Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: London-based Infogrid, which uses AI to analyze IoT data on building occupancy, air quality, and more, raised a $90M Series B led by Northzone and AO Proptech  —  Infogrid, a startup that uses AI to collect and analyze data on things like air quality, occupancy and energy consumption … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Former GoFundMe chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, a commerce company investing in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding  —  Three years after stepping down as GoFundMe’s chairman and CEO, Rob Solomon is returning to the industry he calls his “first love … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Matt Taibbi’s account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search  —  The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber.  —  Quick(ish) recap: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / VICE: Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts  —  Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.”  —  LC Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Sei, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto, Multicoin, and others, and plans to launch its mainnet in 2023  —  Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million at a valuation of $800 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter’s safety team can act  —  The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meryl Sebastian / BBC: How a New Delhi startup event dubbed the “world’s biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises  —  In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India’s capital Delhi … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, similar to 2022  —  Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides – from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Sei, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto and others and plans to launch its mainnet later in 2023  —  Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million at a valuation of $800 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: AlphaSense, which offers financial data to businesses, raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at a $1.7B valuation in June 2022  —  – Alphabet’s CapitalG led a $100 million funding round in AlphaSense at a $1.8 billion valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme