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Stacked raises $35M to bring passive investing tools to retail crypto traders

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Stacked , a web-based platform that provides passive investment tools for retail investors interested in crypto, just announced it raised a $35 million Series A co-led by Alameda Research , a crypto trading firm owned by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Stacked cofounders Joel Birch and Stephen Beavis. Image Credits: Stacked.

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Mavenoid, which automates technical support and onboarding for hardware companies, raises $30M

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Mavenoid , a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding. “ We believe it’s better to have the right tools for the job, rather than trying to use generic solutions for specific problems. .

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

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I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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Latent AI, which says it can compress common AI models by 10x, lands some key backing

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The company says that its software tools allow AI models to run anywhere, irrespective of hardware constraints, and that includes on the inexpensive chips that are typically found in edge devices. Indeed, though in an interview earlier today, cofounder and CEO Jags Kandasamy declined to delve into specifics, he suggested that the U.S.

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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.

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WizeHire lands fresh cash to expand its SMB-focused hiring platform

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The tranche values the company at $250 million post-money, and cofounder and CEO Sid Upadhyay says that it’ll be put toward growing WizeHire’s over-100-person headcount, expanding the company’s hiring resources and “further establish[ing]” relationships with technical partners.

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Jam collaborative software launches Jam Genies to give small startups access to experts

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As the world moves towards remote work, the collaborative tools market continues to expand. Soleio – Facebook’s second product designer, former head of design at Dropbox, and advisor at Figma. Julius Tarng – Helped scale design at Webflow and led design tooling at Facebook. Tiffany Zhong – CEO, Zebra IQ.