Plaid is launching FinRise, a nine-month incubator for early-stage fintech founders from underrepresented backgrounds. Inspired by an internal hackathon amid Black Lives Matter protests last
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Hot IPOs hang onto gains as investors keep betting on tech
This morning, while checking the latest price for shares of recent IPO Poshmark, I noticed that they were down from their first-day results. The company’s
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YouTube launches hashtag landing pages to all users
YouTube is embracing the hashtag. The company has been quietly working on a new feature that allows users to better discover content using hashtags —
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South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform
As the global agricultural industry stretches to meet expected population growth and food demand, and food security becomes more of a pressing issue with global
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PlayVS acquires GameSeta to accelerate expansion into Canada
PlayVS, the esports company bringing organized leagues to high schools and colleges, is today announcing its first acquisition. The startup, which has raised more than
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MIT aims to speed up robot movements to match robot thoughts using custom chips
MIT researchers are looking to address the significant gap between how quickly robots can process information (relatively slowly), and how fast they can move (very
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