article thumbnail

Social Chat launches with $6M to bring brands closer to their customers

TechCrunch

When brands sell through social media and other third-parties, they often spend millions of dollars to advertise on those platforms, yet have little or no knowledge of who their customers actually are. Social commerce startup Social Chat is out to change that. Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

Social 260
article thumbnail

Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms

TechCrunch

If you’re somewhat famous on various social networks, chances are you are exposed to hate speech in your replies or in your comments. After you download the app and connect the app with your favorite social networks, you choose the level of moderation. The company has started with a mobile app that anyone can use.

Social 257
article thumbnail

Opaper takes the friction out of social commerce

TechCrunch

After graduating, McIntosh’s professional life became decidedly more high tech—she was senior product manager for data and machine learning platforms at Streetlight Data and then Lacuna Technologies. Opaper was launched to give social commerce sellers the same type of convenience.

Social 233
article thumbnail

Dulling the impact of AI-fueled cyber threats with AI

CIO

These days, digital spoofing, phishing attacks, and social engineering attempts are more convincing than ever due to bad actors refining their techniques and developing more sophisticated threats with AI. AI can also personalize training for employees more vulnerable to social engineering attacks.

article thumbnail

Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce app Super gets $70M led by NEA

TechCrunch

Super , the Indonesian social commerce startup focused on small towns and rural areas, announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $70 million Series C. How social commerce is bridging Southeast Asia’s infrastructure gaps.

Social 214
article thumbnail

ByteDance again looks to TikTok to promote its other social app, Lemon8

TechCrunch

TikTok appears to be working on an integration with Lemon8 , another social app owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, according to new findings from product intelligence firm Watchful.ai. The app, a lifestyle social network, had originally launched in arch 2020 but was artificially inflated on TikTok this spring.

Social 218
article thumbnail

Security startup Tessian, which uses AI to fight social engineering, trousers $65M

TechCrunch

In the latest chunky funding round out of Europe, UK-based email security startup, Tessian , has closed $65 million in Series C funding. In April, Cambridge-based Darktrace — a category pioneer — led the pack by floating on the London Stock Exchange where it saw its shares pop 32% in the IPO debut.