Airbnb acquires AI startup for just under $200 million
Airbnb has made its first acquisition as a public company, in a deal valued at just under $200 million, sources ...
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Amputees say this bionic hand startup gives them both strength and grace — they can even pick up raw eggs without crushing them
Andrew Hitz with the Zeus hand.Courtesy of Aether BiomedicalIn 2011, Jeremy Schroeder was driving a four-wheeler near Sherwood, Ohio, when ...
Food-delivery startup Wonder Group gets $100 million investment from Nestle
Food-delivery company Wonder Group has gotten a cash infusion from Nestle, as the startup looks to sell high-tech kitchen equipment ...
Deutsche Bank and UniCredit back $4.5 billion insurance startup Wefox with $55 million in fresh funds
Wefox CEO Julian Teicke.WefoxWefox, the $4.5 billion German insurance technology group, has raised $55 million of fresh funding from Deutsche ...
New York is a tech startup hotbed after almost a decade-long run of IPOs
Olivier Pomel, co-founder and CEO of Datadog, speaks at the company's Dash conference in San Francisco on Aug. 3, 2023.DatadogAlbert ...
An HSBC-backed startup is using AI to help banks fight financial crime — and eyeing a Nasdaq IPO
The co-founders of Silent Eight, from left to right: Michael Wilkowski, Julia Markiewicz and Martin Markiewicz.Silent EightWARSAW — When it ...
Ripple buys crypto infrastructure startup in its second acquisition of 2023
Cryptocurrency company Ripple announced on Friday it will acquire Fortress Trust, a startup specializing in crypto infrastructure, giving it a ...
Google, Amazon, Nvidia and other tech giants invest in AI startup Hugging Face, sending its valuation to $4.5 billion
The Hugging Face website on a smartphone arranged in New York, Aug. 17, 2023.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHugging ...
The scientist behind IBM Watson has raised $60 million for his AI startup in New York
David Ferrucci, CEO and founder of Elemental Cognition, speaks during a conference in New York, Nov. 8, 2017.Alex Flynn | ...
SoftBank sues social media startup it invested in, alleging it faked user numbers
SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son is pictured here in 2019 during an earnings presentation.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesSoftBank's Vision Fund filed ...
