Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: After SVB froze its deposits, HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, taking its total funding to $1.2B  —  As a serial entrepreneur who has famously endured some ups and downs, Parker Conrad has nearly seen it all.  Or so he might have thought until last week. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: How tech from Synthesia, an AI startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV, is being used to make deepfake news videos promoted by Venezuela’s government  —  UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government  —  As Venezuela prepared for carnival season … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, when SVB froze its deposits, taking its total funding to $1.2B  —  As a serial entrepreneur who has famously endured some ups and downs, Parker Conrad has nearly seen it all.  Or so he might have thought until last week. Lees verder op Tech Meme