Software

When Clubhouse became very popular, every platform rushed to make a copy of it. But in the last year or so, the format has become less popular, and companies are rethinking what they should focus on. Reddit announced on Wednesday that its live audio service, Reddit Talk, will end on …

Rporters hear from a steady stream of new startups every day about their ideas, concepts, products, and services. Startups that say they can tell when an employee might want to leave for a new job, that think they can tell if someone is depressed by listening to their voice, that …

Analysts say Slice has a 5% stake in an Indian bank. North East Small Finance is a key step in the unicorn fintech startup’s journey amid mounting central bank challenges that have toppled many young firms. A regulatory filing showed that the Bengaluru startup paid $3.42 million for the 5% …

Fake online identities are common. The ability to easily create them has been a boon for social media platforms—more “users”—and a scourge, as they spread conspiracy theories, distorted discourse, and other social ills. ChatGPT shows that Twitter bots are nothing compared to what’s coming. In a few years, it will …

According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the Japanese marketing technology company Geniee, a member of the SoftBank Group, paid about $70 million in cash to acquire the revenue optimization platform Zelto (previously known as AdPushup), providing investors in the startup that started out in India with a …

A government watchdog found that the Secret Service and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) section often broke the law when they spied on people’s cell phones in a snoopy way. Last week, the inspector general for Homeland Security, who is in charge of keeping an eye on the U.S. government …

More than 20 new nations in Europe are now able to use Twitter’s paid service, Twitter Blue. These countries are the Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Estonia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, and Cyprus.They also include the Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Romania, and …

Humanoid robots are a timeless concept, but their popularity fluctuates over time. Tesla’s Optimus prototype has reignited the debate over general-purpose robot form, efficacy, and viability. In an interview this week, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert said, “I thought that they’d gotten a lot more done than I expected, and …

Contract lifecycle management tools offer VCs great potential. Two years ago, contract-drafting, management, and review software startups raised over $70 million in venture equity. Contract lifecycle management, or CLM, is growing fast compared to customer relationship management ($44.9 billion in 2023). Legal tech spending—including CLM—will triple by 2025, according to …

Wunderkind, a platform that lets brands target web visitors with emails, texts, and other digital ads, raised $76 million in a Series C round led by Neuberger Berman, a financial services company. Bill Ingram, Wunderkind’s new CEO, says the tranche, which brings Wunderkind’s total raised to over $150 million, will …