The death knell for SPACs?

The death knell for SPACs?

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It’s a tough day for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, which had already fallen out of favor after roughly 18 months in the...

This book made me fall in love with electronics all over again

This book made me fall in love with electronics all over again

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It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for photography — I’ve been known to take a photo or two in my time — and I have a hell of a weak spot for...

Chick-fil-A taps Refraction AI for autonomous delivery pilot

Chick-fil-A taps Refraction AI for autonomous delivery pilot

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When Refraction AI was founded in 2019, its goal was to use robotics to bring down the cost of last-mile delivery. Over the past couple of...

Precursor Ventures’ first hire just spun out to start her own venture firm

Precursor Ventures’ first hire just spun out to start her own venture firm

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Sydney Thomas, who was the first hire at Precursor Ventures, a seed and early-stage focused fund that backs first-time founders, is starting...

Report calls out Apple’s membership in trade groups ‘stalling’ climate efforts

Report calls out Apple’s membership in trade groups ‘stalling’ climate efforts

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While going to great lengths to promote itself as an environmentally conscious tech firm, Apple joined several industry associations that are...

Supreme Court pauses controversial Texas social media law

Supreme Court pauses controversial Texas social media law

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Tech companies got their way in Texas on Tuesday. The Supreme Court just blocked a controversial law that allows Texas residents and the attorney...

Data-sharing platform Vendia raises $30M Series B

Data-sharing platform Vendia raises $30M Series B

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Vendia, a blockchain-based platform that makes it easier for businesses to share their code and data with partners across applications, platforms...

Seemplicity emerges from stealth with $32M to consolidate security notifications and speed up response times

Seemplicity emerges from stealth with $32M to consolidate security notifications and speed up response times

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Cybersecurity continues to grow in complexity due to the ever-increasing threat landscape — more services in the cloud, more digital operations...

New York-based Digital Asset to help Japan’s financial giant SBI develop ‘smart yen’

New York-based Digital Asset to help Japan’s financial giant SBI develop ‘smart yen’

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SBI Holdings, a Japanese securities and banking giant that launched a crypto-asset fund for retail investors last year, has been actively investing...

Temasek in talks to invest in Google-backed DotPe

Temasek in talks to invest in Google-backed DotPe

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Google-backed DotPe, which helps businesses in India go online and sell digitally, is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $50 million...

HitPay is a one-stop solution for SMEs

HitPay is a one-stop solution for SMEs

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HitPay has almost everything SMEs need to run their businesses. In addition to being an online payment gateway, it also offers tools like point-of-sale...

Zinc heads towards new $41M tech-for-good fund to back pre-team talent solving big problems

Zinc heads towards new $41M tech-for-good fund to back pre-team talent solving big problems

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So-called “tech for good” accelerators addressing such worthy-sounding subjects as ESGs and SDGs have appeared in the last few years. Some...

Indonesia’s Astro raises $60M to work on 15-minute grocery delivery

Indonesia’s Astro raises $60M to work on 15-minute grocery delivery

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Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there’s no lack of brave challengers. Jarkata-based...

India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar

India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar

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India has withdrawn a warning that asked users to not share photocopies of their national biometric ID following a widespread uproar from users...

Why web3 companies get hacked so often, according to crypto VC Grace Isford

Why web3 companies get hacked so often, according to crypto VC Grace Isford

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On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, Lux Capital’s newest investor, Grace Isford, joined us to talk about the opaque but crucial world...

Should Oracle or Alphabet buy VMWare instead of Broadcom?

Should Oracle or Alphabet buy VMWare instead of Broadcom?

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As expected, the Broadcom-VMware deal is a go. The chip giant intends to snap up the virtualization software company for $61 billion in cash...

Finix goes head-to-head with Stripe

Finix goes head-to-head with Stripe

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Welcome to The Interchange, a take on this week’s fintech news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. We’ve all been keeping...

How Box escaped the SaaS growth trap

How Box escaped the SaaS growth trap

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Enterprise productivity company Box reported results earlier this week for the first quarter of its fiscal 2023, the three-month period...

EV SPACs are facing a new regulatory speed bump

EV SPACs are facing a new regulatory speed bump

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It’s been a bumpy road for the electric vehicle startups that rushed to go public over the past two years by merging with a publicly traded...