Greylock secures $1B for its 17th fund amid launch of early-stage founders program
Greylock 17 will target pre-seed, seed and Series A founders in the areas of enterprise and consumer software.
PlanetScale forks MySQL to add vector support
It seems like everyone in the database business is thinking about how to capitalize on the growth of AI by adding support for vectors to their products. That, after all, remains to be the easiest way to feed
LinkedIn goes big on new AI tools for learning, recruitment, marketing and sales, powered by OpenAI
LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology. To stay current with what the working world is thinking about
Motel One says ransomware gang stole customer credit card data
Motel One, one of Europe’s largest hotel chains, has confirmed it was the target of a ransomware attack that saw hackers access customer data. Motel One is a low-budget German hotel chain that operates 90 hotels
DoorDash tests a feature that rewards users for dining out, not ordering in
DoorDash has made a name for itself as a restaurant delivery service that has in later years expanded to categories like groceries and convenience store items. But the company is now running a test of a surprising
Dry Studio’s Black Diamond 75 is a gaming keyboard that actually looks good
Whenever I reviewed an Angry Miao keyboard in the past, I always wondered what the company would be able to do if it brought its engineering and design chops to a more affordable segment. The typical Angry Miao
Sparx wants to do for enterprise what Truebill did for consumer recurring bills
Sparx is very much in its early stages, however, in the past six months, the company has already reached profitability.
Meta planning ad-free subscription or tracking ads ‘choice’ in EU, per WSJ — in latest bid to keep snooping
New battle lines appear to be being drawn up in the European Union between Facebook and Instagram owner Meta and regional users’ privacy rights. As it stands, the tech giant is running ads unlawfully in the EU since
Wattpad ditches ‘Paid Stories’ for a freemium model
After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called “Wattpad Originals” that gives authors the best of both worlds–
Science lab automation and robotics startup Automata raises $40M
Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding, as the U.K.-based startup looks to double down on recent