Source: Amazon took a stake in Colombian delivery startup Rappi via a $25M convertible note, entitling it to buy up to 12% via warrants if milestones are met
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The Colombian navy says it has seized an unmanned narco-submarine that was equipped with a Starlink terminal, enabling the sub to be controlled remotely
The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast.
Sources and an APK teardown: OpenAI is testing watermarks for images generated via ChatGPT's free account; whether OpenAI rolls the feature out is unclear
but only for free users Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Is Testing Watermarks for Its GPT-4o Image Generation Mode Bluesky: @badinternet.oracularhades.com : ""wanna use AI to remove my AI wa...
Colombian payments orchestration startup Yuno raised a $25M Series A from DST, a16z, Tiger, and more at a $150M valuation to expand in Asia, Europe, and Africa
Christine Hall / TechCrunch : LinkedIn: Nicolás Duarte LinkedIn: Nicolás Duarte : Very proud to be part of the Yuno team, we will continue working to revolutionize the payment industry and keep achie...
An in-depth look at tech's terrible 2022 in numbers: VC investment and IPOs falling globally, an 85% drop in new unicorns, layoffs impacting 280,000+, and more
Reduced investment and large-scale layoffs have created dark times for tech globally. — In March 2022, the future of Muni, a Colombian e-commerce startup, looked bright.
Court document: a Colombian judge used ChatGPT to ask legal questions about a case and included its responses in his decision, to save time writing the judgment
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A hacker leaks 5TB of data from the Colombian government, exposing the identities and methods of Australian Federal Police anti-narcotics agents
A massive leak of classified government documents has exposed the identities and methods of secret agents working to stop major drug importations to Australia.
The alumni of Colombian last-mile delivery unicorn Rappi have founded 100+ startups in under seven years, outpacing even the PayPal Mafia in startup creation
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Colombian financial “superapp” Treinta raises $46M led by Prosus' PayU, following a $14.3M seed in 2021, and says it is used by 4M SMBs in 18 countries
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Colombian startup Simetrik, which offers no-code payment infrastructure tools, raises a $20M Series A at a $100M+ valuation led by FinTech Collective
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