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Immersion, a company specializing in haptic feedback technology, has settled a lawsuit with Meta over the use of touch feedback in its Quest VR headset. Immersion said in a press release that it has entered into a license with Meta that allows Immersion's patents to be used in Meta and its affiliates' hardware, software, VR and gaming products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are pleased to license Meta's haptic technology patent,” Eric Singer, president and CEO of Immersion, said in a statement. “We are excited to license Meta to bring high-quality haptics to their devices.” Founded in…
Hello. Welcome to Equity, the startup business podcast. Uncover the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. Welcome to Wednesday's show. On this show, we talk about the week's major startup and venture capital news. We have a lot of material today, so let's get to work. Brett Taylor's new startup is gaining attention: Known for his work at Facebook, Salesforce, and OpenAI, Taylor's startup Sierra builds conversational AI agents. The company has raised a ton of funding so far, but given that it's not alone in its niche, it may need more money. FlowFi's countercultural decisions: FlowFi builds software that…
One of the major challenges faced by companies looking to leverage data to solve business problems is the lag between data arriving and actually being useful to an application. In other words, move from a database like Postgres to a data warehouse like Snowflake. This is the problem that Artie, an early-stage startup born out of a husband-and-wife founding team, wants to solve. And today, the Summer 2023 Y Combinator alum announced a $3.3 million seed investment. CEO Jacqueline Cheong launched the company in 2023 with her husband, CTO Robin Tang. “Under the hood, we use Change Data Capture (CDC)…
Startup incubator Y Combinator's latest list of startup requests announced on Wednesday includes applications of spatial computing, climate technology and AI technology. In a blog post written by YC Managing Director Dalton Caldwell, the organization announced that the latest update to RFS, in the tradition of “Requests to Startups” that began in 2009, now offers funding. We're looking for the type of startup you want to do. . The company has not updated its startup request list since 2018. However, in the midst of the pandemic, we sought out startups that could have an impact on the trends of the…
As a corporate communications platform, Slack has become the de facto storage repository for an organization's knowledge, but that information is difficult to retrieve using traditional search tools. Today, Slack is introducing several new features designed to make information more accessible, including new AI-powered search tools and the ability to summarize information in channels. Noah Weiss, chief product officer at Slack, said the platform naturally collects company information in an informal and unstructured way. The problem is finding a way to uncover that trove of hidden knowledge. “The upshot of all this is that a new wave of generative AI…
The U.S. Department of Defense has notified tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was compromised in last year's email data breach. According to a breach notification letter sent to affected individuals on February 1st, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's military intelligence agency, said that between February 3rd and February 20th, the A number of email messages were accidentally published on the Internet.” , 2023. TechCrunch has learned that this breach disclosure document relates to an insecure US government cloud email server that was leaking sensitive emails to the open internet. The cloud email server, hosted on…
Apple introduced App Clips in iOS 14 in 2020. The idea is to allow developers to share parts of their apps with users, allowing users to experience the app's features without having to install the full version. Native iOS design app Play has announced an interesting new feature. This makes it easy for developers to share app prototypes through their App Clips (like this one). Dan LaCivita, the company's co-founder and co-CEO, told TechCrunch over the phone that designers and developers are facing issues when sharing prototypes with their teams and users. “If you're developing an app and want to…
Cryptocurrencies were popular with many investors before the world turned to artificial intelligence thanks to advances in generative AI. So when some venture capital firms began rapidly switching focus between AI and cryptocurrencies, industry onlookers scoffed at their opportunism. Meanwhile, a wave of entrepreneurs has emerged who enthusiastically support the convergence of AI and cryptocurrencies.Vitalik Buterin, the core founder of the Ethereum blockchain network, sparked a frenzy last month when he posted an article pondering his four possible applications of “AI + Crypto” Among his Twitter followers. The use case is not yet proven at scale. A Singapore-based startup is…
TikTok will launch an in-app campaign next month to reach users in each of the European Union's 27 member states and direct them to “trusted information” as part of preparations to combat disinformation risks related to this year's local elections. We are launching localized election resources. “Next month, we will be launching in-app election centers in local languages for each of the 27 EU countries to help people easily distinguish fact from fiction. Local electoral commissions and civil society organizations “In collaboration with TikTok, these election centers will be a place where our community can find trustworthy and authoritative information,”…
Alan's meteoric rise In the French tech ecosystem, “'' is both figurative and literal. A few years ago, the startup's offices were confined to one floor of a nondescript office building near Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. Over time, the company added another floor, and then another… Today, the 550-employee company also occupies the top floor of the building. There is a kitchen in the corner and a common area with a beautiful view of the typical Parisian gray tin roof. This morning, Alan's co-founder and CEO Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve and Chief Revenue Officer Ludovic Bauplé held a press conference with reporters.…