Many startups now have AI bots that will listen to your meetings, transcribe them, take notes, and create insights. This means that companies in this space need to differentiate themselves by offering additional feature sets and integrations. Read AI, the startup founded by former Foursquare CEO David Shim with Rob Williams and Elliott Waldron, is … Read more
Lyft agreed to a $2.1 million settlement offered by the FTC over the company’s “misleading revenue claims about how much drivers could expect to earn.” As detailed in the FTC’s complaint document, Lyft systematically inflated the earnings advertised to drivers it was trying to recruit in 2021 and 2022. For example, in Los Angeles, it … Read more
While Amazon Go helped pioneer the concept of a completely contactless store, others, like 7-Eleven and Walmart, have entered the territory. And the field is growing, in part because several startups – such as Standard Cognition, Zippin, AiFi, Grabango, Trigo – have proliferated, offering their technology to retailers. But in Europe, Portuguese startup Sensei has … Read more
Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of Mobileye, is attentive to complex problems that he believes can be solved with AI, and that AI itself can be solved to become more reliable. Alongside creating and running his self-driving car technology company – which he took public, then sold to Intel, then spun off again – he … Read more
In the world of mortgage rates, it’s sometimes a game of inches. This can be true for both potential homebuyers and current homeowners looking for price relief. Granted, if you’re that marginal when it comes to affording a home, maybe you should consider renting until it’s more definitive. But if you already own a home … Read more
SpaceX won an eight-launch contract worth $733 million from the US Space Force on Friday, part of an ongoing program aimed at fostering competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all of which are expected to use Falcon 9s and take … Read more