TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Feb 26, 2024 • 5min
Antler’s founder on its vertical AI bet in Southeast Asia
A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance. Singapore-based venture capital firm Antler recently made a bet on 37 of them, investing $5.1 million in total for pre-seed deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2024 • 4min
Locker organizes your shopping links into virtual wish lists and collages
After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2024 • 4min
Singapore-based fintech Xalts acquires digital trade platform Contour Network
In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2024 • 6min
Planity raises $48 million because even hair salons need their own SaaS product
If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2024 • 4min
Sproxxy is making it easier to measure conference spending ROI
Whenever you go to a conference, whether as a sales and marketing exercise, or an executive is speaking, there is a cost associated with that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2024 • 5min
1Password expands its endpoint security offerings with Kolide acquisition
1Password, the AgileBits-owned password management software developer, today announced that it has acquired Kolide, an endpoint security platform, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2024 • 4min
Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept
The company made advancements in its proprietary dairy seed system to leverage interactions between recombinant dairy casein and native plant proteins, with or without improved fatty acid profiles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 20, 2024 • 3min
Dutch startup Monumental is using robots to lay bricks
Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 19, 2024 • 5min
Anthropic takes steps to prevent election misinformation
Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, is testing a technology to detect when users of its GenAI chatbot ask about political topics and redirect those users to “authoritative” sources of voting information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 19, 2024 • 4min
Pacifico Biolabs emerges from stealth with fermentation process for alternative seafood
The company's fermentation process involves the cultivation of multiple microorganisms, including mycelium, to provide nutrition, flavor and texture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
