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Plaid puts Quovo acquisition right to work with new investments product
Jun 20, 3:55PM
When Plaid acquired Quovo earlier this year, it was clear the company wanted to move beyond checking and savings data to a broader view of investments. Today, the company announced Investments, an API based on Quovo, that enables customers to pull in investment data into their apps. Lowell Putnam, head of partnerships at Plaid and […]
Facebook announces dates for Oculus Connect 6
Jun 20, 3:42PM
After a busy year, Facebook’s VR arm is returning to San Jose, Calif. on September 25 and 26 for the sixth annual Oculus Connect. Oculus has had a transformative year with the release of its Quest and Rift S headsets, turning the high-end gaming company into one more focused on meeting the needs of mainstream […]
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now available in the US and UK, one day earlier than promised
Jun 20, 3:38PM
Earlier this week, Niantic announced that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite — the company’s Potter-themed followup to Pokémon GO — would start rolling out to the world on June 21st. Looks like they decided to get the ball rolling a bit early, though. The game just went live on the iOS and Android app stores in […]
A.I.-based travel app Hopper expands price monitoring to hotels worldwide
Jun 20, 3:34PM
Hopper, the handy travel app that uses A.I. to predict airfare pricing, is today expanding its service to include hotels. Like airfare, hotel pricing is also dynamic — it can fluctuate with traveler demand. During busy times, prices are higher. And when a hotel has rooms to fill, the prices drop. Now, Hopper is bringing […]
Armoire is angling to become the every day Rent the Runway
Jun 20, 3:23PM
When Armoire first emerged from MIT’s accelerator program back in 2016, the company’s vision was already fully formed — combine StitchFix and Rent the Runway to give women a low-cost, sustainable way to get a high-fashion, high-functioning wardrobe for every day. Ambika Singh, the Seattle-based company’s chief executive set out to solve two problems, the […]
2 days left on super-early-bird discounts to Disrupt SF 2019
Jun 20, 3:00PM
Frugal founders and savvy shoppers take heed. Disrupt San Francisco 2019, which takes place October 2-4, can be a serious boon to your business. But our super-early-bird pricing disappears in a cloud of ruffled feathers on June 21 at 11:59 p.m. (PT). That's just 48 hours left to save. Whether you're on a shoestring budget […]
Adobe Lightroom arrives in the Mac App Store
Jun 20, 2:11PM
The pro-focused photo-editing tool Lightroom is now available on the Mac App Store, marking the first major Adobe app to be available through the revamped version of the platform. The title joins the more lightweight Photoshop Elements, but is the sole pro app currently available through the venue. Unlike Element's flat $70 a month upfront […]
Nissan's zero-emission ice cream van uses old EV batteries to keep things cool
Jun 20, 1:14PM
File ice cream vans under “things I never thought posed a significant risk to the environment but might actually.” Nissan has developed a new concept vehicle that addresses the problem of all the emissions generated by conventional ice cream vans, and older models in particular, which pump out a lot of greenhouse gases while idling […]
GirlGaze Network looks to connect brands with female creatives
Jun 20, 12:32PM
It started with a hashtag. Amanda de Cadenet, photographer, author and TV host, was spending time with her sister, a director and photographer in her own right, when an ACLU study on the lack of diversity among directors was published in the NYT Magazine, with de Cadenet’s sister an interviewee in the cover story. “It’s […]
UK age checks for online porn delayed after bureaucratic cock-up
Jun 20, 11:28AM
The UK government has delayed the introduction of mandatory age verification for accessing online pornography — blaming an administrative cock-up. The controversial scheme had been due to launch on July 15, after an earlier implementation date also came and went. Although in this instance it does not appear the policy has been derailed by the […]
SaaS data protection provider Druva nabs $130M, now at a $1B+ valuation, acquiring CloudLanes
Jun 20, 11:07AM
As businesses continue to move more of their computing and data to the cloud, one of the startups that has made a name for itself as a provider of cloud-based solutions to protect and manage those IT assets has raised a big round of funding to build its business. Druva, which provides software-as-a-service-based data protection, […]
iRobot acquires education startup Root Robotics
Jun 20, 11:01AM
In a bid to expand its educational offerings, iRobot has acquired local Massachusetts-based startup, Root Robotics. The company is the creator of the eponymous coding robot, a two-wheeled device designed to draw on whiteboards and other surfaces, scanning colors, playing music and otherwise playing out coding instructions. We had the company at our CES stage […]
Dawn Capital closes $125M Opportunities Fund to double down on its biggest bets
Jun 20, 9:36AM
Dawn Capital has made a name for itself over the last several years for having a sharp eye when it comes to spotting interesting B2B startups in Europe before they become big, with companies like iZettle (acquired by PayPal last year for $2.2 billion), Mimecast (IPO’d and now worth $2.8 billion), Collibra and Showpad among […]
MAX.ng raises $7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria
Jun 20, 8:04AM
Nigerian motorcycle transit startup MAX.ng has raised a $7 million funding round led by Novastar Ventures, with participation of Japanese manufacturer Yamaha. Based in Lagos, the company’s app-based platform coordinates motorcycle taxi and delivery services for individuals and businesses. Six-million of the investment is in Series A capital followed by $1 million in grants. MAX […]
Waymo takes its self-driving car ambitions global in partnership with Renault-Nissan
Jun 20, 7:27AM
Waymo has locked in an exclusive partnership with Renault and Nissan to research how commercial autonomous vehicles might work for passengers and packages in France and Japan. This exclusive partnership has a deadline — the public announcement says it will last for “an initial period.” Waymo nor the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance provided details on when it […]
California has let two Chinese startups offer robotaxis to the public
Jun 20, 6:51AM
China’s driverless cars are coming for passengers in the United States. AutoX and Pony.ai just became the first Chinese companies allowed to offer self-driving robotaxis in the state of California, according to notices posted on the website of the California Public Utilities Commission this week. Started in 2016 by Princeton University professor Jianxiong Xiao, called […]
Founders Factory is going live in Paris
Jun 20, 4:01AM
After London and Johannesburg, startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory is launching a third city — Paris. Once again, the company is partnering with a corporate backer — insurance company Aviva France is backing Founders Factory Paris. Albin Serviant is heading the team in Paris; the plan is to hire 50 people. There will be […]
fuboTV inks Discovery deal, adds 13 more networks to its live TV streaming service
Jun 20, 12:28AM
Live sports streaming service fuboTV is expanding further into non-sports content with today’s news that it’s inked a new multi-year deal with Discovery, Inc. that will bring 13 Discovery television networks to its service over the weeks ahead. The new additions will include Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and […]
Self-driving car startup Argo AI is giving researchers free access to its HD maps
Jun 19, 11:50PM
Argo AI is releasing curated data along with high-definition maps to researchers for free, the latest company in the autonomous vehicle industry to open-source some of the information it has captured while developing and testing self-driving cars. The aim, the Ford Motor-backed company says, is to give academic researchers the ability to study the impact […]
Slack prices IPO at $26 per share
Jun 19, 9:54PM
Slack’s public debut is happening Thursday on the NYSE and the company has set a reference price of $26 per share for its direct listing, according to WSJ, which would value the company at around $15.7 billion. The company’s stock is expected to pop at open, according to the WSJ’s sources. Slack is pursuing a direct […]
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