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Feb 15, 2024 • 3min
Travel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam Around
Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 14, 2024 • 6min
Bob W, a European short-stay apartment rental marketplace, raises $43M
Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 13, 2024 • 4min
Crux is building GenAI-powered business intelligence tools
GenAI might be one of the most exciting technologies today. But it’s also one of the fastest-moving — posing a challenge for enterprises keen to deploy it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2024 • 4min
Upstash’s serverless data platform hits ARR of $1M just two years after seed funding
Upstash announced a $1.9 million seed round almost exactly two years ago, and an idea for building a serverless data platform for data-intensive applications built with Redis and Kafka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2024 • 7min
Glass supercharges smartphone cameras with AI — minus the hallucinations
Your phone’s camera is as much software as it is hardware, and Glass is hoping to improve both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2024 • 2min
Podcasters can now upload their RSS feed to YouTube
Podcast creators can now submit their RSS feed to YouTube and YouTube Music, the company revealed in a video uploaded to its Creator Insider channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 9, 2024 • 7min
Attentive.ai snags $7M to boost automation in landscaping, construction services
Attentive.ai, a startup building vertical software for landscaping and construction services in the U.S., has raised $7 million in a new funding round as it looks to enhance its AI-led offerings and expand them to more businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 9, 2024 • 3min
Brita snaps up smart water bottle startup, Larq
Smart water bottle-maker Larq this week announced that it has been acquired by filtration giant, Brita. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 8, 2024 • 5min
UK AI startup Greyparrot bags strategic tie-up with recycling giant Bollegraaf
In another sign of the scramble to accelerate the uptake and transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Dutch recycling giant Bollegraaf Group is making a strategic investment in UK AI startup Greyparrot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 8, 2024 • 4min
Guided Energy helps EV fleet managers optimize battery charging
Imagine you work for a car rental agency or a package delivery company and you’re in charge of a fleet of vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
