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As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally

TechCrunch

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. Germany, France, and Spain. “In our upcoming upgrades, Neeva can.”

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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Germany and the UK came out first and second, respectively). But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. Ten years ago startups were unusual. More than 50%?

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German construction tech startup Cosuno raises $30M Series B by Avenir Growth

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Germany-based construction tech startup Cosuno has raised a $30 million Series B led by U.S. ” A similar model from the U.S. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. growth equity firm Avenir Growth. Spark Capital and Cherry Ventures, which led the Series A six months ago, also participated.

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Flink, the Berlin-based grocery delivery startup that operates its own ‘dark stores’, raises $52M

TechCrunch

That puts it up against dark store competitors including Berlin’s much-hyped Gorillas and London’s Dija and Weezy , and France’s Cajoo , all of which also claim to focus on fresh food and groceries. which is closer to the original goPuff model. unicorn goPuff.

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Prog.ai wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code

TechCrunch

today announced that it has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding from Germany-based angel fund Angel Invest , Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and a slew of angel backers, including one of Spotify’s first employees and its former CTO, Andreas Ehn. . “This week we’re launching Prog.ai To help kickstart its commercial push, Prog.ai

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London startup Weaver gets $4M to build out a vetted marketplace for home renovations

TechCrunch

” Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Keane says it’s planning future international expansion “eventually” — and on that front it has an eye on Germany and the US where he says its research suggests the market dynamics are similar to the UK’s.

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A dating app — not Facebook or Clubhouse — cracked getting audio to go viral

The Verge

SoundCloud is deploying a similar model for music.) What’s been important for us is to show that this is not a niche thing, but it’s actually a mass market thing, something that millions of people would subscribe to in a market like Germany and not thousands of people.”. Despite the hype, I’m unconvinced this is a monumental moment.

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