Parker Conrad’s last startup, Zenefits, drowned in busy work. Now with Rippling, he wants to boil that ocean. Instead of trying to nail one thing then expand,…
DouglasApril 3, 2019
Skymind, a Y Combinator-incubated AI platform that aims to make deep learning more accessible to enterprises, today announced that it has raised an $11.5 million…
DouglasMarch 21, 2019
When Jason Boehmig was in law school at Notre Dame in 2012, he decided he really wanted to be in technology. So he sent a cold email…
DouglasMarch 8, 2019
Yesterday, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced its acquisition of This is L., a period care startup that manufactures organic pads and tampons. Although the startup would…
DouglasFebruary 6, 2019
The P&G acquisition of This is L., a startup retailer of period products and prophylactics, shows just how profitable investing in women’s healthcare brands and products can be. A…
DouglasFebruary 5, 2019
Amazon is using self-driving trucks developed by Embark to haul some cargo on the I-10 interstate highway, CNBC has learned. The trucks were previously noticed by a Reddit…
DouglasJanuary 30, 2019
Consolidation in the micromobility space has arrived — in Brazil, at least. A few months after Y Combinator-backed Grin merged its electric scooter business with Brazil-based…
DouglasJanuary 30, 2019
Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter. The app-based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant…
DouglasJanuary 17, 2019
20% Of Alaskans Don’t Have Access To Broadband Internet. This Satellite Startup Aims To Change That.
Internet satellite startup Astranis, which aims to deliver cost-effective high-speed internet to underserved markets, announced Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive agreement to provide satellite…
DouglasJanuary 16, 2019