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How Tech Leaders Are Using AI to Solve 10 Procurement Challenges

CIO

Thats why tech leaders need solutions now, not months from now. And yet, three to six months or more of deliberation to finalize a software purchasing decision. Thats an eternity in tech terms ; by the time a deal is signed, market conditions may have changed, new competitors emerged, or the solution itself evolved.

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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

TechCrunch

One of the earliest in the space, Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform TradeDepot , raised a combined $110 million in debt and equity. Due to the pandemic, Akinin’s construction company embarked on a COVID relief program to donate food supplies in Namibia. Then, he stumbled on the country’s B2B e-commerce retail opportunity. “We

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Daily Crunch: App Store reviews and social media depict user backlash against Snapchat’s new AI chatbot

TechCrunch

Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing a spike in one-star reviews, which include calling for its removal. In essence, Auto-GPT uses the versatility of OpenAI’s latest AI models to interact with software and services online, allowing it to “autonomously” perform tasks like X and Y. Big Tech Inc. You can sign up here.

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B2B sales platform Accord adds $1M to seed round

TechCrunch

Accord launches B2B sales platform with $6M seed. The company’s target market is technology startups, but Ross Rich said Accord is now attracting interest from medical device companies and others where there is no software that bridges the gap between external parties.

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Bosch picks up Five.ai after the self-driving startup pivoted to B2B and then put itself up for sale

TechCrunch

Today, Bosch announced that it would be acquiring Five.ai , the autonomous driving startup that started with big ambitions to build and operate its own fleet of robotaxis but ultimately pivoted to focusing on technology development as a B2B play. Scale matters in building automated driving technology.

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Google, Stanford And The IDF: Professional Backgrounds Of Unicorn Founders

Crunchbase News

The data shows that they developed their skills at tech giants, elite universities and even military organizations. From employees to entrepreneurs One quarter of unicorn founders previously worked in scientific research or technology development. Tech giants serve as particularly effective training grounds.

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No-code business intelligence service y42 raises $2.9M seed round

TechCrunch

The service, which was founded in 2020, integrates with over 100 data sources , covering all the standard B2B SaaS tools from Airtable to Shopify and Zendesk, as well as database services like Google’s BigQuery. “We’re taking the best of breed open-source software. Image Credits: y42.