Ocurate raises $3.5M to show customer lifetime value for B2C companies

Ocurate believes lifetime value is a better prediction of how much profit a customer will bring to the company. 

殺傷能力のある「自律型兵器」の普及は止まらない？ 加速する技術の進化と、合意できなかった規制

殺傷能力のあるドローンなどの自律型致死兵器システム（LAWS）が戦場で使われる一方で、国連の特定通常兵器使用禁止制限条約に参加する120カ国が、その開発や使用の制限について合意できなかった。自律型の兵器が進化するなか、こうした制限への同意をいかに得ることができるのか。
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Next-day package delivery startup Veho valued at $1B following $125M Series A

Veho’s technology matches package delivery demand with qualified driver partners and lets customers know the actual time of delivery and even communicates when the driver is headed their way.

AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push

AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That’s why Liu’s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round […]

ZeroFox goes public in $1.4B SPAC deal

ZeroFox, an enterprise threat intelligence cybersecurity startup that helps companies detect risks found on social media, has announced plans to become a publicly traded company via a merger with blank-check company L&F Acquisition. As part of the transaction, Maryland-based ZeroFox — which has raised more than $154 million in funding since it was founded in […]

Turing books $87M at a $1.1B valuation to help source, hire and manage engineers remotely

When it comes to engineering talent in the world of tech, demand continues to outpace supply, a predicament so acute that by 2030, that disparity will balloon to 85 million positions being unfilled, according to research from Korn Ferry. Today, a startup that believes it can stem that tide with a more inclusive, global approach […]

Could Supernova be an ‘ethical alternative’ to the social media giants?

Supernova is a new app that has now gone live on the Apple and Android app stores billing itself as a new “ethical alternative” to Instagram and Facebook, where most of the ad revenues go to charities. Does it have a chance? It would be fair to say that after many years of either watching […]