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Feb 24, 2022 • 4min
Cloudflare to acquire Area 1 Security, a startup that blocks phishing emails
Cloudflare has announced that it plans to acquire Area 1 Security, a security startup that has developed a product that stops phishing attacks before they land in an employee’s inbox. Cloudflare plans to spend around $162 million on the acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 24, 2022 • 5min
Target to add Starbucks orders and returns to its curbside pickup service
Target is preparing a series of changes to make its curbside pickup service called Drive Up more appealing to consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2022 • 3min
RightHand cashes in on the white-hot warehouse robotics space with a $66M raise
COVID, supply chain issues, labor shortages, Amazon. Take your pick. The reasons for getting excited about logistics robotics are numerous and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2022 • 5min
To combat chip shortage, Bosch to invest $296M to produce semiconductors
Bosch is increasing its previously stated investment in semiconductor production in order to stay on top of the ongoing chip shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022 • 4min
PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation
Relocating employees can involve up to 20-30 different complex processes, while many of the support packages on the market can be inflexible and expensive. Plus, relocating services are usually only available to company leaders, not staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022 • 4min
Better.com loses more senior execs as employees brace for another mass layoff
Things are getting worse at Better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2022 • 4min
Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year
Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager said in a recent public meeting with state legislators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2022 • 6min
Reusable packaging startup bags $3.1M to pick a fight with single-use packaging
Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 18, 2022 • 4min
New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion
Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 18, 2022 • 3min
Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide
Amazon and Visa have resolved their simmering dispute over payment fees in the UK and elsewhere, Reuters has reported. Amazon threatened to stop accepting Visa in the UK starting January 19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
