Amazon rolls out Inspire, a TikTok-like feed in its app that lets customers “like” and buy products, to select customers in the US
The tech giant joins Facebook, Google in seeking to capitalize on popularity of short-form video format — Why Amazon Sometimes Unveils Products You Can't Actually Buy Tweets: @frankcatalano , @sebas...
Report: VC funding in China for e-commerce, edtech, and social startups fell in 2021, but jumped for semiconductors, robotics, and other hard tech
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times : Tweets: @muradahmed Tweets: Murad Ahmed / @muradahmed : VC money was one flowing into China's consumer tech start ups. Now its fleeing and heading to “hard tech” lea...
Report: Indian startups raised $10B+ in a quarter for the first time in Q3 2021, with fintech, edtech, and SaaS startups accounting for ~50% of total funding
Tushar Deep Singh / The Economic Times : Source: PwC India .
Roundup of 180+ companies that launched at YC's Summer 2021 Demo Day 1, including food delivery, investment, edtech, AI, and payment startups
TechCrunch : Tweets: @iamgurusingh , @quinnypig , and @sdianahu Tweets: Guru Singh / @iamgurusingh : It was so much fun to pitch @scispot_io at the @ycombinator S21 demo day! YC companies are making ...
Colleges requiring virus-screening tech, from virus symptom-checking apps to temperature check stations and wearables, have not rigorously studied if it works
Many schools that use fever scanners and symptom checkers have not rigorously studied if the technology has slowed the spread of Covid-19 on campuses. Tweets: @davidboyles3 , @bridgestateu , @bhrenton...
Preply, an online language tutoring service that uses machine learning to pair tutors with students, raises €9M led by London-based Hoxton Ventures
Today the edtech startup Preply has announced an additional €9 million of funding, doubling the total raised in its previous rounds.
How two towns in Kansas soured on educational software from Summit Learning, funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; Summit CEO says protests are about nostalgia
WELLINGTON, Kan. — The seed of rebellion was planted in classrooms. It grew in kitchens and living rooms, in conversations between students and their parents. Tweets: @sokane1 , @nytimes , @coreypein...