Category: TC
Caffeine inks exclusive agreement with Drake preps Ultimate Rap League for launch
Two years after getting a $100 million commitment from 21st Century Fox to build a mobile-based live streaming platform that could compete with Twitch, the startup Caffeine has scored another coup by partnering with the biggest name in music — Drake. With buying power of Fox (now owned by The…
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NVIDIA VP Claire Delaunay will discuss empowering robotics startups at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI
Robotics, AI and automation are the future of business. This much seemingly everyone can agree on. Finding the resources to implement these technologies, on the other hand, is a different question entirely. Resource strapped startups and even established companies with sufficient know-how may find it difficult to adapt to changing…
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Microsoft launches new dev tools for building Windows 10X dual-screen experiences
At its Microsoft 365 Developer Day, Microsoft today debuted a number of new tools for developers who want to adapt their application to Windows 10X, the company’s version of Windows for dual-screen devices. The highlight here is the launch of a Windows 10X emulator, which allows developers to preview what…
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Alpha Foods raises $28 million for its vegetarian prepared foods
Alpha Foods, the vegetarian prepared food manufacturer, has raised $28 million in financing for its portfolio of vegetarian burritos, tamales, nuggets, pizzas, burgers, patties, and sausages. The Glendale, Calif.-based company was launched by Loren Wallis, the founder of the dairy substitute, Good Karma Foods, and Cole Orobetz, a former director…
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Sixgill raises $15M to expand its dark web intelligence platform
Sixgill, an Israeli cyber threat intelligence company that specializes in monitoring the deep and dark web, today announced that it has raised a $15 million funding round led by Sonae IM, a fund based in Portugal, and London-based REV Venture Partners. Crowdfunding platform OurCrowd also participated in the round, as did…
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Tangle EE project joins Eclipse Foundation to bring distributed ledger apps to enterprise
As the number of IoT devices proliferate, and machines conduct transactions with machines without humans involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to have a permissionless system that facilitates this kind of communication in a secure way. Enter the IOTA Foundation, a Berlin-based open source distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, which has…
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