Tengo uses AI to find, evaluate and respond to public tenders. It’s a software-as-service tool that helps companies handle public tenders at scale — a bit like Govly in the U.S. Originally…
Texas Monthly – This Persevering Taquera’s West Texas Restaurant Feels Like Your Abuelita’s Kitchen
Silvia Hernandez, with her hair pulled back into a long ponytail, is visible from the kitchen only when she comes to the metal-framed pass, where the server grabs plated dishes to run…
Tech Crunch – Smashing, from Goodreads’ co-founder, curates the best of the web using AI and human recommendations
Smashing is an AI and community-powered content recommendation app, now launching into an invite-only beta. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – Have Mexico’s environmental policies weakened under the Morena party?
Editor’s Note: El Paso Matters is partnering with Gigafact to produce “fact briefs” that examine claims about issues shaping our community. YES. Mexico’s environmental policy rating declined from “medium” to “highly insufficient”…
Tech Crunch – How Jobright uses AI to help foreign workers navigate the US job market
Leveraging large languge models, Jobright created an AI agent that acts as a headhunter tailored to individual job seekers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Tech Crunch – Coder nabs new funds to move dev environments to the cloud
Coder’s open-source software has around 1.2 million monthly active users, and Dropbox, Discord and Skydio are among the company’s paying customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Tech Crunch – Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models
In 2024, it seems like no week goes by without a media organization, author group, or artist suing generative AI companies for using their work to train models without permission. The issue…
Tech Crunch – Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for self-flying eVTOL
Wisk Aero, a subsidiary of Boeing, has acquired Verocel, a software verification and validation company with 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Wisk has an autonomous-first approach to eVTOL. The…
Tech Crunch – k-ID wins $45M to help game devs speedrun the child safety compliance puzzle
k-ID’s platform makes it easy for game devs to comply with child safety and data privacy regulations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142M for protein-generating AI
A relatively new startup called EvolutionaryScale has secured a massive tranche of cash to build AI models to generate novel proteins for scientific research. EvolutionaryScale today announced that it raised $142 million…