New York-based peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace Pickle, which lets users earn passive income from their closets, is readying an expansion with the close of an $8 million seed round. The company, which…
Tech Crunch – Ask Sophie: Can a bootstrapping solo founder get an O-1A?
Let’s take a deep dive into how founders can beef up their qualifications for the O-1A to build their startup, reach traction, and scale. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Is a New Study Linking Autism to Aspartame Overblown?
“Drinking diet soda during pregnancy linked to autism,” the New York Post and other media outlets similarly declared last month, after the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio put…
Texas Monthly – A New San Antonio Taqueria Misses the Mark When It Comes to Tacos de Trompo
On the first day Tacos Vitali’s brick-and-mortar restaurant opened in northwest San Antonio, in early March, it made just $200. On the second day, the business made $700, still not enough to…
El Paso Matters – Q&A with ‘¡Ándale, Prieta!’ author Yasmín Ramírez
El Paso author and college English instructor Yasmín Ramírez didn’t begin writing with the intention of publishing her first book. “I started writing as a way to grieve her, then it became…
Tech Crunch – Backed by A16z, Relay races to market with Zapier in its crosshairs
A new automation startup is setting out to eat Zapier’s lunch, formally launching to the public today after an extended period in beta. Relay, as the company is called, touts itself as…
Tech Crunch – Aampe aims to personalize app marketing with algorithms
Aampe, a marketing automation platform for mobile apps, recently closed a $7.5 million funding round led by Matrix India and Peak XV, the company announced last week. Bringing Aampe’s total raised to…
Tech Crunch – Video editing startup Captions launches a dubbing app with support for 28 languages
Captions, an AI-powered video editing startup, has launched a new app called Lipdub for translating clips into 28 different languages. Lipdub is available in the App Store for free and supports several…
Tech Crunch – Box announces Hubs, a custom portal to share specialized content
For years, companies have been looking for better ways to share content, but the file/folder metaphor has stubbornly stuck. And that worked fine for ad hoc kinds of sharing between individuals or…
Tech Crunch – Adobe’s Project Fast Fill is generative fill for video
As part of its MAX conference, Adobe traditionally shows off some of its more forward-looking tech, which may or may not end up in its Creative Cloud apps at some point in…