Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Andreessen Horowitz created a16z Perennial Venture Capital Fund and a16z Perennial Management investment advisor, presumably expanding into wealth management  —  Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture firm known for being an early investor in some of the biggest tech companies including Airbnb … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Google plans to update Android’s Emergency SOS after UK police blame the feature, activated by repeatedly pressing a side button, for a surge in false 999 calls  —  Police forces across the UK have warned that a new feature on some Android phones is plaguing switchboards with inadvertent “silent” 999 calls. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: UK-based EvaluAgent, which is building call center quality assurance testing software, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, taking its total funding to $21M  —  After spending more than a decade in the customer experience industry, three friends, Jaime Scott, Michelle Dinsmore and Alex Richards … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Atlanta-based Accelerant, which is launching a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022  —  Barings LLC is leading a $150 million investment in Accelerant, valuing the insurance-related business at $2.4 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at the Apple Vision Pro’s features in the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone: Over 100 artists including Tom Morello call for a live event facial recognition ban and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks  —  The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EvaluAgent, which is developing quality assurance testing software for call centers, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $21M  —  After spending more than a decade in the customer experience industry, three friends, Jaime Scott, Michelle Dinsmore and Alex Richards … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Reddit’s revenue rose 38% YoY to ~$670M in 2022, a steep drop from 2021’s 100%+ growth, adding to IPO uncertainties and suggesting a $3.3B+ valuation  —  A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump’s account until January 8  —  In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin, launched in 2019 for USD transactions, to euro payments; the bank has used the token to process ~$300B in transactions to date  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking … Lees verder op Tech Meme