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Startups don't shy away from big projects. That's the conclusion we draw from the news that The Browser Company's Arc browser is now generally available for Windows users. Just as Island raised a ton of money for its enterprise browser tools. It's very encouraging to see startups pursuing the core technology, not just the apps on the platform. Of course, Chromium still reigns supreme, but it may take a while to unseat that horse. Elsewhere on Startup Land this week, we delved into Chowdeck's $2.5 million round on Equity. The company is a Nigerian company that has achieved impressive growth…

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Whitty told senators on Wednesday that the company is responding to a recent cyber attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare and that all of its systems exposed to the internet have been compromised. He said he has enabled multi-factor authentication. The lack of multi-factor authentication was at the heart of the ransomware attack that hit Change Healthcare earlier this year, impacting pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics across the United States. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a basic cybersecurity mechanism that prevents hackers from using stolen passwords to break into your accounts and systems by requiring a second code…

Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in fall 2022, the Twitter replacement market has grown with competing candidates, ranging from small startups to open source apps to well-funded efforts like Instagram's Threads. It is saturated. But an overlooked Twitter/X alternative is growing up before our eyes. That's LinkedIn. As of March, LinkedIn's web traffic was up 10.6% year over year, while X's web traffic was down 15.2%, according to traffic analysis data from digital intelligence platform SimilarWeb. Compared to November 2022, right after Musk took over Twitter, X's web traffic was down 10%, but LinkedIn's traffic was up 18%. In March,…

Anthropic, one of the world's best-funded generative AI startups with $7.6 billion in the bank, is launching a new paid startup targeting companies including highly regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, and law. We are launching a plan. The plan, called “Team,” gives customers preferential access to Anthropic's Claude 3 family of generative AI models, as well as additional administrative and user management controls. “Anthropic is introducing the Team plan in response to growing demand from enterprise customers who want to deploy Claude’s advanced AI capabilities across their organizations,” Scott White, product lead at Anthropic, told TechCrunch. . “Team plans…

Great news for anyone looking to experience the buzz at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco without breaking the bank or requiring an extensive schedule. We've launched the Expo+ Pass, which offers a great opportunity to dive into the innovation and networking scene. The Expo+ pass is perfect for those who want to explore cutting-edge technology showcased by early-stage startups and make valuable connections. Whether you're scouting for a new job, co-founder, or seasoned talent. Seek potential investments or partnerships. Or whether you simply want to immerse yourself in the startup ecosystem, the Expo+ pass opens the door to countless…

Developers have a problem. Previously, only large companies had to worry about security, but now any startup can hold vast amounts of customer data. This means developers have to worry about platform security across the board, and often struggle with complex tools to manage security. Now, Aikido, a small startup in Ghent, Belgium, thinks it has the answer to that dilemma. It's an open source, developer-friendly, no-nonsense security platform. And the startup just raised $17 million in Series A to further strengthen its product. “Security tools have been around for 30 years, but I think we're the first where the…

British regulator Ofcom is investigating online adult content subscription service OnlyFans for failing to prevent children from accessing pornography through its platform. Ofcom, the UK's official regulator for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries, said it had grounds to suspect that OnlyFans' parent company, Phoenix International Limited, did not have adequate age verification measures in place. The regulator also found that Fenix ​​may have provided incomplete or inaccurate information as part of two information request notices issued by Ofcom, one in June 2022 and one in June 2023. We are also investigating whether there is a sex. These requests were…

Appointment scheduling service Calendly has redesigned its browser extension to improve schedule management capabilities and speed up scheduling. This new extension, available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Outlook, has a “Meetings” tab that houses your meetings, allowing you to join, cancel, and reschedule them. However, you will only see meetings booked through Calendly. The company said it will consider expanding the extension based on customer feedback. You can also see upcoming meetings with a participant and their meeting history with the new Contacts tab. This extension also allows you to share links to different types of meetings (such as long…

In 2017, Jyoti Bansal co-founded San Francisco-based security firm Traceable with former investor Sanjay Nagaraj. Bansal, who previously co-founded app performance management startup AppDynamics, which he acquired by Cisco in 2017, is using Traceable to build a platform that protects customers' APIs from cyberattacks. It was made. Attacks against APIs (the set of protocols that establish how platforms, apps, and services communicate) are on the rise. According to cybersecurity firm Check Point, API attacks affected nearly a quarter of organizations every week in the first month of 2024, an increase of 20% compared to the same period last year. API…

Venture capital firms in the Midwest may always be looking to catch up to their coastal counterparts, but that doesn't stop some companies from raising significant amounts of capital to support startups in their local ecosystems and across the region. do not have. Investors focused on the coast say money continues to flow into the area, despite being a so-called “elevated city.” For example, he made a $50 million investment in Michigan's Grand Ventures last October. In 2023, Columbus-based Rev1 secured his $30 million third Catalyst Fund aimed at life sciences. Now it's Hyde Park Venture Partners' turn. The Chicago-based…