Kalendar AI wants its sales bots to win your next customers
Kalendar AI, a San Francisco-based startup that’s been building on top of GPT-3‘s language model — developing a SaaS for automating lead generation and sales …
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Ample’s John de Souza on the merits of B2B, company culture and investors who get it
The odds are against San Francisco-based electric vehicle battery swapping company Ample. Other companies have tried to build a business on exchanging dead batteries for …
AvantStay, a platform for kitting out – and then renting out – high-end vacation rental homes, raises $160M
Another travel startup that found itself scrambling to pivot as the Covid-19 pandemic took off is now announcing a huge round of funding after finding …
The era of ultra-rich software valuations could be behind us
An analyst note from JP Morgan has thrown a wrench into the valuations market for technology shares. And while the impact of the missive is …
E-commerce marketplace The List checks off new funding, new app
The List joins the social commerce movement with a new app connecting consumers with global luxury brands and retailers to offer a personalized discovery and …
Cequence adds $60M Series C to improve API security
When we last checked in with Cequence Security in February 2019, the company had just closed a $17 million Series B and was concentrating on security …
Samsara prices at top of range, crashes through $10B valuation mark in public debut
The final IPO that TechCrunch is tracking in 2021 had a solid run-up to its first day’s trading. Samsara, an IoT platform company, priced its …
Forethought nabs $65M Series C to improve customer service with AI
In 2018, Forethought, a startup looking to put AI to work across customer service, won the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield and soon after landed a $9 …
Cylus raises $30M Series B to help protect trains and metros worldwide
As rail systems undergo a digital revolution and become far more connected and advanced, railway operators face a rapidly growing threat landscape. To combat this, …
New capital positions luxury goods reseller Rebag for next round of innovation
Rebag, which buys, sells and trades luxury items like handbags and accessories, raised a $35 million Series E round following a year of technology development …