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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

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As such, the company says its software can authenticate where photos were taken and prove that they were not manipulated since there are an increasing number of deceptive photos and personal information that can be purchased on the Dark Web, social media and via software that can change the metadata of an image’s time or location. “Our

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Xeal raises $11M to expand its digital token payment system for EV chargers

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Electric vehicle charging companies depend on reliable internet access to sell electricity to customers, track usage data, authenticate users and receive over-the-air updates. This is the point at which the system authenticates the user. If a WiFi connection is unreliable, drivers could find themselves in a sticky situation. “If

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Softr scores $2.2M seed for its no-code website and web app platform powered by Airtable

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Those applications can include functionality like user authentication, gated content, payments, upvoting, and commenting etc. Armed with capital, Softr plans to expand its customer base to non-tech functions of SMBs to help them build internal tooling, such as employee directories, product inventories, real estate listings etc.,

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New Zealand-based customer due diligence platform First AML gets $21M Series B

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More of the world’s economy is moving online, and that is underscored by the long list of recent fundings and acquisitions in the digital ID authentication and anti-money laundering (AML) space, including Okta’s $6.5 Unlike many other authentication and KYC (know your customer) startups, its main clients aren’t banks.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Generative AI for proptech, cloud vendor shopping, cybersecurity fairy tales

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The hype so far has largely centered on chatbots and avatars, but “ AI’s emergence will cut through material use cases in real estate tech ,” says Kunal Lunawat, co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures. ” It may sound authentic, but David J. Attackers only need to be right once.”

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Bob W, the ‘tech-driven’ hospitality provider, raises €10M in seed funding

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Other European real estate and venture capitalist investors participating include Kaamos, Superangel, United Angels and NREP (via its anchor investment into the 2150 venture capital fund, which promises to back sustainable urban technologies). Image Credits: Bob W. It also pitches itself on being more sustainable.

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What goes up must come down

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Real estate fintech Redfin announced on November 9 that it was laying off 13% of its staff , or 862 people, in response to the continued slowing of the housing market. Interestingly, Kelman appears to be putting his own personal bets into real estate markets outside the U.S. But I digress.