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YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance

TechCrunch

Curacel , the YC-backed startup that is developing insurance infrastructure for the African market, has launched a new interface that allows digital businesses like those in retail, fintech, e-commerce and logistics to add insurance to their core products. Insurance companies were losing a lot of money to fraud.

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Predicting the next wave of Southeast Asia tech giants

TechCrunch

With Grab’s announcement of its imminent Nasdaq listing and GoJek merging with Tokopedia to form tech giant GoTo , casual international observers could be forgiven for believing that Southeast Asia’s tech universe only comprises similar companies. Unsurprisingly, tech startup growth is booming as well.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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Battery Ventures Sees AI’s Massive Impact On Tech, And It’s Here Already

Crunchbase News

Battery has made investments in Arize , Weaviate and Galileo in technologies that assist companies with model management and performance. The impact of AI is also being immediately felt in areas of the economy that have traditionally been further removed from deep tech innovations, he noted. billion that same month.

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Mexico’s fintech success: How tech is driving the population to banking

TechCrunch

Considering that nearly 40 million people in Mexico (almost a third of the population) are unbanked, fintech has been a necessary vehicle for fresh routes for credit, insurance and remittances. And because many Mexicans have little trust in banks, the transparency of fintech options has played a big part in people adopting the new technology.

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Revolutionizing Auto Insurance: How InsurTechs are Lowering Auto Insurance Costs with Usage-Based Policies

Trigent

Usage-based insurance, often referred to as UBI, has shot to popularity due to its immense potential for insurers when it comes to customization and cost savings. In-car technologies and the surge in connected cars significantly contribute to the growing market size of usage-based insurance.

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Applications and innovations in the Internet of Things (IoT)

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated devices that have unique identifiers and can autonomously transfer data over a network. IoT ecosystems consist of internet-enabled smart devices that have integrated sensors, processors, and communication hardware to capture, analyze, and send data from their immediate environments.

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