Tag: Internet company
AI is becoming a threat to our elections
san francisco Next year the US will elect its president. Frances Haugen warns that artificial intelligence (AI) will turn out to be a powerful tool for disinformation and the targeted…
Michelle Obama speaks at the Munich Founders Fair
MichelleObama The former First Lady of the USA will appear at the Bits & Pretzels start-up fair in Munich. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Michelle Obama will perform at Bits & Pretzels…
German and European start-ups receive significantly less venture capital
Berlin The pressure in the start-up industry has intensified again. This is shown by the current report by venture capitalist Atomico. Accordingly, German and European start-ups have significantly less money…
Sequoia spins off China business
Bytedance headquarters in Beijing In China, Sequoia had financed the Tiktok parent company with venture capital. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Venture capitalist Sequoia plans to split up its business. The reason…
EU wants label for AI deepfakes
Brussels, Berlin Companies should now label content created with artificial intelligence (AI). The EU Commission wants to prevent so-called “deepfakes” from spreading on the Internet. These are texts, images or…
Funding crisis for start-ups: CVCs could help
Berlin Money for start-ups is scarce, financing is suffering from the economic crisis and the turnaround in interest rates. Now, for a long time, unpopular financiers are moving into the…
Sunak wants Britain to lead in artificial intelligence
Rishi Sunak The prime minister wants to make Great Britain the stronghold for artificial intelligence. (Photo: dpa) London Recent advances in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) have not only…
Unicorns in green: Sustainable start-ups in Germany
Traceless Materials packaging The rotting outer packaging can end up in the compost. (Photo: Traceless Materials) Dusseldorf Green is trendy, including among German start-ups. According to the Green Start-up Monitor…
Unicorns in green: Sustainable start-ups in Germany
Traceless Materials packaging The rotting outer packaging can end up in the compost. (Photo: Traceless Materials) Dusseldorf Green is trendy, including among German start-ups. According to the Green Start-up Monitor…
German economy warns to hurry up with the new EU-US data agreement
Facebook parent company Meta The Irish data protection regulator has imposed a record fine on the US company. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Leading German business associations have warned of delays in…
Layoffs at startups continue
Taxfix app Around 120 employees have to leave the Berlin company. (Photo: Taxfix) Berlin The wave of layoffs in the German start-up scene continues. In the past few days, the…
How Sosafe frustrates hacker attacks
Berlin Sosafe knows how cyber criminals operate. And the Cologne start-up uses its knowledge to prepare companies to defend against digital attacks. “We want to improve the safety culture in…
How So Safe thwarts hacker attacks
Berlin So Safe knows how cybercriminals operate. And the Cologne start-up uses its knowledge to prepare companies to defend against digital attacks. “We want to improve the safety culture in…
Feiyu Xu would rather found a start-up
Dusseldorf Just a few days ago, Feiyu Xu was on stage for SAP at the Sapphire customer conference to talk about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the software…
Travel experience portal Getyourguide secures almost $200 million for growthTravel experience portal Getyourguide secures almost $200 million for growth
Berlin The travel experience portal Getyourguide can now take off with fresh capital from investors and banks after the pandemic-related lull. The Berlin start-up will receive a total of 194…
Deutsches Einhorn takes over US competitor Elevate Brands
Dusseldorf Philipp Triebel has an ambitious goal. “We want to build a new generation of global consumer goods group,” says the co-founder of SellerX to Handelsblatt. In the evaluation, the…
US special forces order drones from start-up
Reconnaissance drone from Quantum Systems The Vector drone was developed for military purposes: Ukrainian soldiers are already using it, and a special unit of the US armed forces has now…
Group around OpenAI boss warns of threat from AI
Sam Altman The CEO of OpenAI, along with hundreds of other AI experts, warns of the dangers of unregulated machine intelligence. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The statement is only 22 words…
North Korea launches reconnaissance satellite – but fails
missile test North Korea keeps testing rockets and other missiles like here in April. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Seoul The self-declared nuclear power North Korea has failed in its attempt to…
South Korea reports launch of suspected North Korean satellite missile
missile test North Korea keeps testing rockets and other missiles like here in April. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Seoul The self-declared nuclear power North Korea has apparently failed to launch a…