Adobe has today announced the acquisition of Sayspring, a New York-based startup that aims to make it easier for everyone to build voice-based apps that integrate with virtual assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant. Founded in 2017, New-York based Sayspring has technology that makes it easy to design voice applications without coding. The full… Read More »
TravelPerk, an online travel agency for business travelers, raised $21 million (€17 million) in Series B funding. Target Global and Felix Capital co-led the round. Spark Capital, Sunstone, and Amplo also participated. Barcelona-based TravelPerk has raised $30 million in total funding since its founding in 2015. “What we have today is basically equivalent to the… Read More »
Adelaide-based Myriota – a company delivering nano satellite technology for IoT communications – has raised $US15 mllion in a series A funding round led by Australian VC firms Main Sequence Ventures and Blue Sky Venture Capital. Other investors included Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Singtel Innov8 and Right Click Capital. Myriota said it was the first investment… Read More »
As the Internet users are growing each day, it has emerged as a lucrative medium for companies to advertise their products or services. These days, it is very common to find advertisements on the website, search engine or any social media that you must be using. Even mobile applications have emerged as a means of… Read More »
Ho Chi Minh City-based startup Modern Tech has gone dark after duping 32,000 people of an estimated VND 15 trillion ($660 million) in relation to two fake cryptocurrency projects and their initial coin offerings (ICOs). On Sunday, dozens of disgruntled investors gathered in front of Modern Tech’s headquarters in the business district of Ho Chi… Read More »
Mumbai-based blockchain startup Elemential has successfully raised Seed funding, led by Matrix Partners India. The funding round also saw the participation of Amrish Rau, Investopad, Digital Currency Group, Hinduja Group, Lightspeed India, Eight Innovate, Amit Ranjan, Prashant Malik and other prominent angel investors. Elemential has raised $1 million overall in the current round, said a… Read More »
Not many of us might believe that AI or artificial intelligence is here to stay. This is because of some old mindsets which refuse to change. But if we look around, gain knowledge and get access to latest information on changing technology, there is no doubt that artificial intelligence is here to stay. It certainly… Read More »
Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. The ride-hailing company announced on Monday that it will acquire Jump, the New York City-based e-bike startup that has been working with Uber for two months on a pilot to integrate bike-sharing options into Uber’s app. Apparently that trial went well because now… Read More »
The digital arm of German sports car maker Porsche AG has bought a minority stake in Israeli artificial intelligence software developer Anagog in a bid to expand its offering of digital technologies, the German firm said, without revealing financial details of the deal. Anagog, is a Tel Aviv-based startup, developed an artificial intelligence-based software that analyzes sensor… Read More »
SenseTime Group Ltd has raised US$600 million from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and other investors at a valuation of more than US$3 billion, becoming the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence (AI) startup. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings and Chinese retailer Suning Commerce Group also participated in the round, SenseTime said in a news release…. Read More »
