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How This Insurtech Startup Is Disrupting The Industry For Agents

06.10.2022 - forbes.com

Insurance has always been (and always will be) a personal purchase.

Gather AI Raises $10M Series A to Deliver Real-Time Inventory Visibility to the Supply Chain, Minimizing Challenges with Warehouse Operations and Labor Shortages

06.10.2022 - prnewswire.com

/PRNewswire/ -- Gather AI, a supply chain robotics company, today announced a $10 million Series A financing round led by Tribeca Venture Partners, with...

Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and identify potential risks and bad actors, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $123M

06.10.2022 - techmeme.com

By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Die US-Tech-Industrie steckt sie in einer Krise. Im Silicon Valley drohen Massenentlassungen – und das Ende des kunterbunten Startup-Feelings.

06.10.2022 - twitter.com - @gruenderszene

MAJ picked up famous women from the technology industry as investors - The Nordic countries are next in the sights of Siskosten's beauty startup | MAJ

06.10.2022 - sttinfo.fi

Kolmen siskoksen perustama kauneusalan startup MAJ on juuri saanut päätökseen toisen rahoituskierroksen. Sen myötä yrityksen sijoittajiksi liittyivät Enfucen toimitusjohtaja ja perustaja Monika Liikamaa sekä tanskalainen Fast Forward Capital. Lisärahoitus tarjoaa MAJlle mahdollisuuden panostaa kansainvälistymiseen ja B2B palveluiden skaalaukseen.

Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting, hiking, and off-roading, raised a $87.4M Series B led by Summit Partners

06.10.2022 - techmeme.com

By David Erickson / Missoulian. View the full context on Techmeme.

Sustainability is in style, and the fashion industry is taking note. @CNBCMakeIt’s Karen Gilchrist speaks to husband-and-wife Raena Lim and Chris Halim, co-founders of Style Theory, about how their fashion rental start-up is redressing flaws in the fashion industry. (via @CNBCi)

06.10.2022 - twitter.com - @CNBC

The Global Rise of Industrial Internet of Things {Infographic} @raconteur#IIoT #CyberSecurity #infosec #BigData #CX #M2M #logistics #fintech #Health #Insurtech

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @Fisher85M

The FinTech industry in Latvia has great prospects, but action must be taken without hesitation

05.10.2022 - bb.lv

Staņislavs Siņakovičs, LPB Bank Pārdošanas un reģionālās attīstības departamenta vadītājsFinTech nozarei Latvijā ir lielas perspektīvas, un to apliecināja arī nesen notikušais forums, kuru rīkoja Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija (FKTK) un Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra (LIAA), un starp dalībniekiem bija arī “LPB Bank”, pastāstīja “LPB Bank” Pārdošanas un reģionālās attīstības departamenta vadītājs Staņislavs Siņakovičs.

The agenda for #SmartCities. {Infographic}#CyberSecurity #IoT #BigData #sensors @Fisher85M #startup #Analytics #AI #P2P #fintech #innovation #MachineLearning

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @Fisher85M

Update of Instagram app for iPhone fixes crash on startup

05.10.2022 - tweakers.net

Meta heeft een update voor de iPhone-app van Instagram uitgebracht waardoor het crashen van de app verholpen moet worden. Versie 255.0 van de applicatie zou direct na het opstarten crashen. Hierbij verscheen volgens gebruikers ook geen foutmelding.

US Payments Forum Fall Meeting to Explore Advancements in FinTech, Touchless Growth and Industry Challenges

05.10.2022 - financialit.net

The U.S. Payments Forum, an integral part of the Secure Technology Alliance, today announces its upcoming Fall Member Meeting. The event gives payments decision-makers a unique opportunity to share their experiences, discuss emerging payments innovations and develop strategies for overcoming industry challenges through collaboration. The meeting will take place on November 8th and 9th at the Hilton in downtown Nashville, just steps away from major landmarks like the Country Music Hall of Fame.

#estotech @EuroraSolutions, having just raised €37M, opens an #AI + #ML innovation & research centre in #Tartu, #Estonia, to help logistics companies that are struggling w/ EU trading regulations. By @EstoniaInvest #NordicMade #baltictech #logisticstech

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @siliconvikings

AI for good: 16 Amsterdam startups and scaleups to meet at World Summit AI 2022 | Silicon Canals

05.10.2022 - siliconcanals.com

Check out the list of 16 Amsterdam-based startups and scale-ups to meet at World Summit AI.

.@Reddit has "acqui-hired" the team from #gbgtech #AI content moderation platform @OterluAI. The 4-person team will help Reddit develop ML-powered moderation models that can detect harmful content in different languages. By @Adweek #NordicMade #martech

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @siliconvikings

What is 'X', the super app that Elon Musk wants to create

05.10.2022 - italian.tech

"I'm a big fan of knowing nothing about the industry you build a company in. You start asking questions that no one within the industry has ever asked", @tesseractenergy's @alanchanguk in conversation with @Siftedeu's @amyrlewin

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @FeeHagen

Know Your Customer and HAWK AI Partner to Harmonise Financial Crime Compliance in the Fintech Sector

05.10.2022 - financialit.net

Know Your Customer, the No. 1 provider of real-time registry connections in the industry, and Hawk AI, Germany’s leading software provider of anti-money laundering surveillance technology for banks, payment firms, and fintechs, today announced a new strategic partnership. By combining Know Your Customer’s digital onboarding and business KYC solutions with Hawk AI’s transaction monitoring capabilities, clients will have access to a comprehensive and integrated offering to centralise and harmonise the multiple and often complex elements of their AML programme.

Three levels of #blockchain! {Infographic}#Fintech #AI #IoT #Bigdata #dataviz #SaaS #SMM @Fisher85M #cryptocurrency #Digital #Disruption #CyberSecurity #tech #Cloud @Deloitte

05.10.2022 - twitter.com - @Fisher85M

Autonomous Trucking Startup Gatik Is Ditching the Driver in Canada - BNN Bloomberg

05.10.2022 - bloomberg.com

Gatik will let the robots take control on a 7-mile delivery route it runs for grocery giant Loblaw, Canada’s largest retailer.