A blog post published today by Y Combinator features a story about one notable alum of its current class: an iOS app called Fabric that pieces together users’ past activities and locations from postings on a range of social media platforms. Arun Vijayvergiya, one of
AceBot, a productivity bot for Slack users, announced this week that it has raised $650,000 in seed financing from Accel Partners. According to cofounder and CEO Ravindra Krishnappa, the funding will be used to enhance the bot’s ability to interpret business data and make it
Cementing Obama’s legacy as the first digital president, the White House announced today that it’s now possible to send messages directly to Obama using Facebook’s Messenger chatbot.
B2B marketing automation software company Engagio announced this week that it has raised $22 million in Series B financing, led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from FirstMark Capital and Storm Ventures. Engagio was founded in 2015 by Jon Miller, who was formerly co-founder and
Jason Goldman, chief digital officer at the White House, announced today on his Medium blog that people can now send notes to President Obama via the office’s Facebook Messenger chatbot. Facebook users can simply go to the White House’s Facebook page, click on “Message,” and
If one of you isn’t enough, take a look at Olly, the robot-in-development by U.K.-based startup Emotech. The company claims that Olly will be the first AI-based personal assistant with personality: yours.
U.K.-based startup Emotech has raised more than $10 million in Series A funding, according to TechCrunch. The round was led by Shanghai-based Lightning Capital, a VC firm focused on artificial intelligence technology and health tech. Another Chinese VC firm, Alliance Capital, also participated in the
Oslo-based content curation platform Socius has received $400,000 in seed funding from 500 Startup’s Nordic Fund and Raa Invest, according to a report in TechCrunch. The Nordic Fund is 500 Startup’s $15-million regional fund targeting the Nordic region, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
Jet.com was shooting for the moon; instead, it’s going to Walmart. Not that that’s a bad exit for $3 billion in cash and $300 million in Walmart stock. The brick-and-mortar retail giant is continuing its game of catchup with that even bigger retail force of
Aligned TeleHealth, Inc., a telemedicine solution provider, announced today that it has raised $12 million in Series A financing, led by SV Life Sciences (SVLS), a healthcare venture capital firm. Deepak Chopra, the widely known speaker and influencer on mind and body health, also participated