[[{“value”:” Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact users on its platform. The new move comes amid concerns over predators exploiting teens on social media apps, which often results in severe incidents, including sextortion. One […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Rocketlane snags $24M to bring AI-led experiences for professional services teams
[[{“value”:” Rocketlane initially aimed to support customer onboarding. However, it has broadened its scope and doubled down on addressing the needs of professional services teams. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
SkyCell nabs $59M more for its greener smart pharma transport containers
[[{“value”:” The most urgent moments of the Covid-19 pandemic may be in the past, but the need for fast and secure ways to send valuable, fragile medicines and their components around the world is still very current. SkyCell has developed hardware and software to run that transport process better — and greener, it says — than […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Chift lets SaaS companies integrate with dozens of financial tools with a unified API
[[{“value”:” Pennylane, Qonto, Agicap, Pleo and Mollie have one thing in common. They all use Chift in one way or another to manage integrations with other services. And this relatively young Belgium-based startup just raised a €2.3 million seed round ($2.5 million at today’s exchange rate). Many fintech startups rely on integrations to make their product […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Amazon to hold Prime Day sales on July 16 and 17
[[{“value”:” Amazon said today that its annual Prime Day sales event will take place on July 16 and 17. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Connect Money scores $8M to enable non-bank businesses to offer embedded finance services
[[{“value”:” Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms are instrumental in driving access to digital financial services by introducing fintech capabilities to non-bank businesses. Multiple businesses are tapping these platforms to circumvent the need to build their own tech infrastructure and the bureaucratic processes of acquiring the requisite regulatory approvals to offer financial services including card payments and lending. Globally, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple shelved the idea of integrating Meta’s AI models over privacy concerns, report says
[[{“value”:” Days after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Meta were in talks to integrate the latter’s AI models, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the iPhone maker was not planning any such move. Apple briefly held talks with Meta about the possibility of a partnership way back in March, according to Bloomberg. This was […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
TechWolf raises $43M to take an AI-sized bite out of the internal recruiting game
[[{“value”:” TechWolf has built an AI engine that ingests data from internal workflows to learn about the people doing that work. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
India’s Zyod raises $18M to expand its tech-enabled fashion manufacturing to more countries
[[{“value”:” The Gurugram-based startup works with Indian factories to help them manufacture fashion wear for global brands. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
TechCrunch Space: Building (and testing) for the future
[[{“value”:” Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. It’s becoming a habit to open each TechCrunch Space newsletter with a bit of an update on Boeing’s Starliner mission, so bear with me. Per NASA officials, the spacecraft will now return its two-person crew to Earth no earlier than June 26, instead of the originally planned date […] © 2024 TechCrunch….