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Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments until the third…
AI vision startup Metropolis buys Oosto (formerly AnyVision) for just $125 million, sources say
The general hype surrounding all things AI isn’t lifting all boats: some startups are still struggling and looking for exits. In one of the latest developments,…
Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo filed for bankruptcy and will “Stop the business immediately.” The company is liquidating its assets in a Chapter 7 proceeding in…
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AI Character, a startup that lets users chat with different AI characters is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement…
Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian buy-now, pay-late-startup Axio, deepening its push into financial services in one of its fastest-growing markets. The e-commerce group, which has…
A rising star EV startup earns $100 million, and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment
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Failed fintech startup Bench racked up more than $65 million in debt, documents reveal
Bench, the accounting startup that collapsed over the holidays, filed for bankruptcy in Canada on Jan. 7, revealing huge debts, according to documents seen by TechCrunch.…
Chinese company AI MiniMax is releasing new models that it claims are competitive with the best in the industry
Chinese companies continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other US-based AI firms. this week, MiniMaxa startup backed…
This hidden African stablecoin startup has already processed over $1 billion in cross-border payments
Juicywayan African fintech leveraging stablecoin technology to power fast and cheap cross-border payments is starting from scratch after processing over $1 billion in transaction volume for…