Journals

Sifted: Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at $7.75B in 2021, enters liquidation for its UK parent company as it moves its HQ to Delaware in the US  —  The company was once valued at $7.75bn … London-based event… Read More »Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at $7.75B in 2021, enters liquidation for its UK parent company as it moves its HQ to Delaware in the US (Sifted)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv-based Exodigo, which uses AI and sensors to make underground maps for energy, utility, transport, and construction companies, raised a $105M Series A  —  – Greenfield Partners, Zeev Ventures lead Series A round  — Startup… Read More »Tel Aviv-based Exodigo, which uses AI and sensors to make underground maps for energy, utility, transport, and construction companies, raised a $105M Series A (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Inkitt, the self-publishing site that wants to use AI to pick and tweak the most compelling stories to distribute on its Galatea app, raised a $37M Series C  —  Everyone has a story in them, as… Read More »Inkitt, the self-publishing site that wants to use AI to pick and tweak the most compelling stories to distribute on its Galatea app, raised a $37M Series C (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: In amended filings, Alibaba discloses previously unknown stakes by the Chinese government in more than 12 business units, following an inquiry by the US SEC  —  The Hangzhou-based e-commerce pioneer said in filings in the US… Read More »In amended filings, Alibaba discloses previously unknown stakes by the Chinese government in more than 12 business units, following an inquiry by the US SEC (Sarah Zheng/Bloomberg)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Shadowfax, which operates a B2B logistics network in 2,500 Indian cities, raised a $100M Series E, bringing its total funding to $220M  —  Shadowfax, one of the largest logistics service providers to hyper-local and on-demand delivery… Read More »Shadowfax, which operates a B2B logistics network in 2,500 Indian cities, raised a $100M Series E, bringing its total funding to $220M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft says its investment in Mistral AI amounts to €15M; EU regulators plan to analyze the investment, which could eventually lead to a formal investigation  —  – Partnership amounts to €15 million investment, Microsoft says  —… Read More »Microsoft says its investment in Mistral AI amounts to €15M; EU regulators plan to analyze the investment, which could eventually lead to a formal investigation (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Nvidia plans to start showing free-tier users of GeForce Now “up to two minutes” of video ads while waiting in queue to start a cloud gaming session  —  Nvidia’s completely free, no-strings attached trial of… Read More »Nvidia plans to start showing free-tier users of GeForce Now “up to two minutes” of video ads while waiting in queue to start a cloud gaming session (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Kali Hays / Business Insider: Sources: Meta aims to reveal and demo the first version of its AR glasses, codenamed Orion, during its Connect developer conference in the fall  —  – Under an internal project named Orion, Meta has been… Read More »Sources: Meta aims to reveal and demo the first version of its AR glasses, codenamed Orion, during its Connect developer conference in the fall (Kali Hays/Business Insider)

Alexis Ong / The Verge: A look at the underground floppy disk music scene; Discogs data shows 500+ floppy music releases in the 2020s, more than in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s combined  —  The first computery thing I do… Read More »A look at the underground floppy disk music scene; Discogs data shows 500+ floppy music releases in the 2020s, more than in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s combined (Alexis Ong/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini about the streamer’s focus on anime, working with creators in Japan, competing with Netflix, future plans, and more  —  The head of the fast-growing streaming service discusses the Funimation… Read More »Q&A with Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini about the streamer’s focus on anime, working with creators in Japan, competing with Netflix, future plans, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)