As Silicon Valley Bank collapsed before our eyes on Thursday, a founder told me that the world felt like it did when COVID-19 first bared its teeth. I scoffed at […]
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Back to news homeAI does a poor job of diagnosing COVID-19 from coughs, study finds
Early in the pandemic, a number of researchers, startups and institutions developed AI systems that they claimed could diagnose COVID-19 from the sound of a person’s cough. At the time, […]
Virtual research institute battles Long COVID with backing from Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin
A new nonprofit “startup” is emerging from stealth today with $15 million in funding from Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin, with a focus squarely on studying and treating Long COVID. While […]
For mental health startups, happiness is in niches
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How will tech companies cope with an office-free future?
What’s to become of the tech company office, and how do companies function without the structure that working together in the same building has traditionally provided us? That’s a monumental […]
Welcome to the it’s-so-subtle pivot season
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As late-stage tech startups face the changing […]
Hopin’ into lessons from Peloton
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. In the beginning of the pandemic, we […]
Phylagen, which tracks indoor microbiomes, says it’s right now “racing to meet demand”
Two years into a worldwide pandemic, outfits around the globe are wrestling with how to resume their in-person operations safely. Consider that Apple just scrapped its office-return deadline, while Google, […]
Employees are designing the workplace of the future
Anamarie Huerta Franc Contributor Anamarie Huerta Franc is managing director of SAP Labs in the U.S., responsible for leading cross-company collaboration, location strategy, communications and employee engagement for development employees […]
It’s raining tech unicorns in India with increasing digital adoption, says GlobalData
Following the news that online car selling platform CarDekho and digital payments company MobiKwik have joined the unicorn club in India; Swati Verma, Associate Project Manager of Thematic Research at […]