Ingrid
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Journalist. Mom. Wife. Traveler. Speaks English, American, Russian, Franglais, Spanglish, in metaphors. ex-TechCrunch ingrid.101 on Signal.
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Joined February 2009
Germany Floats a New €100B Resilience Fund."Germany Fund" aims to focus on defence, infrastructure, critical industries, and startups. Challenges include raising the €€ (90% private/intl investors), agreeing on what to back, and hustling.
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The so-called Germany Fund would bring together public and private money to invest in German infrastructure, critical industries, defence -- and German startups building technology to serve all three.
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Hello there! I'm writing a little again in a new place. Come check it out. More to come. tip @Techmeme.
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The Rome-based startup wants to double down on Asia and AI
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🎺personal news 🎺Last Wednesday was my last day at TechCrunch. Last story published two days ago (having been filed before my access was cut off). You can read more (and connect with me) on LinkedIn.
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Hi everyone. Thank you to everyone who has been in touch with me in the last several days. I wanted to share some **personal news.** After 13+ years, Wednesday, 30 April, was my last day with...
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RT @Techmeme: Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to create and run mobile game marketing content, emerges from stealth and raised….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to create and run mobile game marketing content, emerges from stealth and raised $27M, including a $15M Series A
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RT @Techmeme: Miami-based Cast, which optimizes AI and other workloads via automation, raised a $108M Series C led by G2 and Vision Fund 2,….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Miami-based Cast, which optimizes AI and other workloads via automation, raised a $108M Series C led by G2 and Vision Fund 2, sources say at a $900M valuation
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Big round for one of the middleman enablers in the very busy world of AI. Cast is one of those smart ideas, built by people who know how to build successful tech startups, that you just know will do well (and it has). tip @Techmeme.
Cast AI raises $108M to get the max out of AI, Kubernetes and other workloads | TechCrunch
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If XR gear has bad product market fit due to having 'too much' tech for everyday users, this is a bet on the opposite: just a slice of what can be done to target a much wider base: billions of ppl w/poor vision. Plus Bezos has his eye on it. Ambitious, smart. tip @Techmeme.
IXI raises $36.5M from Amazon and more to bring the concept of autofocus to prescription glasses | TechCrunch
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A former champion runner, fittingly, founded a startup that’s winning business by being faster than its competitors at debugging.
Tel Aviv-based Lightrun, an observability platform that uses AI to identify and debug code in production, raised a $70M Series B co-led by Accel and Insight (@ingridlunden / TechCrunch).
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RT @Techmeme: London and Tel Aviv-based Cynomi, which offers a "virtual CISO" for SMBs, raised a $37M Series B, sources say at a $140M+ pos….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London and Tel Aviv-based Cynomi, which offers a “virtual CISO” for SMBs, raised a $37M Series B, sources say at a $140M+ post-money valuation
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RT @Techmeme: Manychat, which offers social messaging tools for brands, raised a $140M Series B led by Summit, after an $18M Series A in 20….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Manychat, which offers social messaging tools for brands, raised a $140M Series B led by Summit, after an $18M Series A in 2019, and says it has ~1.5M customers
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RT @TechCrunch: Phantom Neuro grabs $19M to help amputees gain control of their phantom limbs
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The science fiction trope of humans superpowered by computer and bionic implants is fast becoming a reality, and today, a startup hoping for a role in how
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Impressive growth for a tricky business, led by unique (and also very under-represented) founders. tip @Techmeme.
Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation
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RT @Techmeme: Madrid-based Jobandtalent, which connects gig workers with companies, raised a $103M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, down from….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Madrid-based Jobandtalent, which connects gig workers with companies, raised a $103M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, down from its $500M Series E at $2.35B
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RT @Techmeme: Blackbird Labs, which makes a blockchain-based payment loyalty app for restaurants, raised $50M led by Spark Capital, taking….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Blackbird Labs, which makes a blockchain-based payment loyalty app for ~1,000 restaurants, raised $50M led by Spark Capital, taking its total funding to $85M
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RT @Techmeme: Krea, which helps creators generate AI content using the best available models, raised a $47M Series B and a $33M Series A; s….
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Krea, which helps creators use multiple AI models to generate content, raised a $47M Series B, a $33M Series A, and a $3M seed; sources: Krea is valued at $500M
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RT @TechCrunch: AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school
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It's virtually impossible today to determine when a student's writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another generative AI tool, and it can be a
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Scoop from last night.
Berlin-based workflow automation startup n8n raised a €55M Series B, sources say on a valuation of ~€250M, and says it has 3K+ enterprise customers (@ingridlunden / TechCrunch).
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Much of the new wave of security/defense/'resilience' tech coming out has industrial, gov't or military use cases. Here is one example of a startup founded on the same ethos but building for you and me (and privacy). Super interested to see what traction it gets.
Cape opens $99/month beta of its privacy-first mobile plan, inks Proton deal, raises $30M
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