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Stacked raises $35M to bring passive investing tools to retail crypto traders

TechCrunch

Stacked , a web-based platform that provides passive investment tools for retail investors interested in crypto, just announced it raised a $35 million Series A co-led by Alameda Research , a crypto trading firm owned by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Stacked cofounders Joel Birch and Stephen Beavis. Image Credits: Stacked.

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Digital transformation 2025: What’s in, what’s out

CIO

2025 will be the year when generative AI needs to generate value, says Louis Landry, CTO at Teradata. AI tools exacerbate the issue by exposing these data pockets, creating new security risks. For example, migrating workloads to the cloud doesnt always reduce costs and often requires some refactoring to improve scalability.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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Mavenoid, which automates technical support and onboarding for hardware companies, raises $30M

TechCrunch

Mavenoid , a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding. “ We believe it’s better to have the right tools for the job, rather than trying to use generic solutions for specific problems. .

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#786 Restructuring Your Team in the Age of AI with Ryan Graciano, CTO & Cofounder at Credit Karma

Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Ryan Graciano, CTO & Cofounder at Credit Karma. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! This includes tools for credit and identity monitoring, credit card recommendations, shopping for loans (car, home and personal), and growing their savings* — all for free.

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Latent AI, which says it can compress common AI models by 10x, lands some key backing

TechCrunch

The company says that its software tools allow AI models to run anywhere, irrespective of hardware constraints, and that includes on the inexpensive chips that are typically found in edge devices. Indeed, though in an interview earlier today, cofounder and CEO Jags Kandasamy declined to delve into specifics, he suggested that the U.S.

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Papaya wants to help electrify last-mile logistics in Europe

TechCrunch

Soft-launched back in February, Papaya’s software is designed to help fleet operators source and manage electric or light-electric vehicles (LEVs), solving something that cofounder and CEO Santi Ureta says is usually “highly fragmented and opaque.” million from a slew of institutional and angel investors.