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TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 adds an outstanding addition to its speaker roster with the addition of Paris Heymann, partner at Index Ventures. In a session titled “Scaling Through Chaos: The Art & Science of GTM,” Heyman promises to take a deep dive into the intricacies of go-to-market strategies at an event he will hold on April 25 in Boston. With deep venture capital experience and a keen eye for emerging technology, Heyman brings valuable insight to the table. As a partner at her Index Ventures, which focuses on software, data, and AI companies, Heyman is an expert at navigating the…

India has long struggled to deploy technology to persuade its citizens, but it is one of the world's hot spots when it comes to how AI is used and abused in political debates, especially democratic processes. It's a spot. The technology company that originally built the tool is visiting the country to promote the solution. Earlier this year, Andy Parsons, Adobe's senior director who oversees the cross-industry Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) engagement, traveled to India to visit media and technology organizations in the country, and was among the I stepped into it. AI facilitates tools that can be integrated into…

AI won't be implemented in every job, but it may be in some. The job cuts, the largest in UPS's 116-year history, were partly the result of new technology, including AI, CEO Carol Tomé said on an earnings call in February. Ta. Meanwhile, IBM plans to pause hiring for jobs it believes could soon be automated by AI, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg last year. Workers are not optimistic about the future. In a recent McKinsey survey, 25% of business professionals said they expected their employers to lay off employees as a result of AI implementation. And, well, their pessimism…

Data transformation and optimization, a task that many, if not most, large enterprises undertake, is not an easy task. However, thanks to the significant growth of AI and cloud technologies, the challenges appear to be increasing. A recent Gartner poll found that less than half (44%) of data and analytics leaders say their teams are effective at delivering value to their organization, but not for a lack of effort, but rather because of resources. , answered that this was due to a lack of funding and skilled staff. Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi encountered these inhibitors at their data automation…

Google is rolling out an April update to ChromeOS users with features like the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts and mouse button actions. This update also improves offline text-to-speech voice support. The ChromeOS M123 update will be rolled out to users over the next few days. Let's take a look at these new features. The main new feature is a way to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to actions. This is a feature also available on other desktop systems. However, users must manually enable this feature by enabling a configuration flag called “#enable-shortcut-customization”. The company said that in the next ChromeOS…

Paris-based startup Pigment has raised $145 million in funding just five years after it was founded. This enterprise software company provides a business planning platform that allows large companies to visualize past financial performance and predict upcoming quarters. This funding round came as a bit of a surprise, as few large-scale funding rounds have taken place in France. According to a recent study by EY, funding rounds in the French technology ecosystem fell by 38% in 2023 compared to 2022. But if you exclude hot AI startups like Mistral AI and capital-intensive infrastructure businesses that aren't really tech startups, like…

NoSQL database Aerospike today announced that it has raised $100 million in a Series E round led by Sumeru Equity Partners. Existing investor Alsop Louie Partners also participated in the round. In 2009, the company started as a key-value store focused on the adtech industry. Aerospike has since diversified its offerings considerably. Today, its core product is a NoSQL database optimized for large-scale real-time use cases. In 2022, Aerospike added support for documents and later added graph and vector capabilities. These two database capabilities are essential for building real-time AI and ML applications. Aerospike CEO Subbu Iyer said, “We were…

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal is in talks to raise funding for his new startup Indian Fintech Navi. Bansal is in talks with investors to raise at a valuation of about $2 billion, three people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. One person said he was looking for $200 million to $400 million. Bangalore-headquartered startup Navi has been largely self-funded so far, with Bansal owning 97% of the company, but this is its first major outside funding since its founding in 2018. This will be procurement. The people cautioned that the terms and Bansal's appetite for outside funding could also change…

Weeks before India's national elections, Elon Musk-owned Company X announced it would be rolling out support for Community Note posting, its crowdsourced fact-checking program, in key international markets. Mr. X said the first contributors from India will start posting notes today, and more contributors will be accepted over time. Contributors typically provide further context to popular posts to debunk myths or provide broader insight. These posts are rated by users based on factors such as the usefulness and accuracy they provide. In December 2022, the social network made it possible to view community notes related to posts from all over…

SingleInterface, a SaaS startup that gives offline businesses the tools to leverage the web and grow revenue, helps Singaporean startups expand internationally, improve their products and connect with global brands. As we aim to improve gender equality, we have raised $30 million in our first external funding round. . Although offline remains prominent for businesses in major markets including the United States, Asia, and Europe, businesses are beginning to adopt online marketing strategies to attract more customers and increase revenue. The main reason for this is the increasing number of Internet users around the world. According to the International Telecommunication…