Tag: stripes
Why Do Most Lighthouses Have Red Stripes?
Lighthouses have played a major role in the vision of sailors since ancient times and have become indispensable sentinels of the sea to protect them from possible dangers. Well, have…
These German startups could become unicorns
Berlin The Hamburg energy start-up 1Komma5 has already done it. In June, despite the financing crisis, Philipp Schröder’s company became a unicorn after only 23 months, i.e. a company valued…
ChatGPT creator Sam Altmann wants to scan everyone’s eyes
Sam Altman The head of OpenAI is one of the most important thought leaders in Silicon Valley. (Photo: dpa) Redmond, San Francisco Sam Altman is currently the most in-demand technology…
Start-up investor opens office in Berlin for the first time
Greenhouse by Infarm The German start-up is one of Atomico’s holdings. (Photo: Infarm) Berlin The European start-up investor Atomico is increasing its involvement in German-speaking countries and is opening an…
Venture capital: painful turning point: venture capital funds are threatened with high write-downs
Berlin start-up scene In 2022, the German capital was by far the most important German start-up location. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) Frankfurt Venture capital (VC) funds have been spoiled with success…
OpenAI introduces improved version GPT-4
austin The US start-up OpenAI has presented the latest version of its artificial intelligence system GPT. Unlike its predecessors, GPT-4 is a “multimodal model” that can evaluate images as well…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI presents an improved version
austin The US start-up OpenAI has presented the latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT. GPT-4 is intended to create natural-sounding texts as a “multimodal model” thanks to the…
Meta, Twitter & Co.: Layoffs threaten Ireland’s business model
The most important pillar of the Irish economy are the exports of multinational corporations, which have turned the former poorhouse of Europe into a “Celtic (growth) tiger” in recent decades.…
Trump wants to be president again
Good morning dear readers, he really wants to know again: On Tuesday evening US Eastern Time, ex-President Donald Trump announced that he intends to run as the Republican candidate in…
Big Tech goes on austerity course
Amazon needs to save The tech group is also examining the business around its smart speakers and the language assistant Alexa. (Photo: dpa) New York, Dusseldorf These three commands torment…
That’s why investors are cheering about the inflation rate in the USA
That’s down from September, when it was 8.2 percent. Economists had expected a drop to 7.9 percent. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 6.3 percent year-on-year,…
Twitter layoffs begin – “Your last day at the company”
Twitter Before the wave of layoffs, the company had around 7,500 employees. (Photo: REUTERS) san francisco On Friday, the short message service Twitter began emailing several employees about their dismissal.…
Worldline is looking for further acquisitions
Gilles Grapenet The 59-year-old has been at the helm of the company for almost ten years. (Photo: imago images/IP3press) Frankfurt The largest European payment processor, Worldline from France, is targeting…
“Entrepreneurs are just celebrated more in America”
Dusseldorf Why are successful founders no longer celebrated, especially in the German tech scene? John Collison, founder of the payment service provider Stripe, and Handelsblatt editor-in-chief Sebastian Matthes discuss this…
Mobile phone start-up raises millions from tech investors
gig platform The founders want to use the fresh money to expand their team and further develop their own software. (Photo: Gigs) Hamburg So far, mobile phone tariffs from popular…
In these areas, start-ups are thriving despite the crisis
Google headquarters in Mountain View Silicon Valley was quiet during the pandemic. (Photo: imago images / xim.gs) san francisco It spawned tech companies like Airbnb, Stripe and Coinbase: The start-up…
What Do the Stripes on the Rear Window of Cars Do?
Those who do not drive or those who are just starting to drive may not know what these thin strips, which are usually found on the rear windows, do. It…
Bafin takes action against payment service providers
Frankfurt The financial supervisory authority Bafin has identified significant deficiencies in the payment service provider Unzer and is therefore taking tough action against the group. The subsidiary Unzer E-Com GmbH…
New York City: The fintech capital of 2030
The fintech strongholds of New York, San Francisco and London So far this year, more has been invested in New York than in London and San Francisco. (Photo: Thomas Berger,…
New York City: The fintech capital of 2030
The fintech strongholds of New York, San Francisco and London So far this year, more has been invested in New York than in London and San Francisco. (Photo: Thomas Berger,…