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Social robotics company Furhat buys Sphero spin-out company Misty Robotics

TechCrunch

Today, Swedish social robotics company Furhat Robotics is offering the beleaguered startup a gentle landing in what the Swedish company says is an all-cash deal. “Misty has done a great job in building a very scalable production operation, building the products by a well-known partner in China.” After raising $11.5

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Aemi eases the challenges of social commerce in Vietnam

TechCrunch

Social commerce sellers can be as small as one person selling products to their followers on social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook. In fact, according to a recent Bain report , social commerce accounted for 65% of Vietnam’s $22 billion online retail economy last year. Aemi founders Hieu Nguyen and Kim Vu.

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Social care SaaS maker Birdie tops up with $30M

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based caretech software-as-a-service maker, has closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by investment firm Sofina, with Omers Ventures and Index Ventures also participating — the latter reupping its backing after leading Birdie’s Series A last year. Birdie , a U.K.-based

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Social audio platform Walkie-talkie raises $3.25M to expand its global reach

TechCrunch

Walkie-talkie, a social audio platform developed by Picslo Corp, has raised a $3.25 Picslo Corp CEO, Stephane Giraudie, previously founded VoIP web conferencing software Voxeet, which was later acquired by Dolby and became the basis for Dolby.io. The company also plans to scale product, engineering, and operations functions.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?

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Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms

TechCrunch

If you’re somewhat famous on various social networks, chances are you are exposed to hate speech in your replies or in your comments. We have developed a technology that detects hate speech on the internet with a 90 to 95% accuracy and only 2% of false positive,” founder and CEO Charles Cohen told me. “We

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Daily Crunch: Meta decimates its staff as the social media giant lays off 11,000

TechCrunch

More social media struggles : Though the subject matter was a downer, Paul wrote a great story about Meta’s confirmed layoffs of 11,000 employees, explaining what happened, why and what it means in the greater context of Meta’s future. Sensors and software and EV, oh my! The TechCrunch Top 3. Kyle has more. Startups and VC.

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