While some big names like Starbucks and Nike were quick to adopt blockchain technology to promote and work with their brands, it seems that it will still take a bit of work and time until we see the broader enterprise space embrace the tech. “I haven’t seen any killer use case yet,” Gary Liu, co-founder…
Social network X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced Community Notes for videos. Community Notes is an existing program for crowdsourced moderation. The Elon Musk-owned platform announced that notes by contributors attached to a video will show up in all posts with that video. “Notes written on videos will automatically show on other posts containing…
Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management, has raised a $93 million Series B round led by existing backer Global Brain and a new investor, Globis Capital Partners. The latest funding, which brings its total raised to $125 million, comes about a year after its $32 million Series…
The Attorneys General in all 50 U.S. states, plus 4 territories, signed onto a letter calling for Congress to take action against AI-enabled child sexual abuse material (CSAM). “While internet crimes against children are already being actively prosecuted, we are concerned that AI is creating a new frontier for abuse that makes such prosecution more…
Ben Kobren is a co-founder of CKR Solutions and has led public policy and communications for AI-focused startups, including Neeva and Color Health. AI is here. It is transformational, and it is changing the world. As a result, Silicon Valley’s mojo is back. On the other side of the country, in Washington, D.C., an equally…
Hala Hanna is the Executive Director at MIT Solve, where she builds catalytic partnerships and strategies for social impact. More posts by this contributor What motivates innovative entrepreneurs: Money or altruism? Dr. Alexander Dale Contributor Dr. Alexander Dale is the Director of Global Challenges at MIT Solve, where he oversees Solve’s annual Challenges on Climate, Economic…
Of the many lofty promises of cryptocurrency, one of the most commendable ones is its potential to bring financial inclusion to underserved users. Nairobi-based Kotani Pay is a crypto payments startup with a vision to make cross-border remittances easier for the large underbanked populations in Africa. The two-year-old startup is targeting a use case that…
In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League. Musk accused the ADL, an organization that works to combat antisemitism, extremism and bigotry, of falsely accusing him and X of being antisemitic. “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of…
As has been pointed out many, many times, lack of diversity is an ongoing problem in the tech startup and VC landscape. It’s a fact that’s long been recognised in the US, and it’s of equal concern in Europe. Zoom in on the Nordics region, and the lack of diversity sadly becomes even more acute.…
Some of India’s biggest fintech startups are making deeper inroads into soundboxes, unveiling new push to the pocket-sized devices whose chimes are fast becoming the new ‘ka-ching’ for millions of Indian merchants. Paytm, whose soundbox leads the market and is used by over 7 million merchants, launched an advanced version of the device that doubles…
