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May 12, 2022 • 4min
Educapital aims to raise a $160 million fund focused on edtech and future of work
VC firm Educapital recently announced that it has reached the first close of its second fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 11, 2022 • 3min
Faye hopes to do for travel insurance what Lemonade did for general insurance
Faye aims to disrupt the travel insurance market by offering a user-friendly platform, covering various aspects of travel, and providing features like alerts and digital claims filing.
May 11, 2022 • 6min
Tenyx raises $15M to build more intelligent voice-based customer service AI
Automating customer service tasks, particularly those that require agents to speak with customers on the phone, is something of a holy grail in the enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2022 • 4min
Moovit adds Beep’s autonomous shuttle to trip-planning app
Israeli trip-planning app Moovit is integrating with Orlando-based autonomous shuttle startup Beep, which will allow riders to view options for taking Beep shuttles alongside other forms of transit, like buses or trains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2022 • 6min
Cloudflare heads effort to make JavaScript environments interoperable
Cloudflare today announced that it’s collaborating with Deno, the development company behind the eponymous Deno runtime, and individual contributors of the Node.js open source project to create standards that enable developers to write code between Deno, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 9, 2022 • 3min
Atma wants to make job hunting in Indonesia easier
Atma, an Indonesian startup that wants to make job hunting less painful, announced today it has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by AC Ventures, with participation from Global Founders Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 9, 2022 • 4min
Fortnite is back on iOS through Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft is throwing its weight behind Epic Games in the fight against Apple — and bringing Fortnite back to iOS in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 6, 2022 • 3min
Peloton reportedly looks to sell up to a 20% stake amid struggles
In February, Peloton CEO John Foley stepped down as the connected fitness pioneer cut 2,800 jobs. No one could say the news was unexpected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 6, 2022 • 5min
Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs
Porsche has read the room. With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 5, 2022 • 4min
Pinterest quietly launches a live-streaming app for video creators
Pinterest on Monday launched a new app aimed at making it easier for creators to live stream to its platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
