Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month.
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Deel hits $17.3B valuation after raising $300M from big-name VCs | TechCrunch
Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month that hit $100 million in revenue.
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After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.
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How a headphone site operator built loyalty startup Lantern to solve his own problems | TechCrunch
After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s ...
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Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March.  
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Apple loses another AI exec to Meta  | TechCrunch
Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead-up to a much-anticip...
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Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.
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Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of 'AI slop' in your feed | TechCrunch
Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI ...
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Microsoft, Amazon and Google are ramping up efforts move production of their products and data centers outside of China, Nikkei reported, citing supply chain sources.
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Microsoft, AWS, and Google are trying to drastically reduce China's role in their supply chains | TechCrunch
In particular, Microsoft wants to have up to 80% of the components needed to make its Surface notebooks and tablets, as well as its data centers, m...
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Late last year, OpenAI reportedly tried to buy Medal and its vast trove of video game data for $500M. Today, the company spun out a frontier research lab that's using that data to build AI agents that understand how they move through space and time, a concept called spatial-temporal reasoning.
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General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips | TechCrunch
General Intuition’s next milestone is twofold: generating new simulated worlds for training other agents and autonomously navigating entirely unf...
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Amazon’s One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 for message-based visits and $49 for video calls, the service treats common conditions like pink eye, eczema, and rashes, and also handles medication renewals
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Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kids | TechCrunch
Amazon’s One Medical is expanding into pediatric care with a new pay-per-visit virtual health service for children ages 2 to 11. Starting at $29 ...
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Spotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build “responsible AI” tools that protect artists’ rights and ensure fair compensation. The initiative will let artists opt in or out of AI use.
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Spotify partners with record labels to create 'artist-first' AI music products | TechCrunch
Spotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build “responsible AI”...
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