#Discord is discussing an IPO

#Discord is discussing an IPO

Discord – the chat app with over 200 million monthly users – is in early stage talks to IPO, the New York Times reports. Discord’s discussions with investment bankers are still exploratory and plans could change, per the NYT’s sources. Discord understands there is a lot of interest about its future plans, but does not…

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#Scale AI is being investigated by the US Department of Labor

#Scale AI is being investigated by the US Department of Labor

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is investigating the data-labeling startup Scale AI for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, TechCrunch has learned. That’s a federal law that regulates unpaid wages, misclassification of employees as contractors, and illegal retaliation against workers. The investigation has been active since at least August 2024, a document seen…

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#Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats

#Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats

The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge in demand for counter-drone systems. However, legacy solutions to counter drones, such as ground-based defense systems and cyber warfare, often come with a hefty price tag. For German startup Alpine Eagle, these solutions fall short: When now-ubiquitous $500 first-person…

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#Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently

#Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently

Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search engine upstarts Xift and Cuil, as well as recall.archive.org, which became the Internet Archive. She was the vice president of engineering at Google, and later on started Gradient Ventures, an AI-focused seed fund. And she isn’t done building. Patterson…

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#From high school science project to .3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste

#From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers. It will be using the new…

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