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London-based AI unicorn Stability has laid off about a tenth of its workforce as part of a “strategic plan to reduce” costs just weeks after the departure of its founder and CEO. The layoffs, affecting around 20 staff, were announced by Stability in a company-wide memo on Wednesday evening, first published by Business Insider. The […]
While buzzy AI startups like OpenAI and Stable Diffusion have caught marketers’ attention, many lesser-known gen AI startups have secured investments and contracts with major brands such as L'Oréal, ESPN, Pepsi, and Garnier. AI funding in the U.S. grew by 14% year-over-year in 2023, (OpenAI released ChatGPT in Nov. 2022), raising $42.5 billion across 2,500 equity rounds, per CB Insights. There is a ballooning number of gen AI startups—Dealroom counts some 1,200—which are solving problems...
Microsoft has launched a UK AI startup accelerator in partnership with London-based private investing platform Seedrs. The Series AI programme aims to help participating startups build and integrate AI technology. The four-week accelerator, open to startups from Seed to Series A stage, will include mentorship, resource sharing and commercialisation support. “Over the last few years, […]
Keith Lewin is the founder and chairman of PostTag, a company providing precise address data to delivery and taxi businesses. Founded in 2016, PostTag has created software that it says processes over 3,000 address validations every minute to provide “precise longitude and latitude details”. Because this data is more precise it means companies can save […]
Pune-based agritech firm Ecozen on Friday said it has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in a mix of equity and debt from existing investors including US-based global investment manager Nuveen.The debt support in the deal was fulfilled by InCred Credit Fund and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation through Ecozen’s exclusive advisor Setuka Partners, said a company statement.Ecozen said it has grown fivefold over the past two years, with a threefold increase in profit. The maker...
Medulance, an emergency healthcare services startup, has raised $3 million in Series A funding, led by Alkemi Growth Capital.The funding round also saw participation from investors such as Dexter Capital, Boat founder Aman Gupta, and Emcure Pharmaceuticals’ executive director Namita Thapar. The New Delhi-based startup has raised fresh capital after running as a profitable bootstrapped company for six years, it said in the statement.The funds will be used to increase its presence across the...
Fintech is once again the UK’s best-funded startup sector after climate tech secured the most investment in 2023. In the first quarter of 2024, UK fintech companies raised $1.4bn across 73 rounds, according to data from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. Fintech funding rounds over the period include £340m raised by challenger bank Monzo and […]