Tech Startup

Facebook Buys AI Startup Ozlo For Messenger
Facebook Buys AI Startup Ozlo For Messenger
August 01, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook, the social media giant, has acquired Ozlo, a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup, in an effort to build out its personal assistant...

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Toast Raises $101M In VC Funding; To Hire 1,000 Workers
Toast Raises $101M In VC Funding; To Hire 1,000 Workers
July 27, 2017  |  Investments

Toast, a Boston tech startup that develops point-of-sale software for restaurants, raised $101 million in a venture capital (VC) funding round. According to a news...

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Amazon Acquires Startup Graphiq To Help Improve Alexa
Amazon Acquires Startup Graphiq To Help Improve Alexa
July 21, 2017  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon has acquired Graphiq, Inc., a data analysis and search engine startup, to help improve its Alexa virtual assistant and other services. The Los Angeles Times...

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Awake Security, Cybersecurity Startup, Launches With $31M
Awake Security, Cybersecurity Startup, Launches With $31M
July 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Awake Security announced news on Monday (July 17) that it has closed more than $30 million in funding from venture capital (VC) firms Greylock Partners...

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Uber Acquihires Social Product Developer Swipe Labs To Work On Driver App
Uber Acquihires Social Product Developer Swipe Labs To Work On Driver App
July 17, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Uber has acqui-hired Swipe Labs, the social product studio run by Marwan Roushdy, to help the company further develop its driver app. According to news...

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Peeling Back the Curtain on Snapchat’s AR Secret
Peeling Back the Curtain on Snapchat’s AR Secret
July 05, 2017  |  What's Hot

Finding nearby friends through an online platform became a lot easier when Snapchat unveiled its Snap Map offering. Just a few weeks ago, the disappearing...

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In India, Fund Takes Shape In Hunt For Tech Unicorns
In India, Fund Takes Shape In Hunt For Tech Unicorns
July 04, 2017  |  Startups

In the quest for the fabled unicorn, the tech kind, a new VC fund is taking shape. As reported in news by TechCrunch, two tech...

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Tech Center: Salt Lake City Taps Into Its Tech Startup Vibe
Tech Center: Salt Lake City Taps Into Its Tech Startup Vibe
June 14, 2017  |  Tech Center

When the state of Utah comes to mind, a tech startup hot spot isn’t necessarily the first image that appears. Oddly enough, over the past...

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Alt Lending Startup Neighborly Raises $25M To Tackle Public Finance
Alt Lending Startup Neighborly Raises $25M To Tackle Public Finance
May 17, 2017  |  Investments

Neighborly, a startup that runs a marketplace that connects cities and investors to bankroll civic projects like parks, bridges and schools, raised $25 million in venture funding....

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