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Apr 17, 2023 • 6min
Stability AI’s new model is slightly better at generating hands
Stability AI, the startup funding a range of generative AI experiments, has released a new version of Stable Diffusion, the text-to-image AI system that was among the first to rival OpenAI’s DALL-E 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2023 • 5min
Zoom acquires Ireland-based employee communications platform Workvivo
Zoom today announced that it has acquired Workvivo, a six-year-old Irish startup focused on improving companies’ internal communications and culture. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2023 • 6min
Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform
Meet Thynk, a new company that wants to build the definite enterprise software solution for the hospitality industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2023 • 5min
Otterize raises $11.5M to help developers securely connect software services
Tomer Greenwald, Uri Sarid and Ori Shoshan, software developers by trade, found themselves building and configuring software authentication and authorization mechanisms repeatedly — each time with a different tech stack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2023 • 4min
General Atlantic invests another $100 million in PhonePe
General Atlantic has poured another $100 million in PhonePe, three months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $750 million in an ongoing financing round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2023 • 5min
Fintech startup Clear Street raises $270M at a $2B valuation
Clear Street, which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million in the second tranche of a Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2023 • 4min
Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies
French startup Graneet is building an all-in-one software-as-a-service product focused on small construction companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 11, 2023 • 5min
In edtech, history matters: Reach Capital just closed its largest fund to date
Reach Capital, one of the first venture firms to focus exclusively on edtech, closed its last investment vehicle during an unprecedented boom within tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 11, 2023 • 4min
Gradient Ventures backs Axle’s ‘Plaid for insurance’ approach to data verification
Axle allows users to connect their insurance account to trusted companies in seconds and then automates insurance verification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2023 • 5min
Honeycomb scores $50M investment as observability platform thrives
Honeycomb was founded in 2016 by two former Facebook engineers to create a new way of looking at application monitoring based on the internal tooling they had seen at Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
