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TechCrunch+ roundup: Plaid’s staffing story, RevOps for B2B sales, demo day’s demise

TechCrunch

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. There’s no textbook-approved technique for building a startup engineering team: in the early days, everyone wears several hats. “Whereas before, they felt Plaid was a little too small for their ambitions.” Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

TechCrunch

Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company has already helped retailers divert 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills, Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO of Shelf Engine, told TechCrunch. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

A well-structured B2B travel platform is no longer just a “nice-to-have.” This guide delves deep into the specifics of building a custom B2B travel booking platform specifically tailored for corporate travel. But what does a B2B travel platform entail? Legacy GDS limitations. Different booking flow.

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4 Advantages of Custom Software Development

Sunflower Lab

Sure, you could grab a cheap off-the-shelf software package and cross your fingers that it aligns with your company’s needs. A major concern for many B2B and B2C companies is data security. Off-the-shelf packages are made for mass consumption. The sky’s the limit with custom software development!

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Spend management space sees a large raise, and layoffs, in the same week

TechCrunch

On Friday, PitchBook’s Q1 2023 B2B fintech investment report showed that investment into enterprise fintech was $11.8 On Friday, PitchBook’s Q1 2023 B2B fintech investment report showed that investment into enterprise fintech was $11.8 Welcome to The Interchange !

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Acton’s latest acquisition hints at the future of docked micromobility

TechCrunch

Providing vehicles or fleets for gig workers or delivery companies is a burgeoning sector and an additional B2B play for Acton, which counts Buyk, a 15-minute grocery delivery startup, as one of its customers. In fact, dockless vehicles have become so normalized that they’re almost synonymous with the idea of scooter and bike shares.

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Should you build or buy generative AI?

CIO

In the shaper model, you’re leveraging existing foundational models, off the shelf, but retraining them with your own data.” Whether it’s text, images, video or, more likely, a combination of multiple models and services, taking advantage of generative AI is a ‘when, not if’ question for organizations.