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Daily Crunch: Zoom’s new AI-powered features include whiteboard generation and meeting summaries
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Italy’s ban on cultivated meat could set the industry back
The bill will now go in front of parliament, and if passed, any violation of the law in the future could result in fines of up to €60,000 or about $65,000.
Fresh funding gives cat food brand Smalls avenue into retail for the first time
Smalls will open a cat cafe in New York in the fall and continue innovating on its fresh cat food products.
Daily Crunch: Twitter tells GitHub to remove proprietary source code and help them ID who posted it
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Slack backs Videowise’s approach to creating interactive, shoppable videos
Videowise's video platform helps online stores manage and publish videos on an unlimited number of pages without sacrificing page speed.
OpenView goes bigger with seventh fund, closing on $570M to invest in business software startups
Partner Mackey Craven says the product markets for business software “are stronger than they’ve ever been.”
Daily Crunch: Binance reopens after bug forces platform to suspend spot trading, deposits and withdrawals
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Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals plans to dismiss 19,000 workers over the next 18 months
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Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform for faster product recommendations
After installing the Klarna plugin from the ChatGPT plugin store, users can ask the ChatGPT chatbot product recommendation questions, even referencing budget.
Daily Crunch: GitHub CEO says new code completion tool ‘brings the fun back to programming’
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Cultivated meat is closer to our plate now that Good Meat also gets FDA blessing
This means that Good Meat’s cultivated chicken was accepted as a product safe for humans to eat.
The Family Fund puts its investment spin on consumer brands with new $25M fund
The Family Fund & Founder Community is gathering a community of founders to co-invest in late seed and Series A-staged consumer brands.
Daily Crunch: Bing allows users to generate images using ‘very latest DALL-E models’
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Mecanizou, now with $14.5M, plans to expand auto parts marketplace in São Paulo
Mecanizou provides auto parts and the price following input of a car's basic information. Mechanics can purchase the parts in one click and receive the parts in one hour.
Daily Crunch: Amazon CEO says laying off 9,000 more workers ‘is best for the company long-term’
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Consumer electronics reseller Reebelo adds to Series A as it lays down roots in US
Reebelo has added embedded financial services, including a buyback program and device upgrade options, while its warranty program, ReebeloCare, grew 330% year over year.
Silicon Valley Bank’s crash is providing valuable lessons all over the world
This week, some of my colleagues took a deep dive into the effects on consumers, businesses, banks, investors, etc. — all over the world — showing just how connected the startup ecosystem really i
Daily Crunch: With just $2.2B in remaining liquidity, SVB’s parent company files for bankruptcy
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Daily Crunch: Microsoft waives its waitlist and opens up its AI-powered Bing chatbot to all
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First Republic Bank could see $30B in rescue deposits coming, report says
First Republic Bank was caught in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse over the weekend and saw its shares plunge earlier this week. Shares were rebounding as this new development emerged.