Method, a startup that aims to make it easier for fintech developers to embed repayment, balance transfers and bill pay automation into their apps, announced that it closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Truist Ventures, Y...
When marketers think about how to attract prospects via social media, their minds likely turn to the big players, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter. In reality, however, leveraging other social platforms that may not be widely considered to be major vehicles for...
Since its launch in 2018, Carry1st, a publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised funding from investors such as Google via its Africa Investment Fund and Avenir Growth Capital. It’s also received backing from top-tier funds focused on web3 and gaming:...
While increasing the number of visitors to your site is always the goal of any e-commerce business, it’s a goal that can quickly become overwhelming if your site isn’t properly set up first. As your e-commerce business and your customer base grows, a sudden spike...
When an employee succeeds at work, leaders should make sure that employee feels recognized for their efforts. Rewarding your staff members for a job well done not only motivates them to continue to work hard, but it also inspires others to reach the same goal. YEC members...
There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well financed. SingleStore last October raised $30 million to bring its database tech to new customers. There’s also EdgeDB, which landed $15 million in November ahead of the launch of...
According to recent reports, Amazon is developing a standalone app for watching sports. The move signals Amazon’s continued push toward investing in Prime Video and live sports content. If released, the standalone app would better highlight Amazon’s sports content, which is currently included in the...
OpenAI open sourced Point-E, a machine learning system that creates a 3D object given a text prompt. Point-E can produce 3D models in one to two minutes on a single Nvidia V100 GPU. Point-E doesn’t create 3D objects in the traditional sense. Rather, it generates...
