Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches 0M ARR in under two years

Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years

Sierra, a 21-month-old, San Francisco-based startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, announced on Friday that it reached $100 million in annual revenue run rate (ARR). The company’s rapid growth suggests that businesses across industries are embracing AI agents. The startup’s growth rate surprised even its seasoned co-founders, former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor…

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Emm raises M seed to create one of the world’s first ‘smart’ menstrual cups

Emm raises $9M seed to create one of the world’s first ‘smart’ menstrual cups

Jenny Button first thought of Emm during the COVID lockdown. She was using an Oura ring and the Whoop monitoring band and getting insights about her body, but there wasn’t a device that could provide data about one of the most important aspects — reproductive and menstrual health.   “It seemed crazy to me, because these are things that every woman wants to be able to…

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Creator Tayla Cannon recieves .1 million investment from Slow Ventures’ creator fund to build PT software

Creator Tayla Cannon recieves $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures’ creator fund to build PT software

In 2023, Tayla Cannon moved from Australia to the U.S. for a job in a city she’d never seen before.   “No family, no friends, just a fresh start,” she told TechCrunch. A sufferer of chronic back pain,  she first started working in physiotherapy, thinking it was helping make a difference in the lives of others. Yet the traditional physiotherapy model never quite lit a spark in her.   She moved…

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