Startups of The Year: How to Nominate

If this is your first rodeo at Startups of The Year, let us walk you through the most important steps: how to nominate, vote, and claim your startup profile. First things first, how to nominate. This is the perfect opportunity (and time!) to nominate your favorite startup or yourself (we won’t tell if you don’t). … Read more

Daze, a creative, AI-powered messaging app for Gen Z, is blowing up prelaunch

On TikTok, Daze’s most popular video has been viewed 8 million times. Across TikTok and Instagram, the startup behind a new messaging app aimed at Gen Z, has seen around 48 million combined views. Pre-launch, the app’s waitlist is already bursting with roughly 156,000 signups. Driving the demand for this next-generation alternative to iMessage and … Read more

Meet Bunnyshell, Startups of the Year 2024 Nominee

Hey Hackers, Bunnyshell has been nominated in HackerNoon’s annual Startups of The Year awards as one of the best startups in North America. Please vote for us here: https://hackernoon.com/startups/industry/software-development?stup=66f327b36ea4677e23e48baf + search for bunnyshell Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Meet Bunnyshell Do you want to ship 10x faster? Bunnyshell … Read more

Shobizzy, a networking app for the TV industry, aims to open new doors for freelancers

With the current unemployment crisis in Hollywood, many TV and film crew members are concerned about finding their next job. This is particularly the case for freelancers, who often face unstable work and irregular pay. Shobizzy is the latest professional networking app for the entertainment industry that aims to address this challenge. And, as more … Read more

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Side Events schedule: Mercury, JETRO, Enterprise Ireland, and more to host

With TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 only a week away, we’re thrilled to announce the complete list of companies behind the Side Events, set to amplify the excitement for thousands of attendees and Silicon Valley residents. From casual happy hours to insightful discussions and energizing morning runs, Disrupt Week — spanning October 26 to November 1 — … Read more

Startup Acquisitions: How to Navigate an Acquisition Process as a Seller (Part 2 of 2)

As promised, this is the second (and final) part of the Startup Acquisition article, which will walk startup founders and leaders through the due diligence and negotiation processes. You can find the first part of the article here. Prepare a quantitative view of the business – financial statements, KPIs, and audit reports: This is perhaps … Read more

MEXC Partners With Aptos To Launch Events Featuring a 1.5 Million USDT Prize Pool

SINGAPORE, Singapore, October 21st, 2024/Chainwire/–Aptos and MEXC have joined forces to launch a series of events centered around Aptos’ native token, APT, offering a total prize pool of up to 1.5 million USDT. The event officially starts on October 21, 2024, and all users have the opportunity to participate and share the grand prizes through … Read more

Comfort Has a Cost, and Its Currency is Regret

Imagine walking into the bank—the Bank of Life. You’ve been making deposits here for years—building up your ‘comfort account,’ bit by bit. It felt wise. Responsible. And the account keeps growing. But today is no ordinary day.. Today is the day you are finally ready to cash it all in. You walk through the revolving … Read more

Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms including TikTok

Ireland’s media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply to video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country from next month — including the likes of Bytedance’s TikTok, Google-owned YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook Reels. Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and … Read more

Unlocking Precision in RAG Applications: Harnessing Knowledge Graphs with Neo4j and LangChain

Graph retrieval-augmented generation (GraphRAG) is gaining momentum and becoming a powerful addition to traditional vector search retrieval methods. This approach leverages the structured nature of graph databases, which organize data as nodes and relationships, to enhance the depth and contextuality of retrieved information. Graphs are great at representing and storing heterogeneous and interconnected information in … Read more

What Governor Newsom’s AI Deepfake Regulations Mean for the 2024 U.S. Election

California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted three new laws targeting the use of A.I. deepfakes in political campaigns ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. California Governor Gavin Newsom passed three major bills last month to mitigate the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in creating misleading “deepfake” images and videos for political campaigns. As the state prepares … Read more