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Curtsy, a clothing resale app aimed at Gen Z women, raises $11 million Series A

TechCrunch

The app uses a combination of machine learning and human review to help the sellers merchandise their items, which increase their chances of selling. Human review fixes any errors in that process. Overall, the use of technology, outsourced teams who improve listings and extra features like supplies and labels can be expensive.

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V7 snaps up $33M to automate training data for computer vision AI models

TechCrunch

V7 is also starting to see activity with tech and tech-savvy companies looking at how to apply its tech in a wide variety of other applications, including companies building engines to create images out of natural language commands and industrial applications. V7’s specific USP is automation.

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Daily Crunch: Salesforce CEO admits ‘we hired too many people’ as company lays off +7,000 employees

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The company was hit with over $410 million in new fines from the European Union due to the number of “General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaints over the legal basis [Meta] claims [it has] to run behavioral ads,” Natasha L writes. Big Tech Inc. Startups and VC. You can sign up here.

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The Station: Rivian trims its workforce and a supply chain-tainted earnings season begins

TechCrunch

We love to see tech helping bikers stay safe. Kodiak Robotics completed a commercial run between Texas, California and Florida for 10 Roads Express , as part of a pilot program with the USPS mail carrier. Rutgers University researchers are using VR to help determine the feasibility of pop-up bike lanes in New Jersey. A little bird.

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Nigerian one-click checkout platform OurPass raises $1M pre-seed, wants to build ‘Fast for Africa’

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Yearly, about 75% of shopping carts are abandoned due to how cumbersome the checkout experience can be with long forms and re-log ins. “We did not want to defeat our USP of one-click checkout by allowing consumers to try to check out in one-click only for them to see their cards flagged as fraudulent,” Eze said.

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How InsurTechs Can Navigate the Technology Landscape to Accelerate Growth

Trigent

It attributed organizational performance to excellence in software delivery and operational performance as technology transformations remained at the helm of initiatives. CTOs and technology leaders are now required to rapidly build new-age solutions and scale the digital platforms to fast-track processes and business transactions.

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eCommerce Shipping: Main Challenges and Technological Solutions

Altexsoft

Now, let’s look at the main challenges that shipping holds for eCommerce and how technology can help address them. Besides, you can reduce your shipping costs as most logistics companies have discounted rates with main carriers due to the high volume of operations. eCommerce shipping challenges. Integration with carriers.