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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs.

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And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2022 is…Minerva Lithium

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 — the first in-person Disrupt in three years — is in the books. And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2022 is…Minerva Lithium by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch. And as always, we end it by crowning the winner of Startup Battlefield. Runner-Up: Intropic Materials.

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Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022

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During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022. TechCrunch editors and expert judges winnowed them down to the following five finalists who will be presenting in front of a whole new panel of judges on the last day of Disrupt, October 20, 2022: Advanced Ionics.

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Daily Crunch: Apple announces its 2022 App Store Award winners

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Ivan writes that BeReal won “app of the year” for 2022 in Apple’s annual App Store Awards. According to a pre-seed report by DocSend, founders took an average of 52 meetings with investors in 2022, compared to 39 last year. Ron ’s item on AWS Supply Chain , Amazon’s answer to “supply chain chaos.”. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Build Your Open Data Lakehouse on Apache Iceberg

Speaker: Veena Vasudevan and Jason Hughes

In this webinar, Dremio and AWS will discuss the most common challenges in data architecture and how to overcome them with an open data lakehouse architecture on AWS. Register now for the live webinar on August 16th, 2022 at 9:00 am PST, 12:00 pm EST.

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AWS revenue growth stabilizes with a boost from generative AI-led services

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AWS posted a stable 12% revenue growth in the third quarter of 2023 buoyed by demand for generative AI-led services, despite customers trying to optimize their cloud spending. For the last few sequential quarters, revenue growth for AWS has been on a constant decline. AWS posted revenue of $23.06

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 enterprise predictions, Justworks IPO, startup theses to watch for

TechCrunch

As is our custom, you’ll see quite a few TechCrunch+ articles in the coming days that share predictions for 2022. It won’t be too unrealistic to expect something in 2022. AWS will buy a SaaS company, and other 2022 enterprise predictions. 3 views: Pay attention to these startup theses in 2022. Happy new year!

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

November 10th, 2022 at 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST, 7:00 pm GMT How you can leverage innovations in technology and machine learning to improve your customer experience and bottom line. How AI can help you resolve queries faster and ultimately lower customer friction from all angles.