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Wearables Startup Whoop Acquires Sports Tech Firm Push 
Wearables Startup Whoop Acquires Sports Tech Firm Push 
September 02, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Three days after reaching a valuation of $3.6 billion, the wearables firm Whoop announced it had acquired Push, a Toronto-based sports technology startup.  Get the...

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Data Analytics Platform Databricks Nets $1.6B for $38B Valuation
Data Analytics Platform Databricks Nets $1.6B for $38B Valuation
August 31, 2021  |  Investments

Data analytics platform Databricks raised $1.6 billion in a funding round that valued the company at $38 billion, the artificial intelligence (AI)-based firm announced in...

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Credit Karma Hires Bitmatica Team to Bolster Data Science, Engineering Work
Credit Karma Hires Bitmatica Team to Bolster Data Science, Engineering Work
August 31, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Credit Karma has hired the software consulting firm Bitmatica to bolster data science and engineering work. The team, which specializes in web and mobile development,...

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SaaS Startup Factors.AI Raises $2M in Seed Funding
SaaS Startup Factors.AI Raises $2M in Seed Funding
August 31, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Factors.AI has raised $2 million in seed funding, the company announced Monday (Aug. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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India Buckles Down On Digital With IIM Ahmedabad, Bank Of America Collab
India Buckles Down On Digital With IIM Ahmedabad, Bank Of America Collab
August 26, 2021  |  Innovation

India is dialing up digital development with the launch of the Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT), a joint collaboration between the Indian Institute of Management...

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Today In Connected Economy: Discount Tire, Motorq Get Connected; Albertsons Partners with Instacart
Today In Connected Economy: Discount Tire, Motorq Get Connected; Albertsons Partners with Instacart
August 25, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

In today’s top connected economy news, Albertsons now offers Instacart service at 40 stores across the southwestern U.S., while Discount Tire and Motorq team up...

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Voice Of Customer Solutions Use Clients’ Own Words To Drive Personalized Customer Experiences
Voice Of Customer Solutions Use Clients’ Own Words To Drive Personalized Customer Experiences
August 25, 2021  |  Cloud Banking

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Subscription Payments Declines Are Usually Random, Often Costly, But Largely Avoidable
Subscription Payments Declines Are Usually Random, Often Costly, But Largely Avoidable
August 25, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

Two out of three times when a payment gets declined, FlexPay CEO Darryl Hicks said, it’s due to what he called “the month 15 problem.”...

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China Passes Far-Reaching Regulations To Protect User Privacy
China Passes Far-Reaching Regulations To Protect User Privacy
August 20, 2021  |  Regulation Roundup

China, the world’s biggest online community with an estimated 989 million users in 2020, will soon have one of the strictest data privacy laws following...

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