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Great products transcend the Usability vs. Utility debate

Your users want results, not compromises. Photo by Andre Frueh on Unsplash Your design team is pushing for simplification to make users’ lives easier. Your sales team is advocating for power features to close deals. Your customer success team is demanding both — a clearly impossible feat. You’re stuck between the proverbial rock and hard […]

EU funding powers 10% of European startup ecosystem

About one in every 10 European startups that have raised VC investment are also backed by an EU grant of equity financing, according to a research project conducted by Dealroom and Dealflow.eu. While the full report is expected to be published later this year, the authors presented a few preliminary numbers in Warsaw last week. […]

Kenyan fintech startup Chumz set for Rwanda expansion after hitting 200k users – Disrupt Africa

Kenyan fintech startup Chumz, which helps users set and achieve saving and investment goals through behaviour-based prompts and mobile money deposits, is testing its solution to go live in Rwanda after hitting 200,000 registered users in its home market.  Formed in late-2019, Chumz worked on a prototype in 2020, reaching out to the regulator for […]

Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Department of Defense has awarded its first generative AI defense contract to Jericho Security, marking a strategic shift in military cybersecurity. The $1.8 million Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract, announced through AFWERX, […]

Robot AI startup Physical Intelligence raises $400 million from Bezos, OpenAI By Reuters

(Reuters) – Physical Intelligence, a startup that is developing foundational software for robots, said on Monday it has raised $400 million in early-stage funding from Amazon (NASDAQ:)’s Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, venture capital firms Thrive Capital and Lux Capital. The new funds were raised at a $2 billion valuation, PitchBook data showed. Physical Intelligence is seeking […]