While funding for Italian startups has been growing, the country still ranks eighth in Europe by VC investment, according to Dealroom. Newly created Italian Founders Fund (IFF) hopes to help with the catching up, both in quantity and in quality. With €50 million to invest into 25 companies, it also positions itself as a sector … Read more
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, aka WWDC 2024, takes place today – and it could be a big one. This has been billed (though not directly by Apple) as the moment when Apple goes all-in on artificial intelligence, with a range of AI-powered tools and features set to be integrated across the likes of iOS 18, … Read more
Anterior, a company that uses AI to expedite health insurance approval for medical procedures, has raised a $20 million Series A round at a $95 million post-money valuation led by NEA, according to two people familiar with the deal. Existing investors Sequoia, which led Anterior’s $3.2 million seed round last September, and Neo, an accelerator … Read more
Just like it’s last few monthly schedules, the sheer range of everything new on Max in June is just as thrilling as its previous. Usually, Max tends to bring more and more A24 movies to the service as part of a deal it signed last year, but for this month, it’s Oscar winning movies that … Read more
Former Autonomy chief executive Mike Lynch issued a statement Thursday following his acquittal of criminal charges, ending a 13-year legal battle with Hewlett-Packard that became one of Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud cases. He was accused of falsely inflating revenues at the UK startup ahead of Autonomy’s $11 billion sale to HP in 2011. Commenting on … Read more
It’s Pride Month, when corporations of all kinds like to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community, and Amazon is no exception: among the best new movies on Prime Video in June 2024 you’ll find some classic movies made by, made for or claimed by queer folks. Some of them are big and camp, others … Read more