African payments company Paystack has reduced its operations outside of Africa, trimming its workforce in Europe and Dubai. This decision comes as part of a streamlining effort, particularly […]
Siena AI raises $4.7M to develop an empathic AI customer service agent
Merchants want to give their customers the best experience possible. However, when a delivery doesn’t get there on time, or an order is wrong, you have to work […]
ReturnGO, with $5M more, now powers product returns for Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment
Returns are a regular part of shopping. However, as more people shop online, retailers run into more instances of customers buying several clothing sizes of the same item […]
20GROWTH secures $5M to invest in early-stage startups, provide growth strategies
Four months after testing the venture capital waters with 20SALES, 20VC is back with another offshoot fund called 20GROWTH that grabbed $5 million in capital commitments. Harry Stebbings, […]
Wholesale marketplace Faire, which raised at a $12.6B valuation last year, lays off 20% of its staff
Wholesale marketplace Faire has laid off 20% of its staff, or about 250 people, as part of a restructuring, according to multiple reports. Business Insider broke the news, […]
Charm offensive: Google’s Gradient backs this startup to bring more pizzazz to the command line
A young startup is setting out to transform the command line interface (CLI) into something a little more fitting for the modern age — something a little more […]
Google launches generative AI tools for product imagery to U.S. advertisers and merchants
Following Amazon’s adoption of generative AI for advertisers last week, Google today is launching a set of generative AI product imagery tools for advertisers in the U.S. Via […]
Catching up with Keith Rabois on the state of VC, his newest bet, and who he’s backing for president
Chances are that however busy you are, Keith Rabois is busier. He’s an active investor as a general partner at Founders Fund, the early-stage outfit co-founded 18 years […]
WorkMagic wants to automate all the marketing tasks for Shopify sellers
There’s no shortage of startups trying to automate marketing tasks by using generative AI. For WorkMagic, the target users are the millions of small-scale Shopify sellers who it […]