December 1, 2016
Logojoy turns design into an AI-powered, iterative process
If you’ve ever had to have a logo designed, you probably know that a lot of love, care, taste, years of training, tons of experience and buckets of…
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December 1, 2016
Genesis Partners spins out $50 million fund, F2 Capital, to back early-stage startups in Israel
Three members of the senior investing team at Genesis Partners, a major Israeli venture firm, are stepping out with a new, early-stage fund of their own called F2…
Read articleNovember 22, 2016
Draper Nexus closes $175 million fund, LP’s include Panasonic, Canon and other Japanese tech giants
Early stage venture firm, Draper Nexus, has closed its second fund at $175 million, according to Managing Director Q Motiwala. Its debut fund closed in 2013, at $50…
Read articleNovember 18, 2016
Cogito closes $15M Series B to improve customer support with science
Cogito, a real-time feedback platform for customer service agents, added $15 million to its coffers today in the form of a Series B. This brings the company’s total…
Read articleNovember 17, 2016
Student’s iDentifi app puts object recognition in the hands of the visually impaired
For someone who is blind or partially sighted, everyday tasks can be a pain — choosing the right can from the pantry, for instance, or picking up the…
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Apple patent shows Siri inside iMessage to help with scheduling, payments and more
Google’s smart virtual helper Google Assistant is finding its way into everything from the company’s chat app Allo to Pixel smartphones and its Amazon Echo rival, Google Home.…
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Like by smiling? Facebook acquires emotion detection startup FacioMetrics
Facebook could one day build facial gesture controls for its app thanks to the acquisition of a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff company called FacioMetrics. The startup made an…
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Microsoft offers concessions to EU regulators eyeing its $26.2B LinkedIn bid
Microsoft has offered concessions to EC competition regulators in the hopes of smoothing the way for its planned acquisition of LinkedIn. It announced the $26.2 billion deal this…
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AI-powered virtual assistant, Mezi, pivots to focus on travel
A startup that originally launched as an AI-powered virtual assistant, Mezi, has pivoted to focus on travel only. And why not? There’s little to do online that’s more annoying…
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Sisense announces bots for Slack, Skype, Facebook Messenger and Telegram
Sisense, a company that helps customers link multiple data sources and summarize them in a single dashboard view, has not shied away from experimenting with new ways of interacting…
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