Innovation Archives

Sony To Launch PlayStation Classic On December 3rd With 20 Games Preloaded

By Annie Baker ● Sep 19, 2018

Sony has announced that the PlayStation Classic will be available on December 3rd, but you can pre-order one now. And it is 45% smaller than the original.

Salesforce Quip Adds Slides To Its Suite Of Products

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 19, 2018

Salesforce's Quip has added Slides to its productivity suite. One of the best features is that Slides offers insights around the engagement of the decks.

Electric Car Company Lucid Motors Is Raising $1 Billion From Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is putting $1 billion into electric car company Lucid Motors.

Twitter Is Planning To Bring Back Chronological Timelines

By Annie Baker ● Sep 19, 2018

Twitter is bringing back an option to see tweets in chronological order again.

UiPath Raises $225 Million To Accelerate Enterprise Robotic Process Automation Growth

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 19, 2018

Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) company UiPath has raised $225 million in funding co-led by new investor Sequoia Capital and existing investor Capital G.

Sysdig: How This Company Helps Companies Accelerate Their Transition To Containers

By Noah Long ● Sep 18, 2018

Sysdig, a company that helps companies transition to containers, has recently raised $68.5 million in Series D funding.

Google Assistant Gets Better At Recognizing Songs

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2018

Google Assistant has been improved so that it can now identify tens of millions of songs.

Mobile Strike Reportedly Generated More Than $1.3 Billion Since Launching

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 15, 2018

According to Sensor Tower, Machine Zone's Mobile Strike game has reportedly generated over $1.3 billion in revenue since launching in 2015.

Hyperlocal Content Discovery Company Hoodline Raises $10 Million To Expand Nationwide

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 15, 2018

Hoodline is a hyperlocal content discovery company that has raised $10 million in Series A funding. And Joichi Ito is joining Hoodline's board.

Spyce: How These MIT Grads Built A Restaurant That Is Driving The Future Of Dining

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 15, 2018

Spyce is a Boston-based restaurant that serves food mostly prepared by robots. Spyce has raised $21 million in Series A funding.

IPO Watch: Aston Martin Pushes Forward While Volvo Delays

By Annie Baker ● Sep 13, 2018

Aston Martin is preparing for an IPO while Volvo has decided to delay going public.

Renesas Electronics Agrees To Buy IDT For $6.7 Billion

By Noah Long ● Sep 13, 2018

Japan-based Renesas Electronics has announced it is acquiring Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for $6.7 billion.

The $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Is Not Expected To Arrive Until 2019

By Noah Long ● Sep 13, 2018

More details about why the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 is not expected to arrive until 2019.

Opendoor Buys Open Listings To Set Up A Marketplace For Buying, Selling, And Trading-In Homes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 13, 2018

Opendoor has announced that it has acquired Open Listings in order to set up a marketplace for buying, selling, and trading in home.

Electric Aircraft Company Impossible Aerospace Raises $9.4 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 12, 2018

Sunnyvale, California-based electric aircraft company Impossible Aerospace has raised $9.4 million in funding.

Legal Startup Atrium Raises $65 Million

By Annie Baker ● Sep 12, 2018

Justin Kan's legal startup Atrium has raised $65 million in funding.

Digital Textbook Company Perlego Raises $4.8 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 11, 2018

Perlego has raised $4.8 million in a round of funding led by ADV.

Intel Has Acquired NetSpeed Systems

By Noah Long ● Sep 11, 2018

Intel has acquired NetSpeed Systems to help improve the development of system-on-chips.

Toronto-Based SkyX Has Raised $9.5 Million For Its Aerial Monitoring Tech

By Noah Long ● Sep 11, 2018

SkyX has raised $9.5 million in Series B funding led by Almond Tree Enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Company Notable Health Raises $13.5 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 11, 2018

Notable Health is an artificial intelligence healthcare company that has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding.

Alibaba’s Co-Founder Jack Ma Is Stepping Down To Pursue Philanthropy

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 10, 2018

Alibaba co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma is stepping down.

ShipBob Raises $40 Million To Help SMBs Speed Up Delivery

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 9, 2018

ShipBob has raised $40 million in Series C funding to help SMBs speed up their delivery and manage inventory.

MasterClass Raises $80 Million To Expand Internationally And Hire More Experts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2018

Online education platform company MasterClass has raised $80 million in funding to expand internationally and hire more experts.

South African Based Yoco Raises $16 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 7, 2018

Yoco is a South African based payments company that has raised $16 million in funding.

Mirror Raises $25 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 7, 2018

Mirror, a company that has developed an interactive smart mirror device, has raised $25 million in funding from Spark Capital.

Elastic IPO: Search Software Company Plans To Go Public

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 6, 2018

Search software company Elastic has filed for an IPO. The company plans to debut on the NYSE with the ticker symbol "ESTC."

Roblox Is Now Reportedly Valued At More Than $2.5 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 6, 2018

Roblox has raised $150 million in Series F funding at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion.

Google Launches A New Dataset Search Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 6, 2018

Google has announced a new Dataset Search engine, which will help scientists gather research data.

Launchmetrics Raises $50 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 6, 2018

Launchmetrics is a marketing platform company that has raised $50 million in funding.

AI Processor Company ThinCI Raises $65 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 6, 2018

ThinCI, a company that has developed AI processors for autonomous vehicles, has raised $65 million in funding in a round led by DENSO.