Consumer demand for credit options varies across regions, and for fintechs, understanding these differences is key to survival. In developed markets, where credit cards are common, consumers often view buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings positively because of their flexible installment options. But in emerging markets like the Middle East, where credit card penetration is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Federal workers sue Elon Musk and DOGE to cut off data access
[[{“value”:” Federal workers are suing DOGE and its creator, Elon Musk to cut off the new agency’s access to their personal data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]