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Munich-based IntegrityNext, a service that helps companies audit supply chains for ESG compliance, raised €100M from EQT Growth, its first outside investment (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 23-03-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Munich-based IntegrityNext, a service that helps companies audit supply chains for ESG compliance, raised €100M from EQT Growth, its first outside investment  —  The funding landscape remains very tough for technology startups, but there are still some pockets, and specific companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chatbot startup Character.AI raised $150M led by a16z at a $1B valuation, after a $43M seed in December 2021, and plans to raise more from “strategic partners” (Cade Metz/New York Times) 23-03-2023

Cade Metz / New York Times: Chatbot startup Character.AI raised $150M led by a16z at a $1B valuation, after a $43M seed in December 2021, and plans to raise more from “strategic partners”  —  Founded by ex-Google employees, the Silicon Valley company is among the few start-ups poised to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Intel, IBM, Nvidia, and other chip companies have joined industrial materials businesses to fight proposed clampdowns on “forever chemicals” across the US (Patrick Temple-West/Financial Times) 23-03-2023

Patrick Temple-West / Financial Times: Intel, IBM, Nvidia, and other chip companies have joined industrial materials businesses to fight proposed clampdowns on “forever chemicals” across the US  —  Intel helped form lobbying group that has opposed state legislation on PFAS  —  Intel and other semiconductor companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp announces an updated Windows app, which loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people (Meta) 23-03-2023

Meta: WhatsApp announces an updated Windows app, which loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people  —  Takeaways  — We’re launching a new WhatsApp app for Windows desktop that loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Canva debuts AI-based tools, including Magic Design that makes personalized templates from images and Magic Presentation that creates slideshows from prompts (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 23-03-2023

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Canva debuts AI-based tools, including Magic Design that makes personalized templates from images and Magic Presentation that creates slideshows from prompts  —  Covering venture capital, cloud and startups  —  The ten-year-old Australian startup led by Melanie Perkins said annualized revenue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Replika's decision to block adult content in its AI companion chatbot; 60% of paying customers had a romantic element in their Replika relationship (Ellen Huet/Bloomberg) 23-03-2023

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: A look at Replika’s decision to block adult content in its AI companion chatbot; 60% of paying customers had a romantic element in their Replika relationship  —  Eugenia Kuyda didn’t set out to build sexting chatbots.  The startup she ran was struggling to find direction when her best friend died in a car crash in 2015. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Munich-based IntegrityNext, a service that helps companies audit supply chains for ESG compliance, raised €100M from EQT Growth, its first outside investment (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 23-03-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Munich-based IntegrityNext, a service that helps companies audit supply chains for ESG compliance, raised €100M from EQT Growth, its first outside investment  —  The funding landscape remains very tough for technology startups, but there are still some pockets, and specific companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme