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Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’ | TechCrunch
Paystand has acquired spend management software startup Teampay to create what the companies describe as a “no-fee B2B digital payment and spend powerhouse.” Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Teampay has raised $65 million since it was founded in 2016....
RevenueCat raises $12M Series C as it expands its subscription management to the web | TechCrunch
RevenueCat, a top subscription management platform for apps that monetize via in-app purchases, is now flush with new capital as it expands to the web. The company has closed on a $12 million Series C led by Adjacent, following the launch of a new product, RevenueCat...
Adobe claims its new image-generation model is its best yet | TechCrunch
Firefly, Adobe’s family of generative AI models, doesn’t have the best reputation among creatives. The Firefly image-generation model in particular has been derided as underwhelming and flawed compared to Midjourney , OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 , and other rivals, with a...
Mozilla finds that most dating apps are not great guardians of user data | TechCrunch
Dating apps are not following great privacy practices and are collecting more data than ever in order to woo Gen Z users, a new study by Mozilla pointed out . Researchers reviewed dating apps in terms of privacy in 2021 . In the latest report, they noted that dating...
Amazon launches a new grocery delivery subscription in the US | TechCrunch
Amazon said today that it has launched a new unlimited grocery delivery subscription for Prime members and customers with an EBT card (Electronic Benefit Transfer) in the U.S. if you’re living in one of the 3,500 eligible cities and towns. The company started testing...
Bump raises $3M seed to help creators manage finances | TechCrunch
James Jones’ father was an engineer. He was also a musician and a preacher, performing at churches along the East Coast. Jones, an entertainment lawyer, noticed his father often worried about keeping track of the money he collected while performing at church, and...
Amazon wants to host companies’ custom generative AI models | TechCrunch
AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing business, wants to become the go-to place companies host and fine-tune their custom generative AI models. Today, AWS announced the launch of Custom Model Import (in preview), a new feature in Bedrock, AWS’ enterprise-focused suite of...
Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma | TechCrunch
After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to face all the challenges that surface during the grieving process, including daunting tasks such as...
With Easel, ex-Snap researchers are building the next-generation Bitmoji thanks to AI | TechCrunch
Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your...
Texture makes a bid to become the world’s go-to platform of the energy transition | TechCrunch
Platform is a word that gets tossed around a lot in technology circles, so much so that it’s often misused. But here’s the basic business school definition: A platform is a company or business model that creates more value for participants than it captures for itself....