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Crypto news site CoinDesk explores potential sale as parent company faces crisis
The cryptocurrency publication CoinDesk is reportedly exploring a potential partial or full sale and hired investment bankers at Lazard Ltd. to make that happen. CoinDesk Chief Executive Kevin Worth confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that there has been a lot of interest in buying the media company. “Over the last few months, we have received numerous ...
Apple delays AR glasses amid technical issues, plans cheaper MR headset
The much-anticipated augmented reality glasses from Apple Inc. appear to be mired in technical issues and are now postponed “indefinitely,” according to a report from Bloomberg, but the company may be focused on building a cheaper mixed reality headset. Apple had originally intended to release the AR glasses, dubbed Apple Glass, this year before delaying ...
Blue emerges from stealth with $3.2M in funding for DeFi protocol identity verification
Blue, a company that offers identity verification services for decentralized-finance traders to assist with “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering compliance, launched from stealth mode today with $3.2 million in funding. The funds were raised in a seed funding round co-led by Blockchange Ventures and Fenbushi Capital, the company said in a blog post. Other investors ...
Beaconstac raises $25M to manage and track QR codes at scale
Beaconstac, a QR code customer engagement platform, today announced that it raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Telescope Partners, with participation from Accel. The company plans to do further development of its subscription-based service to build out its team and enable more use cases for the technology. By now, almost everyone who ...
Apple launches new M2 chips to power its newest MacBook Pro and mini lineup
Apple Inc. today announced two powerful new chips in its M2 family, the M2 Pro and M2 Max, that scale up the company’s system-on-chip architecture for power-efficient performance in the company’s newly unveiled MacBook Pro and Mac mini. Both chips extend the feature set of the M2, which was unveiled in June 2022, pushing the ...
Authenticx secures $20M to help healthcare companies listen to their customers better
Authenticx, a conversational intelligence company that uses artificial intelligence to help healthcare organizations understand their customers, today announced it has raised $20 million in new funding led by Blue Heron Capital. When people call their healthcare provider for help, they often hear an automated voice tell them that their call is being recorded. For companies, ...
Logistics startup Locad raises $11M for ‘retail fulfillment-as-a-service’
Logistics startup Locad today announced it has raised $11 million in an early-stage funding round led by Reefknot Investments to expand its network of supply chain capabilities into Asia-Pacific. Locad’s platform, which it calls a logistics engine, provides supply chain services for brands and retail outlets to store, pack, ship and track orders for e-commerce ...
Crypto.com lays off 20% of its workforce, citing FTX collapse
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com revealed today it’s reducing its global staff by 20% amid the continuing “crypto winter” that has been leading many crypto industry exchanges to lay off workers. The announcement comes shortly after rival exchanges Coinbase Global Inc. and Huobi Global announced plans to cut headcounts by 20%. Similarly, crypto bank Silvergate Capital ...
Coho AI nabs $8.5M to help SaaS companies with revenue growth
Coho AI, a product-led revenue platform that uses machine learning to help software-as-a-service businesses, today announced that it has raised $8.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Eight Roads, TechAviv and a number of angel investors. The company’s platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to give beleaguered SaaS companies better visibility ...
Ready Player Me partners with Unstoppable Domains to connect metaverse identities
The Web3 digital identity provider Unstoppable Domains Inc. is partnering with the developer of metaverse 3D avatars Ready Player Me to allow users to add their avatars to their Unstoppable profiles, the companies announced today. Ready Player Me provides a platform that allows users to create 3D humanlike avatars that can represent themselves in virtual worlds ...