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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

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Our clients are often very focused on the hardware side, which requires us to be more diligent when working on the software/firmware side of the project to ensure everything will work together smoothly. Provide a recommendation in this quick survey and we’ll share the results with everybody.

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YC-backed Tablevibe’s customer surveys help restaurants reduce their reliance on delivery apps

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The startup is part of Y Combinator’s current batch, which will hold its Demo Day at the end of this month. They are joined by Guido Caldara, a lead teacher at coding bootcamp Le Wagon and Tablevibe’s chief technology officer. For its delivery survey, most users are smaller restaurants that have one location.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

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Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. billion, according to data from Partech.

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YC, Khosla-backed Atmos lands $12.5M to design custom dream homes

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Founded in 2018, San Francisco-based Atmos touts that with its tech, homebuyers are able to select land, design a home within their budget and approve the design using 3D tech. On Demo Day, we got a term sheet from Khosla,” said Nicholas Donahue, CEO and co-founder of Atmos. Within two weeks, we’d accepted it.”.

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Tragic killing in SF, Twitter sends dogecoin soaring, and Android gains an account deletion option

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It’s that time of the week, folks: Week in Review (WiR) time. If you’re new to WiR, it’s the newsletter where TechCrunch recaps the week in tech that was. On Equity , the team talked about Y Combinator’s demo day as well as Q1 numbers, deals of the week and venture activity in Latin America. We all are.

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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically

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One 2019 survey found that 88% of people prefer speaking to a live service agent instead of navigating an automated system. “We find that because people have become used to the narrow capabilities of voice technology, they try to speak back in a robotic way. Image Credits: PolyAI. for health insurance). Regardless, Mrkši?