Monthly Archives: July 2024

Anthropic launches $100 million AI fund with Menlo Ventures, ramping up competition with OpenAI

Anthropic and one of its biggest investors are teaming up to back early-stage startups, and get them using the AI company’s technology.

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Shaped raises $8M Series A and launches its self-serve recommendations and search service

Whether it’s an online marketplace, store, or social media platform, virtually every site today uses some kind of recommendation service to personalize its offerings. Shaped, which is announcing an $8 million seed funding round today, wants to make it easier … Continue reading

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Menlo Ventures and Anthropic team up on a $100M AI fund

Menlo Ventures and Anthropic are teaming up on a $100 million fund dubbed “the Anthology Fund” to invest in pre-seed and Series A AI startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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RealPage Says Rental Pricing Tech Is Misunderstood, but Landlords Aren’t So Sure

The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren’t entirely convinced.

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Kandji raises another $100M for Apple device management as valuation rises to $850M

At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an exception. Founded in 2019, it has raced through its funding rounds like a precocious … Continue reading

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Matera raises $100M from Warburg Pincus to help the US catch up to Brazil in instant payments

To say that Pix, the instant payment system created by the Central Bank of Brazil, has been a resounding success is an understatement. With Pix, money moves directly between core banking systems of different financial institutions. Adoption has been widespread … Continue reading

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Dynasty Warriors: Origins: Release date, platforms, new character, and more

Dynasty Warriors: Origins marks the tenth game in the series after a lengthy break since the last game. Dynasty Warriors 9 came out in 2018 but it took until PlayStation’s State of Play 2024 event to hear a whisper of … Continue reading

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Baldur’s Gate devs still finding stuff to patch and add to the game almost a year on as another big update lands

Have you been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for the last year? Quite possibly. Do you think you have seen all there is to see? Probably not. That hasn’t stopped Larian’s tireless background work on its magnum opus and landing right … Continue reading

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Google Pixel 9 Pro and XL tipped to boast 50MP selfie cam

Lights, camera, action. If you are interested in picking up a new Google Pixel 9 Pro, or 9 Pro XL, your selfie game is about to be significantly enhanced.  A report has indicated both models will receive a massive upgrade … Continue reading

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Avast SecureLine VPN vs NordVPN (2024): Which VPN Is Better?

Which VPN is better, Avast SecureLine VPN or NordVPN? Use our guide to compare pricing, features, and more.

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